Is Recovery In Sight For SMEs?

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

22-Feb-22 07:45

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2022 was supposed to the year of economic recovery but with rising covid cases due to Omicron, does this derail things? Is the solution government support or is it time for business to bite the bullet and pivot? Chin Chee Seong, National Secretary General of the SME Association of Malaysia tells us. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

Produced by: Sim Wie Boon

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Philip See

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Categories: SME, business analysis

Tags: business recovery, government aid,

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