Roles for private sector and youth in restoring prosperity

Maiden address: Ismail Sabri announcing the government’s focus and objectives to ease the impact from Covid-19.

PETALING JAYA: The new administration will focus on restoring Malaysians’ prosperity and strengthening the private sector’s role as the main engine of the economy to help reduce the impact from the Covid-19 pandemic, says the Prime Minister.

In his maiden address to the nation yesterday, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the Covid-19 pandemic had severely impacted global and domestic economies, with various industrial sectors, especially small and medium industries (SMIs), affected.