‘There is a saying, “Give a man a fish and you can feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”. So help small businesses stay afloat.
‘Revenues are down. Margins, if any are non existent. Wages, rentals and raw material are the three main costs of business. Government assistance is needed to subsidise one part of the expense to keep Malaysians employed.
‘We have been told that we are fighting a war with an invisible enemy. We issue a one-off “Coronavirus War Bond” to fund this fight to keep jobs. It will break the budget deficit ceilings. What alternative do we have?’
Read here (FocusMalaysia, March 29, 2020)
