More engagement with entrepreneurs a priority for Ewon

First day: Ewon preparing to clock in for the first time at his Putrajaya office. Helping him is the ministry’s chief secretary, Datuk Suriani Ahmad.

KOTA KINABALU: Aggressive engagements with entrepreneurs and fostering closer ties with all the states in the country are high on the agenda of the newly-appointed Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister, Datuk Ewon Benedick.

He said the small and medium enterprises in this country were major economic contributors, and they are among the biggest sectors providing job opportunities for the people.