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A Checkup On Malaysian SMEs Health

Chin Chee Seong, National Secretary General, SME Association of Malaysia

09-Sep-22 12:00

A Checkup On Malaysian SMEs Health

We’re currently a fair few months into all sectors reopening and roughly 4 months before the end of 2022. How have our businesses and SMEs been doing so far? According to a report by Moody’s Investors Service, businesses in the emerging markets within the APAC region are projected to perform better than competitors in the developed markets but is this the case for Malaysia? We hear from Chin Chee Seong, National Secretary General of the SME Association of Malaysia as he gives us an update on how our SMEs are doing.

Image Credit: Shutterstock | giggsy25

Produced by: Jeremy Ng

Presented by: Richard Bradbury, Christine Wong


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Categories:  CorporatesSMEentrepreneurseconomymanagingmarkets

Tags:  businessesrecoveryapacorganisationsreopening businesses





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