Worried FMM proposes nine-pronged strategy to save manufacturers


File pic: Barbed wire installed around Kampung Sungai Penchala near Penchala Tunnel after this area was being placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO). — FAIHAN GHANI/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) has proposed a nine-pronged strategy to help manufacturers due to uncertainties about the indefinite extension of Phase 1 of the National Recovery Plan (NRP).

FMM president Tan Sri Soh Thian Lai appealed to the government to immediately move into Phase 2 of the NRP to prevent permanent and irreversible damage to business and the economy.

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