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HAWKERS & PETTY TRADERS WILL BE GIVEN DUE ATTENTION, SAYS PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Thursday assured hawkers and petty traders that they will be given due attention for further development like that given to the Small and Medium-sized Entrepreneurs (SMEs).
The hawker business and petty trade also offer huge potential for handsomereturns, he said.
"While there will always remain the hope to make big income and become rich, what is important is for the hawkers and petty traders to work hard," he said in his opening remarks at the Wilayah Persekutuan's Hawkers and PettyTraders Congress 2008, here, today.
Also present were Federal Territory Minister, Datuk Seri Zulhasnan Rafique, Minister of Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development, Datuk Noh Omar and the head of Malay Hawkers and Petty Traders Association of Federal Territory, BahrimA.Razak.
On its part, Abdullah said the government has and will continue to provide whatever aid that is necessary to help the hawkers and petty traders grow andprosper.
Among other things, Abdullah, who is also Finance Minister said the government via the Ministry of Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development has set aside a special fund of RM10 million to assist hawkers and petty traderswho are registered with hawkers and petty traders associations.
"We will increase the allocation for bodies that are providing assistance tothe small traders," he said.
The government, he said would also add the infrastructure needed for hawkersand petty traders.
Meanwhile, he also called on them to ensure cleanliness and efficiency in order to attract customers and eventually expand theirbusiness.
Earlier, Zulhasnan said there are 50,393 registered petty traders in KualaLumpur, a tremendous increase from 35,123 petty traders in 2000.
Out of this, Chinese hawkers made up 26,440 or 52.5 percent of the hawkers in 2007, while Malays accounted for 19,579 of them or 38.9 percent while Indiansand others made up 8.6 percent.
"Meanwhile, the City Hall of Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) also identified around 6,000 hawkers as still operating without licenses in Kuala Lumpur the whole oflast year," Zulhasnan said.
"This industry provides income to about 300,000 people who provide the labour in the process of the business around the Federal Terittory,"Zulhasnan.
The ministry and DBKL have identified the need to establish around 18,000 business space for the placement of the roadside traders under the Kuala Lumpur2020 Structural Plan.
This requirement meanwhile has raised the need to develop 600 hawker centres requiring an area of 360 hectares to house such a large number ofhawkers, he said.
The hawker business and petty trade also offer huge potential for handsomereturns, he said.
"While there will always remain the hope to make big income and become rich, what is important is for the hawkers and petty traders to work hard," he said in his opening remarks at the Wilayah Persekutuan's Hawkers and PettyTraders Congress 2008, here, today.
Also present were Federal Territory Minister, Datuk Seri Zulhasnan Rafique, Minister of Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development, Datuk Noh Omar and the head of Malay Hawkers and Petty Traders Association of Federal Territory, BahrimA.Razak.
On its part, Abdullah said the government has and will continue to provide whatever aid that is necessary to help the hawkers and petty traders grow andprosper.
Among other things, Abdullah, who is also Finance Minister said the government via the Ministry of Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development has set aside a special fund of RM10 million to assist hawkers and petty traderswho are registered with hawkers and petty traders associations.
"We will increase the allocation for bodies that are providing assistance tothe small traders," he said.
The government, he said would also add the infrastructure needed for hawkersand petty traders.
Meanwhile, he also called on them to ensure cleanliness and efficiency in order to attract customers and eventually expand theirbusiness.
Earlier, Zulhasnan said there are 50,393 registered petty traders in KualaLumpur, a tremendous increase from 35,123 petty traders in 2000.
Out of this, Chinese hawkers made up 26,440 or 52.5 percent of the hawkers in 2007, while Malays accounted for 19,579 of them or 38.9 percent while Indiansand others made up 8.6 percent.
"Meanwhile, the City Hall of Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) also identified around 6,000 hawkers as still operating without licenses in Kuala Lumpur the whole oflast year," Zulhasnan said.
"This industry provides income to about 300,000 people who provide the labour in the process of the business around the Federal Terittory,"Zulhasnan.
The ministry and DBKL have identified the need to establish around 18,000 business space for the placement of the roadside traders under the Kuala Lumpur2020 Structural Plan.
This requirement meanwhile has raised the need to develop 600 hawker centres requiring an area of 360 hectares to house such a large number ofhawkers, he said.
