Give incentives for exports, Wee urges Govt

Marking the occasion: Wee (centre) blowing out candles on a cake to celebrate the 40th birthday of the Wanita wing at the Negri Sembilan Wanita MCA annual meeting in Nilai. With him are (from second left) Negri Sembilan Wanita MCA chairman Datuk Seri Lee Pit Chern, Heng, Lim, and Wanita secretary-general Datuk Ooi Siew Kim along with other members.

NILAI: The Government should encourage more export-oriented activities as a way of countering the depreciation of the ringgit, said MCA deputy president Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong.

He said local manufacturers, especially those who needed to import raw materials from abroad, had been greatly affected by the slide of the Malaysian currency.