#ProjekMuhibah Strategy 3 – Continued and Targeted Economic Assistance
In REFSA's #ProjekMuhibah series, Strategy 3 calls for continued and targeted assistance to businesses and individuals. See infographics here.
July 13, 2021
Think tanks put forward alternative approaches in fight against Covid-19
The current lockdown is hurting the livelihood of Malaysians. Government must move past arbitrary distinctions between “essential” & “non-essential sectors, focusing instead on applying dynamic SOPs & targeted economic assistance to businesses.
Politik | Kerajaan dan pembangkang perlu cari jalan tengah
Bagi menstabilkam keadaan politik, kesepakatan dwipartisan bagi menetapkan tarikh pilihan raya agar dapat meredekan suhu politik negara yang kian tidak menentu.
More cash injection needed to save businesses
Iskandar Fareez opined that fiscal measures in PEMULIH are insufficient, calling for more injections. Instead of categorising businesses as ‘essential/‘non-essential’, mass preventive testing and risk-based assessments should be carried out to decide which businesses can reopen.