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The finance ministry is speeding up the refund of goods and services tax (GST) with payments to begin next week, Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz said.

On top of the measures rolled out by the government under the short-term Economic Recovery Plan (Penjana), there are calls for additional impetus to spur the rebooting of the economy.

Entrepreneurs are urging the government to pass a Covid-19 Act to better protect businesses from the economic impact of the novel coronavirus.

After over a month of restrictions, it was like a breath of fresh air to hear Malaysians can now go out in twos to buy food and other daily essentials.

国内12个工商会组织今日在视讯记者会上透露，国内大多数零售商2月的生意额下挫60%、3月生意额下挫80%至90%，4月生意额更创下零纪录；来临的5月，零售商业者预计生意额也会很低。

Press Conference by Coalition of Business Association in Malaysia.

The business communities have urged the government to consider implementing a Malaysian version of Covid-19 Act temporarily until the end of the year.

A coalition of 12 business associations today urged the government to implement temporary legislation to protect business owners from legal suits after the movement control order (MCO) is lifted.

A coalition of various business associations and trade bodies urged the government to urgently enact a law that would protect companies including small and medium enterprises against their inability to honour legal contracts because of the movement control order.

All economic sectors that have been allowed to operate during the movement control order (MCO) period can ramp up their operations to full capacity starting tomorrow, said International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali.