SME News
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2023-03-06
Malaysia's Budget 2023 signals quicker fiscal consolidation, deficit revised down to 4.9% - Fitch Solutions
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia remains on track for fiscal consolidation in the post-pandemic era, with the shortfall in 2023 likely to narrow to 4.9 per cent from 5.3 per cent previously, said Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research (Fitch Soluti...
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2023-03-05
Nancy Shukri: MyKasih Kapital programme helped 14,770 women increase income
GEORGE TOWN, March 5 — The Wanita Bangkit@KPWKM MyKasih Kapital programme under the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development (KPWKM) has helped 14,770 women increase their income since 2019. Its Minister, Datuk Seri Nanc...
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2023-03-05
DBKL urged to review hawker free trade zone programme
KUALA LUMPUR: Obstructing pedestrians, disrupting traffic, filthy conditions and obscuring the view are among the public complaints regarding hawkers doing business in inappropriate locations, including along sidewalks and parking lots around the fed...
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2023-03-05
Re-think luxury tax proposal — Malaysia Shopping Malls Association members
MARCH 5 — As abovementioned, we collectively urge the Government to re-think and withdraw the proposal to impose a luxury tax. Firstly, the definition of luxury is fraught with subjectivity and impossible to be definitive nor absolutely obje...
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2023-03-02
Budget 2023: Improve delivery system, ensure only targeted groups get aid
KUALA LUMPUR: The unity government’s revised Budget 2023 tabled in Parliament last Friday has proposed, among other things, various forms of aid to assist needy groups to face the challenges posed by the rising cost of living. Themed Develop...