Incentive in time of need


A customer choosing the dishes for his take-away meal at a nasi kandar restaurant in Tanjung Bungah, Penang, on the first day of the movement control order. — Photos: CHAN BOON KAI and LIM BENG TATT/The Star

THE state government has set aside an additional budget of RM20mil as incentive to small-time traders and businesses as well as hawkers who may be impacted by the movement control order.

Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the state government was looking at ways to help those affected by easing their burden.

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