Thumbs up to our government as agreed to give a special one-off financial assistance of RM10,000 to active businesses registered in Sarawak under the Bantuan Khas Sarawakku Sayang (BKSS) 7.0 package.
Our heartfelt thanks to Chief Minister, Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Abang Haji Openg who announced this special aid this afternoon and the financial assistance is aimed to alleviate their burden caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. In his speech, our Chief Minister had mentioned the decision was made after considering the requests from local business associations and guilds affected by the pandemic. The requests for financial assistance were to sustain their businesses, particularly to cover operational costs,
including rental and wages of their employees, especially among our small and medium
enterprises (SMEs).
Our Sarawak government will provide a special one-off financial assistance of RM10,000 for active businesses in Sarawak registered with SOCSO as of Dec 31, 2020 and such measure will help to ease the financial burden of approximately 40,000 active businesses. The financial assistance will cost the Sarawak government a direct expenditure of over RM400 million. The assistance will be paid in two tranches whereby RM5,000 in September and the balance is payable in December this year.
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