‘Buy local goods to support SMEs’


Customers checking out foodstuff during the Buy Malaysian-Made Products campaign at Sunshine Square. — Photos: JEREMY TAN/The Star

SUPPORT local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to help them weather the Covid-19 storm, urged Penang trade, industry and entrepreneurial development committee chairman Datuk Abdul Halim Hussain.

Speaking at the launch of the Buy Malaysian-Made Products campaign at Sunshine Square in Bayan Baru, he said many of them were badly affected by lockdowns and new norms resulting from the global pandemic.

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