Selling quesadilla to suit local palate

Quesadilla is known to many in the culinary world as a delicacy of Mexican origin. Petty trader Martha Rano, 29, from Kampung Sibenyis (Mile 15), started venturing into a small business in October 2022 known as Flipping Good with quesadilla as the main product. Her business received good response after participating in the Food Fair […]

From murtabak to kuih keria sale

KUCHING: Starting a business by selling murtabak, Nurul Ain Syafawani Khamis 22, now moves forward by selling “kuih keria” to customers. According to her, she has been in the business selling murtabak since 1998 which is a family recipe. “I started selling ‘kuih keria’ in 2019 by sharing a stall next to my brother and […]

From zakat recipient to zakat contributer

BY SYED AZWAN SYED ALI KUALA LUMPUR: More than five ago, Shahrina Abdul Hadi and her family stayed in a cramped one-bedroom flat in Jalan Sentul here and at night, due to space constraints, some of her children would sleep either in their father’s old run-down van or in the open like homeless people. The […]

Partnership to help small businesses

KUCHING: United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Bhd (UOB Malaysia) partnered with leading business technology company StoreHub to help food and beverage (F&B) small businesses reduce operational costs amid the growing demand for online food delivery services. The bank’s F&B small business customers can digitalise their food ordering operations, and save costs when using StoreHub’s tablet-based retail […]

Government urged to provide special relief fund

KUCHING: Dewan Ekonomi Melayu Sarawak (Dekoms) is calling on the state government to consider providing a special relief fund to help small business entrepreneurs affected by the movement control order declared by Putrajaya recently. In a statement issued by its president Bujang Boji Sitam, the funds could help small entrepreneurs who rely solely on business […]