Wednesday, June 20, 2012

SMEs need incentives to grow bigger

Source From (The Star Online): http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/6/20/business/11513308&sec=business

Published: on 20 Jun 2012

KUALA LUMPUR: More structured incentives should be given to enable Malaysian small-and-medium scale enterprises (SMEs) to grow bigger.

Chairman of the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCCIM) Young Entrepreneurs Committee Oon Weng Boon said SMEs should be encouraged to grow in sectors where they are not well recognised such as information technology and services.

“We can learn from the success stories from Taiwan and South Korea where SMEs have been successful due to the support and encouragement by the Government,” he said at the ACCCIM Young Entrepreneurs Conference 2012.

In the current challenging times amid the economic problems in Europe and the United States and slowing growth in China, he said, SMEs needed to be more competitive but cautious about expanding.

“In the long run, global economic problems would affect Malaysia’s economic growth and businesses,” he said.

SMEs, he said, faced a challenging task to remain competitive and the implementation of the minimum wage policy would make them less competitive as it increased production costs. — Bernama

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