Informal and petty traders are urged to register their businesses with the relevant authorities in order to receive various aid from the Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Ministry and its agencies, said its Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar. “Because of their unregistered status, the ministry is unable to channel any aid to them.
Meanwhile, 28 residents and 55 non-governmental organisations in Lundu district, Sarawak received RM187,200 financial aid under the Sarawak government’s Minor Rural Project grant.Wan Junaidi also advised entrepreneurs to make the necessary preparations in the migration of their business operations from traditional to digital so as to ensure their continued survival in the Covid-19 era.