OSLO, March 1 — Malaysia can learn from the Norway government’s effort to strengthen the adoption of 5G networks and its technology among local industries, especially for the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — SME Corp Malaysia’s launch of the 2024 Enterprise 50 (E50) award marks the beginning of the yearly search for the top 50 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — The government has urged the country’s banking industry to remain competitive in dealing with the concurrent three Cs phenomenon in postnormal times — complexity, chaos, and contradictions.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 19 — Traditional and complementary medicine (TCM) practitioners who are registered under the T&CM Act 2016 [Act 775] will be exempted from the eight per cent service tax, according to the Finance Ministry (MoF).

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9 — The Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Ministry (Kuskop), through its agency SME Corp Malaysia, remains committed to empowering micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) with a RM134.6 million allocation to implement various initiatives and programmes in 2024.

KOTA BELUD, Jan 8 — The Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Ministry (Kuskop) and agencies under its purview have implemented 187 programmes throughout last year which have benefitted 755,909 entrepreneurs nationwide.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 14 — Malaysia’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have continued to recover in 2023 from the impact caused by the pandemic despite a challenging global economy, amid geopolitical tension and inflationary pressures.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 — The Communications and Digital Ministry (KKD) will carry on blocking social media platforms with content that can influence, affect and compromise public morals.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 — The government has disbursed RM5.19 billion in funds to 292,530 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and cooperatives up to November, to support those still recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 6 — A total of 6.5 million eMadani credit assistance applications have been approved and credited to recipients, involving a RM650 million allocation thus far, said Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan.

By Yasmin Ramlan  KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 — The Federal government will offer employers who adopt the progressive wage policy up to RM200 as a monthly cash incentive for every entry-level worker they hire and RM300 for staff of other seniority for a 12-month period.  Economy Minister Rafizi...

JOHOR BAHRU, Nov 8 —Local entrepreneurs, especially micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), need to be bold in exploring international markets and not rely solely on the domestic market.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 – The target contribution of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) for 2025 has been revised from 45 per cent to 41 per cent after considering the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on the national economy as well as the Ukraine-Russia conflict, the Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Ministry said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 — RM600 million from selected facilities under Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) fund for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) has been earmarked for four target segments, it said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — The Malaysian economy is expected to grow moderately at 3.3 per cent per the gross domestic product's (GDP) initial estimate for the third quarter of 2023 (Q3 2023) compared with 2.9 per cent in Q2 2023, according to the Economy Ministry.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 18 — MPs raised issues related to targeted subsidies and cost of living on the third day of the debate on the Supply Bill 2024 in the Dewan Rakyat today.

By Yasmin Ramlan KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 18 3— Kuala Selangor MP Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad recommends the government establish a body to oversee the people’s policies and incentives, announced during Budget 2024 last week. The former health minister said the body should promote transparency,...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 — The government is looking at initiatives for food and beverage (F&B) business operators to venture into other industries, including production and manufacturing, according to Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 — Government and private agencies need to be sensitive to regional economic challenges entrepreneurs encounter, particularly those in the micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) sector, given the current geopolitical situation.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 20 — SME Corporation Malaysia (SME Corp) has channelled RM100 million via the Micro Madani Strengthening Programme (Micro Madani), to help 20,700 entrepreneurs nationwide from the micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) sector.