The Menteri Besar at the press conference after the launch ceremony.

IPOH, 22 December 2021- The Perak State Government received a contribution of 20 push carts from Shopee under the Community Services Programme to help and provide opportunities to micro-traders from the B40 group, who lost their livelihoods due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kinta area.

Perak Menteri Besar Dato' Seri Saarani Mohamad said the effort is a collaboration between ShopeePay and Perak Entrepreneur Secretariat (STeP) that identified the entrepreneurs involved, and Perak Development Corporation (PKNP) which provided business sites at the Sultan Azlan Shah Roundabout.

“This programme was launched at the end of October this year and is an extension of the Perak Entrepreneur Digitisation Programme, which is the focus of the state government via STeP this year.

“According to the STeP Director, the traders involved have started sales by using these stalls on 1 December. The overall sales record showed that within two weeks it recorded RM108,000 with an average income of RM390 per trader per day,” he said.

He said this at a press conference after officiating the Handover Ceremony of 20 Shopee Stalls at Bulatan Amanjaya, Meru here.

Also present were State Financial Officer Dato' Zulazlan Abu Hassan, State Rural Development, Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development Committee Chairman Dato’ Zainol Fadzi Paharudin, Ipoh Mayor Dato’ Rumaizi Baharin, PKNP Chief Executive Datuk Redza Rafiq Abdul Razak, STeP Director Mohd. Rozlan Mohd. Razalli and ShopeePay Malaysia and Management Head Alain Yee.

Dato' Seri Saarani added that he was informed that Shopee intends to extend cooperation with the state government to digitise more micro, small and medium businesses in the state, as achieved by the ShopeePay Push Cart initiative. 

“In 2022, I announced an allocation of RM1.5 million to STeP for the implementation of Perak entrepreneur development programmes, including entrepreneur digitisation. 

"This is one of the state government's efforts to re-stimulate the state's economic growth and increase direct and indirect tax revenue to the state,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Go Cashless n E Commerce Programme for Perak Entrepreneurs received a state government allocation of RM150,000 and has successfully generated sales of RM3.9 million benefitting more than 18,000 Perak entrepreneurs.

Source : Corporate, SUK Perak.