PASIR MAS: The more than 7,500 entrepreneurs trained under the East Coast Economic Region Development Council (ECERDC) should move their businesses online through the E-Commerce Campaign for Micro Enterprises and SMEs, for which RM70 million has been allocated in the National Economic Recovery Plan (Penjana).
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said he had directed the council to bring together the entrepreneurs to give them training in the field so that they could generate more revenue as the country faced economic uncertainty due to the impact of Covid-19.
"Small- and medium-sized enterprises need to transform their business and use digital platforms as the government provides funding for this purpose.
"I hope that the plans announced in Penjana will be translated into the bottom line. ECERDC will have to play its part more effectively to help these entrepreneurs."
He was speaking after a meeting with ECERDC's top management at the Kelantan East Coast Economic Region's office in Lubok Jong here yesterday.
Present were ECERDC chief executive officer Baidzawi Che Mat, ECERDC chief operating officer Datuk Ragu Sampasivam and ECERDC Kelantan general manager Jalaludin Omar.
Mustapa, who is Jeli member of parliament, said Kelantan Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yakob had invited Kelantan-based ministers to meet him to discuss the development of the state.
He called on all parties to cooperate with the federal government to restore the country's economy. --Bernama