More than 90% of entrepreneurs at risk if MCO continues


A woman staring at the near empty shelf usually filled with buns and bread at a mini market within the area marked for enhanced MCO in Bayan Lepas, Penang.

KUALA LUMPUR: More than 90 per cent of micro, small, medium and informal enterprises would be risking business closure if the Movement Control Order (MCO) continues to be implemented, said the Ministry of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperative (MEDAC).

Its minister, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said as such, the ministry will continue to undertake intervention measures under the Entrepreneur and Cooperative Recovery Plan, and offer financing assistance and targeted moratorium to help the entrepreneurs in facing the impact from the MCO.

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