Malaysia SME

THERE is an unusual election happening in Melaka. It is an election without any of the conventional features of campaigning. There are no organised house-to-house visits, small-group meetings or large-scale public gatherings. Walkabouts are prohibited. Campaigning in public spaces is not allowed. However, candidates can put… Source link

WITH less than a week left till the Melaka state polls on Saturday, election fever is heating up. Also rising, inevitably, is the worry about history repeating itself – that the number of Covid-19 cases will spike in the country, like what we saw after the snap Sabah polls in September 2020. What is… Source link

SME Association of Malaysia lauds the initiatives being undertaken by the government to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the economy. These measures have indeed been useful in easing the unprecedented difficulties faced by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) during this particularly challenging… Source link

I SHARED photographs I found on Facebook of arch rivals Datuk Seri Najib Razak of Umno and Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia at the Melaka polls nomination day on Monday with a friend. “Looks like Barisan,” he said, referring to the blue Perikatan Nasional shirts Muhyiddin and his… Source link

JOBS are the lifeline of any economy, helping families put food on the table, generate income and create other job opportunities for our rakyat. Jobs also give a sense of pride and purpose to the lives of millions of Malaysians who contribute to the nation’s growth. When Covid-19 hit our shores in March… Source link

AS a student entering Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 1980, an institution set up to promote the national language, there were some important lessons that awaited me. Its student population was predominantly Malay, nearly monoethnic to be honest. The university, aware of the racial imbalance, began making… Source link

The monsoon season is here again but with poor maintenance culture and our own indiscriminate rubbish dumping, floods will continue to be a problem. RESIDENTS living in Lim Garden, Ipoh don’t get much sleep. Especially when it rains. The sleepy neighbourhood has seen its fair share of flooding during the… Source link

DESPITE the “Malaysian Family” slogan expounded by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob to prioritise Malaysian values, unity and well-being, Budget 2022 clearly shows a stark disparity in allocations between the bumiputra and non-bumiputra groups, especially the Indian community. An analysis of… Source link

Wan Razly (left) and Lim pose with ‘Product Innovation Of The Year’ award plaque. KUALA LUMPUR: Affin Bank Berhad (Affin Bank) has been recognised as the first Malaysian bank at the Global SME Finance Awards 2021 with an Honorable Mention under the ‘Product Innovation of the Year’ category for the development of its innovative digital flagship mobile app, the SME Colony. Organised by… Source link

Strong Resurgence for Malaysian Businesses KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — As Malaysia took a beating economically with our GDP contracting by 5.6 percent in 2020, SMEs were particularly hard hit by the pandemic. However, as the economy reopens, Malaysia’s GDP is expected to grow between 3 to 4 percent in 2021. Opening ceremony of the 2021 Golden Bull Award Malaysia. (From… Source link