Businesses react positively to latest Covid-19 strategies


Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) president Tan Sri Soh Thian Lai says the FMM has always been an apolitical organisation giving its fullest support and cooperation to the government of the day.

PETALING JAYA: Business leaders have reacted favourably to proposals by the government to increase spending to overcome the economic and health crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin says the government aims to seek Parliamentary approval to increase the Covid-19 fund by RM45bil to RM110bil.

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