Representatives from the event industry want the government to do more for this sector that has been badly-affected by Covid-19.
At a press conference today, several business owners representing the industry voiced out their difficulty in earning an income, urging the government to give them more assistance instead of leaving them to fend for themselves. He said the event industry had been impacted for almost a year without any clear directive from the government to assist them.
Suresh urged the government to review the existing SOPs and allow more small-scale events to be held.“We have exhausted all of our savings to pay the staff their salary and rental.”