Helping hand for hawkers and petty traders


PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has announced new initiatives for hawkers and petty traders involving an allocation of RM48.5mil for a micro financing programme and another RM25mil for the implementation of the Night Market Transformation.

He said under the micro financing programme, hawkers and petty traders can apply for Syariah-compliant microcredit financing with a zero per cent profit rate from Bank Rakyat.

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