You Mean We Still Have SMEs?!

Datuk Wira Ameer Ali Mydin, Vice President, Malaysia Retail Association

14-Jun-21 08:30

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Business and consumer organizations have come together to call for a blanket loan moratorium, in order to help those hard-hit by successive lockdowns. Already, many businesses- particularly SMEs are struggling, so we speak to Datuk Wira Ameer Ali Mydin, Vice President of the Malaysia Retail Association to find out what more needs to be done in order for affected businesses to survive.

Image credit: JiaChengg / Shutterstock

Produced by: Sim Wie Boon

Presented by: Lyn Mak, Noelle Lim, Roshan Kanesan

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Tags: SME, business, survival, covid-19, retail, loan, MCO,

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