Finance Ministry planning special stimulus package for SMEs
Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Aziz said the proposed stimulus package designed especially for SMEs would be brought up at the cabinet level next week. — Bernama pic
KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 — The Finance Ministry is in the midst of refining a special stimulus package for the small and medium-sized enterprises to ease their current difficulties. Its minister, Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Aziz, said this proposed package designed especially for SMEs would be brought up at the cabinet level next week.“Therefore, MOF will propose to the cabinet and if the cabinet approves, the prime minister will make the announcement next week,” he said during an interview aired on TV3’s Buletin Utama programme today.
Tengku Zafrul said the special stimulus package was drafted after several meetings between MOF and SME representatives, which also involved discussions with the International Trade and Industry Ministry and SME Corporation Malaysia to finalise the proposal. He added that under the proposed package, MOF took into consideration the entire spectrum of companies in Malaysia, including the needs of SMEs and micro enterprises. — Bernama
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