SME News
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2021-02-07
Desperate plea to reopen for CNY
PETALING JAYA: With less than a week for Chinese New Year shopping, businesses are making a desperate plea to Putrajaya to review the latest SOP to ensure a win-win situation. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which make up the bulk of the econ...
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2021-02-07
Cost factor a key point of contention
PETALING JAYA: The initiative to place foreign workers at selected hotels as a temporary move to curb Covid-19 is welcome, though some stakeholders have expressed concern over the cost factor. Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) chief executive ...
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2021-02-07
Let us open for CNY, business groups appeal to govt
PETALING JAYA: Business groups have urged the government to allow shops to open for Chinese New Year sales during the movement control order. In a joint statement, the groups called for standard operating procedures that enabled all businesses, es...
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2021-02-07
Plantation sector may be allowed to hire foreign workers once Covid-19 threat contained, says minister
KULAI, Feb 7 - The plantation and commodities industry may only be given the exemption to recruit foreign workers after the government has brought the Covid-19 pandemic under control in this sector. Plantation Industries and Commodities Minis...
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2021-02-06
MCO 2.0: Malaysia Battling To Stay Alive
In the wake of the imposition of another movement control order (MCO 2.0) in Malaysia, manufacturing players, mid-tier companies (MTCs) and small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been galvanised to rally under Industries Unite as a broad coal...