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Bross records RM100 mln in sales

KUCHING: The Facebook Bazaar Rakyat Online Sarawakku Sayang (Bross) has managed to record sales of RM100 million as of this year. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said the programme had helped some 10,000 small traders and hawkers to sell their products through social media. He said this was among the initiatives […]

Traders switching to online sales

BY ROSLI JAYA, HAZIQ AZHAR & FARHANAH MELLON KUCHING: Local traders are turning to digital platforms to promote and sell their products. According to Bazaar Rakyat Online Sarawakku Sayang (BROSS) founder Mohd Nazreen Kassim Ismail, the development of online sales platform in Facebook page received tremendous support from local traders as most buyers and sellers […]

Initiatives to spur online business

Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Industrial Terminal and Entrepreneur Development (Mintred) has implemented various initiatives to assist Sarawakian entrepreneurs to run their businesses digitally. Mintred Assistant Minister Datuk Mohd Naroden Majaissaid his ministry had carried out several programmes that target youth throughout the state. “The ministry had organised 23 e-commerce programmes across the state which benefitted […]

State financial aid for business recovery

KUCHING: With financial assistance from the state government, businesses can recover from the negative impact of the Covid-19 pandemic during the recovery movement control order (RMCO) period and beyond. Assistant Minister of International Trade and Industry, Industrial Terminal and Entrepreneur Development Datuk Mohd Naroden Majais said, for example, his ministry had implemented several initiatives to […]

Use Helpy to order essential items

KUCHING: Members of the public can use digital applications to order essential items, including food, throughout the month of Ramadan and the upcoming Gawai Dayak celebration, said Assistant International Trade and Industry, Industry Terminal and Entrepreneur Development (Mintred) Minister Datuk Mohd Naroden Majais. He said that the state government had initiated a programme named ‘Bazar […]

Night market traders in high spirits

KUCHING: Has the Bazaar Ramadan Online Sarawakku Sayang (BROSS) cost traders and hawkers from the Metrocity Night Market the opportunity to make a living during the movement control order (MCO) period? That is not the case as the initiative received encouraging feedback. Head of the Metrocity N6 Youth Night Market management team, Mohamad Khairuzie Bolhassan, […]

Go out of norm, entrepreneurs told

KUCHING: Since setting up stalls by the roadside is a big ‘No’, Sarawakians, especially women entrepreneurs, have to venture out of the norm during the month of Ramadan. According to Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah, the state government has initiated 11 Bazaar Ramadan Online Sarawakku Sayang (BROSS) […]

BROSS to encourage online trade during Ramadan

KUCHING: Sarawak takes another step to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to earn extra income during the fasting month through the Bazar Ramadan Online Sarawakku Sayang (BROSS) programme on Facebook. State Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said BROSS was initiated as an alternative to the annual Ramadan bazaar which had been barred following […]