Monday, 13 Apr 2020 08:59 PM MYT
“To help ease their burden, an additional injection of funds has been made to associations identified. The allocation is to assist artists from among the disabled community, the elderly and those who are ill and need medical help,” he said in a statement today. In order to achieve this goal and encourage more applications, Saifuddin said Finas and MDEC had extended the closing date for this year’s DCF application till May 15.
According to the statement, Radio Television Malaysia and the Content Development Division have launched the ‘Sing from Home’ and ‘Music from Home’ programmes to help out singers, including buskers, who have experienced a loss of income due to the cancellation of their respective events.