Culture and arts industry lost RM85mil due to pandemic

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Tourism, culture and arts minister Nancy Shukri says RM2.21 million given to 217 cultural NGOs last year to revive the sector. FMTNews Covid19 NancyShukri NGO

Nancy Shukri says the government is looking into a request to allow bands to perform at hotels.

In the light of this, tourism, culture and arts minister Nancy Shukri said there was a need to restore the cultural non-governmental organisations to enable the sector to be active again. From the total allocation approved by the ministry’s culture evaluation committee, RM1.63 million went to fulfilling 30 applications for aid for the NGOs to carry out their activities while RM582,500 was channelled to 187 associations impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The ministry has held engagement sessions with Persatuan Seni Bangsawan Bintang Timur, Persatuan Seni dan Teater Selangor, Persatuan Pemuzik Malaysia and Persatuan Karyawan Malaysia.

 

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