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Budget 2021 & the Arts: Is it Enough?

Izan Satrina Mohd Sallehuddin, Founding Chief Executive Officer, Cultural Economy Development Agency (Cendana) | Sharifah Aleysha, Representative, ReformARTsi

10-Nov-20 14:00

Budget 2021 & the Arts: Is it Enough?

Under Budget 2021, RM15mil has been allocated for the Cultural Economy Development Agency (Cendana), to be used for the arts and culture sector. But after an immensely challenging year of shows, exhibitions, festivals, and most public gatherings being severely limited by the COVID-19 pandemic and the various Movement Control Orders, is this proposed amount sufficient? We speak to people from the arts and culture sector to find out what they think.

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Image Source: The Cultural Economy Development Agency (CENDANA)

Produced by: Sharmilla Ganesan

Presented by: Juliet Jacobs, Lim Sue Ann, Dashran Yohan


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Tags:  The Bigger PictureThe Daily DigestBudget 2021Belanjawan 2021Budget-2021-MahsingCultural Economy Development Agency (Cendana)ReformARTsiArts and Culture SectorCOVID-19Movement Control Orders





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