Pemerkasa Is Good But No More Lockdowns Please, SME Association Pleads

Datuk Michael Kang, President, SME Association of Malaysia

19-Mar-21 07:47

Pemerkasa Is Good But No More Lockdowns Please, SME Association Pleads

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Pemerkasa is Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's second stimulus package of 2021 and his eighth since the Covid-19 crisis began. But the eternal question remains: is it enough to save the SMEs? Datuk Michael Kang, President of the SME Association of Malaysia, discusses.

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