Fueling growth with government funded financial services and incentives.

MIDF's Development Finance Division (DFD) organised a seminar on "Fueling Growth with Government Funded Financial Services and Incentives" in collaboration with the Malaysian Consortium of Mid-Tier Companies (MCMTC)Fueling Growth With Government Funded Financial Services and Incentives. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, DFD has been taking even more proactive steps in not only reaching out to their current and future clients but also in building awareness on existing Government funds available to SMEs and Mid-Tier Companies.

On 6 December 2021, DFD organised a hybrid seminar on "Fueling Growth with Government Funded Financial Services and Incentives" in collaboration with MCMTC and the support of our peers from the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) and Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE).

Participants who attended the event at Dewan Berlin and who joined virtually via Facebook Live were welcomed by Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Mamat, MIDF Group Chairman followed by Mr. Callum Chen, President of MCMTC. The programme included presentations by En. Imran Yassin, En. Anuar Omar and Mr. Yip Weng Seng who represented MIDF as well as En. Muhd Shahrulmiza Zakaria Deputy Director, Customised Program Section, Transformation & Digital Trade Division, MATRADE and Pn. Mani Muhammad, Director of Strategic Planning (Manufacturing), MIDA. One of the main aims of this seminar was to create awareness on digitalisation amongst the Mid-Tier companies as well as facilitate business owners to obtain important and up-to-date information on financing resources and advisory services.

47 participants joined the event which saw active participation of both face-to-face attendees as well as those who joined online.