SME association president calls for stability in govt, urges politicians to cooperate until next general election
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 — SME Association of Malaysia president Datuk Michael Kang said that businesses need a stable government administration to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic.
“What businesses want is the stability in government so that we can focus on overcoming the pandemic and the recovery of the economy. “Then they can continue their fight in the general election next year. Otherwise, it’s hard for us to plan for the recovery with all this uncertainty,” he said.
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