KUALA LUMPUR (May 10): Following the imposition of the Movement Control Order 3.0, the Selangor state government announced a deadline extension on applications for the Selangor Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Digitalisation Matching Grant. The deadline for the grant, which was originally due on May 15, 2021, has since been extended to June 15, 2021. Selangor Chief Minister Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari launched the grant programme on April 12 this year to help SMEs in the state with their digital transformation efforts. “We also note there are sometimes differences in MCO standard operating procedures as between the Selangor state and federal governments. Selangor-based SMEs may apply to receive the digitalisation grant across five digitalisation areas: e-commerce, HR and payroll, cloud accounting, digital marketing, and electronic point of sale (e-POS) and payment gateway.

Source: The Edge Markets May 10, 2021 09:45 UTC