SME News
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2022-06-14
Private sector more important than ever to champion sustainable practices: Mustapa Mohamed
KUALA LUMPUR: The role of the private sector in championing sustainable practices is more important than ever, with collective actions need to be made in line with the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP), Minister in the Prime Minister's Department for eco...
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2022-06-14
More push for agricultural sector to improve food security
THE government will foster the agricultural sector as one of its strategic actions to accelerate structural transformation, as higher agricultural productivity would deliver triple dividends which are sustained food security, more productive hum...
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2022-06-14
Country's economy showing positive growth, says Muhyiddin
PUTRAJAYA: The economic recovery of the country is ongoing and showing positive growth, says Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Speaking at a press conference after the 6th National Recovery Council (NRC) meeting on Tuesday (June 14), the NRC chairman said...
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2022-06-14
Struggling to cope, small businesses don’t see need for ESG standards, say experts
PETALING JAYA: Experts are at odds over the adoption of environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) post-pandemic. A group of panellists at the Malaysian Economic Summit 2022 noted today that while w...
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2022-06-14
Malaysia's labour, productivity data misleading, says economist
KUALA LUMPUR (June 14): There is a need for Malaysia to recognise the fact that the labour data, and a great deal of the productivity data, are actually quite misleading in order to grasp the actual economic situation, said economist&n...