MUAR, June 28 -- Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today called on local authorities and government agencies to be more proactive by going to the ground to meet traders to get to know their problems.
He said the move should be taken to assist them restart their business after being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“On this matter, there should be a different approach carried out so that the efforts by the government to regenerate the economy is successfully implemented.
“If before this, traders and operators have to refer to the district council, local authorities or chambers of commerce, now local authorities and government agencies need to go to the ground to meet traders to get to know their problems.
“This is also part of the new normal which government bodies must get used to as the way we work,” he said in a statement issued after he attended a meeting with representatives of Muar district traders and industries at the Muar district office here.
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