9 minute read Yesterday, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin unveiled the government’s new PERMAI stimulus package, the fifth economic stimulus package in Malaysia aimed at combatting the negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Worth RM15 billion, the PERMAI stimulus consists of 22 initiatives – some of which improve on current initiatives that are already ongoing or accelerating the implementation of said initiatives. So, if you’re wondering why some of the initiatives under PERMAI sound rather familiar, it’s because they may have already been announced or implemented before. To help clear things up, we go through the PERMAI highlights to see which are part of existing initiatives and which are brand-new benefits.