Stimulus and Emergency Planning Needed

Prof. Nur Ain Shahrier, Professor of Economics, Sunway University | Hamdan Abdul Majeed, Managing Director, Think City

27-Mar-20 07:45

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0:06 - Ahead of the Second Economic Stimulus Package set to be released today, all eyes are on Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, to see how much the package will contain, and where it will be targeted. To give us some thoughts, we speak to Hamdan Abdul Majeed, Managing Director of Think City, about measures needed to alleviate Malaysians' economic burden.

04:31 - We also speak to Professor Nur Ain Shahrier, Professor of Economics at Sunway University, on what we can expect from the stimulus package.

Produced by: Maryam Maznorzuhairi

Presented by: Lyn Mak, Julian Ng

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Tags: MCO, RMO, Malaysia, Covid-19, stimulus package, muhyiddin yassin,

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