M’sian MSMEs are levelling up, says Ewon


One for the album: (From left) Mohd Uzir, Suriani, Ewon, Ramanan, Dompok and Rizal at the MSME Performance 2023 event. — ONG SOON HIN/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Many micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have scaled up to become bigger players in the Malaysian economy, says Datuk Ewon Benedick.

This is seen in how the number of micro-sized enterprises have gone down while the number of small and medium firms have increased, said the Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister.

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