Finance Ministry: Almost RM12bil in Prihatin wage subsidies approved

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PETALING JAYA: Almost RM12bil in wage subsidies has been approved under the Wage Subsidy Programme, says the Finance Ministry.

Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz said that as of Oct 9, the approved subsidies totalling RM11.996bil would benefit 322,134 employers and 2.6 million employees.

Zafrul also said that the government had approved RM899.58mil in loans from 3,964 applications under the Penjana SME financing initiative to assist Small and Medium Enterprises . Zaful also said that a total of 11.36 million people have successfully received RM50 in their eWallets, amounting to RM567.9mil under the eWallet credit programme which ended on Sept 30.

 

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Even I know how to SPEND others people's money. Do you know how to GENERATE money for the country ? tzafrul_aziz

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