‘Take advantage of loans and grants provided to entrepreneurs’

TRADERS are urged to take advantage of funds provided by the government for entrepreneur development, says a state executive councillor. Johor youth, sports, entrepreneur development and cooperative committee chairman Mohd Hairi Mad Shah said last year, some RM395mil had been allocated for entrepreneur development. He noted there are many different agencies which could provide assistance to entrepreneurs to further develop their business in the state. “We want to create more entrepreneurs, especially from the younger generation,” he said in his keynote address at the 10th anniversary and fourth installation ceremony of the Malaysian Dato Entrepreneurs Association (MDEA). Mohd Hairi said everyone, including non-governmental organisations, needed to work together to help nurture entrepreneurial skills among the people, especially the young. At the event, MDEA also present a mock cheque of RM10,000 to Yayasan Sultanah Rogayah president Datuk R. Sugumaran to help the needy in Johor. Also present was Datuk Abdul Rashid Kasman, who represented Dewan Negara deputy president Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed.