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29 Jun 2021 / 09:54 H. pix is for illustration purposes only PETALING JAYA: The Small & Medium Enterprises Association (Samenta) has welcomed the RM150 billion Economic Recovery and People’s Protection Package (Pemulih) but pointed out that it will only provide temporary relief. Its Policy and Government Relations chairman, Datuk William Ng, congratulated the government for allowing a six-month loan moratorium for all individuals and micro-enterprises. However, he urged the government to e...

This comes as Malaysia enters a 2-week lockdown due to Covid-19.

Govt’s aid enables spa entrepreneur to expand business during pandemic 10 May 2021 / 10:03 H. BERNAMA KUALA TERENGGANU: A spa business owner, Zaliha Abu Bakar, was heart-broken when she was forced to close her shop for three months last year following implementation of the Movement Control Oder due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With no income, she was struggling to meet ends met, especially in having to fork out funds for the shop’s rental and utility bills. It pained her more when thinkin...

  WINNIPEG -- Some businesses in Winnipeg’s Corydon area are saying that construction is stopping customers from coming into their stores. Betsy Hiebert, who owns Cocobeans Bakeshop, said her business has been doing a lot more delivery since construction took over the space where her shop’s patio used to be. “We’ve got construction like crazy in front of our shop,” she said, “It’s taking up two lanes, so there’s no parking on Corydon where we are.” She said this has bee...

Helping hand: The government has introduced various initiatives to help ease the concerns of older workers. THE National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme is expected to put Malaysia’s economy back on the right track, and with it a boost to the country’s employment market. This is good news for those laid off during the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly older workers from the B40 or lower-income groups. While the youth are most affected by Covid-19 job losses, retrenched workers aged 45 and abo...

iPolitics By Ken Neumann. Published on Jan 26, 2021 4:11pm In the fight against COVID, arguments between the federal and provincial governments will get us nowhere. (Kelsey Wilson/Toronto Star) “We’re all in this together.” It’s the political slogan of the pandemic. Yes, it sounds nice at first, but the truth is, we’re not all in this equally. Many people, families, and entire communities are being hit much harder by COVID-19 than others.  Of course, most of us can agree t...

Expanded support for employers and jobseekers