Small and Medium Enterprises Association of Malaysia (SAMENTA) urges to government to prioritise the SMEs survival which are going through a steep and difficult recovery currently.
SAMENTA central chairman Datuk William Ng, therefore, has proposed several measures in the immediate term that can help SMEs during this difficult period such...
Singapore will expand quarantine-free travel to Hong Kong, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE this month, its health ministry said, resuming border reopening after a pause due to an outbreak of the coronavirus.
The city state will also restore and increase quotas under its vaccinated travel programme, which had been...
Malaysia's economy likely bounced back to growth in the final quarter of 2021, propelled by strong exports and private investments, but the fast-spreading Omicron coronavirus variant poses a threat to the outlook, a Reuters poll found.
Growth in Southeast Asia's third-largest economy rebounded last quarter to 3.3 percent year-on-year after...
CIMB Bank Bhd and CIMB Islamic Bank Bhd are collaborating with the Northern Corridor Implementation Authority (NCIA) to support the revitalisation of SMEs during the pandemic by providing interest/profit rebates.
Under the NCIA – CIMB Entrepreneur Scheme (NCES), eligible SMEs will be entitled to a rebate of 50 percent on...
Close cooperation between Singapore and Malaysia will see both countries prosper and emerge stronger from the Covid-19 pandemic, said Singapore Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli.
In a Facebook post after a three-day working visit to Kuala Lumpur, he noted two recurring themes from engagements with his Malaysian...
Rising raw material costs and continuing logistical problems are hampering the recovery of local SMEs, who are also facing a worker’s shortage.
Small and Medium Enterprises Association (SAMENTA) central chairman Datuk William Ng said worker shortage is just the latest in a list of setbacks affecting small companies as they...
Vietnam’s trade ministry has asked China’s Guangxi authorities to take urgent measures to ease congestion at border crossings after China stepped up its border controls with neighbours to follow zero Covid-19 policies, state media reported.
Pictures and video footage from state-run Vietnam News Agency (VNA) showed thousands of trucks were...
The Small and Medium Enterprises Association of Malaysia (SAMENTA) has celebrated its 35th Anniversary with a cake cutting ceremony graced by Tan Sri Noh Omar, Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Co-operatives (Medac), Rizal Nainy, CEO of SME Corp and Datuk William Ng, chairman of SAMENTA at the SME CEO...
Thailand’s already locked down capital shut parks and the few remaining public places available to residents, as the country registered a new high of coronavirus infections.
The near-total restriction on movements in the capital came as the prime minister demanded officials find ways to get the sick into hospitals after...
Malaysia’s unemployment rate has improved steadily this year to 4.5 percent according to the Department of Statistics in May 2021, as vaccination across the country ramps up. This contrasts quite significantly to the all-time high of 5.3 percent a year ago during the first movement control order (MCO 1.0).
With...
A tiny financial center of 5.7 million people is gradually preparing for life after the pandemic, as vaccination rates increase, social distancing measures ease and residents once again dare to daydream about leisure travel. A short ferry ride away, a sprawling archipelago with a population of 270 million is...
The Selangor State Government today announced a raft of measures totalling RM551.56 million, targeting the 1.6 million residents in Malaysia's richest and most developed state.
Pakej Kita Selangor 2.0, which is an expansion of measures announced in January, further aims to protect livelihoods, maintain business continuity, and expand the state's...
