Tourism Ministry allocates RM25mil for cultural sector matching grants


MELAKA: The Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry has allocated RM25mil for cultural sector matching grants, as an initiative for industry players and stakeholders after the country entered the endemic phase of Covid-19.

National Department for Culture and Arts deputy director-general (Policy and Planning Sector), Mohd Amran Mohd Haris, said that the grant was also earmarked to reactivate various cultural programmes more proactively, and applications could be made through the minister or the state department.

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