KUALA LUMPUR: The government has allocated RM100 million in the form of funding facilities and financial assistance to help the more than 8,000 people in the local arts and creative industry affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, says Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pic).
He said the allocation includes incentives for the production of works and digital content; career opportunities; skills development programmes; contributions under the Social Security Organisation (Socso) as well as the procurement of products for the purpose of production on television, radio as well as the composition of songs.
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