Pemerkasa+: Reactive Or Proactive Solution?

Dr. Juita Mohamad, Fellow, Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia

02-Jun-21 07:45

Pemerkasa+: Reactive Or Proactive Solution?

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With the imposition of a total lockdown for two weeks nationwide, how will members of the B40 community survive the loss of income and economic vulnerability that will result? Enter the Pemerkasa+ aid package, which is the government's attempt to ease the impact of the lockdown on the B40 group- but how effective is it? We speak to Dr. Juita Mohamad, Fellow from Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia to find out.

Image Credit: Aiman Khair / Shutterstock.com

Produced by: Shazana Mokhtar

Presented by: Lyn Mak, Noelle Lim, Roshan Kanesan

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Categories: Politics, Social Issues, law & legal matters, Investments

Tags: Pemerkasa Plus, Pemerkasa, B40, fiscal injection, lockdown,

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