Covid not stopping rempeyek maker from generating income
SEREMBAN: What started as just a small business four years ago, has turned into a profitable source of income for rempeyek (Malay crunchy snack) maker Raja Fadilah Raja Deraman and her husband Amir Ismail from Rembau. With a start-up capital of RM600, the couple today earns a net sales income of not less than RM5,000 […]
Making ends meet through the pandemic
KUCHING: Small businesses are the hardest hitby the Covid-19 pandemic enveloping the country. Petty traders and hawkers are at the mercy of local folks to support their livelihood but competition from supermarkets and hypermarkets makes it even more difficult for them to generate income. Bobby Kimliang, 34, who sells vegetables at a stall in […]
Medac to help 25,000 small businesses go digital
PUTRAJAYA: The Ministry of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives (Medac) is optimistic of assisting some 25,000 small businesses nationwide to go digital within one to two years as a vital move to ensure their survival in the post Covid-19 era. Its minister, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, in a statement today, said this was […]
Centre initiates online registration
SIBU: Nangka Service Centre has taken up an interesting initiative by introducing an online registration of small businesses in Nangka constituency. The initiative included a survey to establish a database and facilitate all future businesses. The survey involved all local hawkers, petty traders and small businesses in the constituency. Small traders in the village who […]
Small businesses cannot afford to close, lament owners
KUCHING: The roads and parking lots in Satok near here were unusually empty yesterday. Normally, traffic would be congested from the Satok Bridge towards Jalan Satok in the morning with everyone rushing to work and so forth. Day One of the movement control order was gloomy, wet and quiet when New Sarawak Tribune wandered around […]
