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Labour Shortage Weighing Down SMEs

Datuk William Ng, Chairman, Small and Medium Enterprises Association (SAMENTA)

10-Jun-22 07:15

Labour Shortage Weighing Down SMEs

After two years of pandemic restrictions, Malaysia officially reopened most sectors of the economy on April 1st this year. However, do the twin headwinds of inflation and rising interest rates stifle recovery for SMEs? For a channel check on the state of the economy from the perspective of SMEs, we speak to Datuk William Ng, Chairman of the Small and Medium Enterprises Association (SAMENTA) on the current challenges and outlook for SMEs.

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Produced by: Shazana Mokhtar

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Philip See, Wong Shou Ning


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Categories:  economySMEgovernment

Tags:  economic recoverysmesdigitalisationlabour shortageinflationrising costs





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