For the needy: Shop owner Rosidah Mansor stocking up a food bank with bags of essential items in Bayan Baru. CHAN BOON KAI/The Star
GEORGE TOWN: With the emergence of the White Flag movement, more kind-hearted Malaysians are coming out to set up food banks.
Unfortunately, some food banks were met with abuse. Rations laid out for the needy were cleaned out in a short time, often by the same individuals.
Sundry store owner Rosidah Mansor started a food bank in March for the needy.
“The essentials ran out quickly and stocking up three times a day was not enough. So we started recording names and packed essentials like cooking oil, rice, noodles, eggs, flour and other rations in one big pack to give out.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Companies, including small and medium enterprises, should leverage free trade agreements such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to export to countries in the Asia Pacific region, according to speakers at the first Export Excellence Awards (EEA) 2021 webinar.
RCEP, Asean’s biggest free trade agreement (FTA) to date, comprises all 10 Asean member states and five of Asean’s existing FTA partners to cover a market of 2.2 billion people with a combined size of approximately US$25tril (US$101.21 tril), which is about 29% of the world’s gross domestic product.
Its primary purpose is to serve as an overarching mechanism to facilitate free trade between the 15 countries with a single set of rules and procedures for accessing preferential tariffs.
Expert advice: Azmin, Ang and Sharimahton are among the speakers featured in the EEA 2021 Webinar Series.
KUALA LUMPUR: Companies keen to seek opportunities outside the country can tune in to the first webinar under the Export Excellence Awards (EEA) 2021 Webinar Series to find out more.
Titled “Shaping The Future: Broadening Economic Networks and Opportunities”, the webinar will be held virtually on Dec 15 from 8pm via the video conferencing platform Zoom.
Those keen to attend can register at bit.ly/eeawebinar1.
To kick off the webinar, International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Azmin Ali will give the keynote address on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).