KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 35,000 jobs will be made available in the arts and creative industry through an allocation of RM100 million under the National People's Well-Being and Economic Recovery Package (PEMULIH) announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin yesterday.
Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah said the country's arts and creative industry players will benefit from PEMULIH through departments and agencies under the ministry such as Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM), Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) and the Cultural Economy Development Agency (CENDANA).
"The initiative targets more than 8,000 beneficiaries from various fields including singers, musicians, actors, scriptwriters, songwriters, theater activists, those in performing arts, publishing companies and production and technical crew behind the scenes.
"This allocation will also be used to continue programmes under the Malaysian Creative Industry Stimulus Package (PRISMA) implemented last February," he said during a virtual session to announce the recipients of the Digital Content Fund (DKD) today.
Saifuddin said departments and agencies involved would implement 14 key initiatives in the form of financing facilities, capacity building, market access and promotion as well as productions on television and radio.
Besides this, Saifuddin said 11,460 workers with production companies receiving DKD would receive contributions under the Social Security Organisation's (Socso) Self-Employment Social Security Scheme via the production workforce contribution initiative.
He said the ministry was directly involved in the implementation of two of PEMULIH's three main focuses, namely pursuing the people's well-being agenda and supporting businesses by focusing on Internet connectivity, digital entrepreneurship, creative industry sustainability and mental health.
He said telecommunication service providers had also agreed to once again extend the free 1 gigabyte daily data from Aug 1 to Dec 31, which is estimated to be worth RM500 million with 44 million registered users benefitting.
Through the Entrepreneur Digitalisation Empowerment Programme (PUPUK), the government is targeting at least 800,000 entrepreneurs to adopt digitalisation and become actively involved in the digital economy.
"The ministry through the Shop Malaysia Online and Go-eCommerce Onboarding campaigns together with industry players and e-commerce platforms is targeting benefits for more than 300,000 micro-traders and Small and Medium Enterprises from various groups with an allocation of RM200 million," he said.
In line with the development of the Industrial Revolution 4.0 (4IR) in agriculture, Saifuddin said the Digital Agriculture Technology (Digital AgTech) programme in collaboration with the Malaysian Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and Farmers' Organisation will train 250 farmers, especially in rural areas, to switch to digital economic platforms to increase business revenue and online sales for more lucrative income.
Saifuddin said with the uncertain situation amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the government was aware of the need for psychosocial support and in this regard, RTM has a special mental health slot in its Selamat Pagi Malaysia programme every day.
He also hoped that the allocation of RM15 million to non-governmental organisations as the government's strategic partner to address social issues such as mental health, homelessness and other social problems at the community level would be fully utilised for the well-being of the people.
"I am confident that the National Recovery Plan implemented in stages and supported by PEMULIH to protect the survival of the people and the sustainability of the various industries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic can bring us out of this situation.
"At the same time, we also need to take advantage of the opportunities and facilities provided especially in digitilisation, e-commerce and the creative industries to further improve the skills of the digital economy as well as enrich local production works," he said.
-- BERNAMA
Bernama
Tue Jun 29 2021
Saifuddin said a total of 35,000 jobs will be made available in the arts and creative industry through an allocation of RM100 million under PEMULIH). - BERNAMA filepic
Kesatuan Ragbi Malaysia harap individu disyaki pecah amanah didakwa segera
Kesatuan Ragbi Malaysia (KRM) berharap individu di sebalik isu pecah amanah disyaki berlaku dalam pengendalian akaun bank badan induk itu didakwa segera.
PM adakan pertemuan dengan Presiden Rwanda
Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim mengadakan pertemuan dua hala dengan Presiden Rwanda Paul Kagame di luar Mesyuarat Khas Forum Ekonomi Sedunia (WEF) pada Ahad.
Iraq luluskan RUU anti-LGBTQ
PARLIMEN Iraq pada Sabtu meluluskan rang undang-undang (RUU) yang menjenayahkan hubungan sejenis.
Rumah terbuka Persatuan Komuniti Bugis Sabah meriah
Keunikan pakaian suku kaum Bugis dan kepelbagaian juadah menjadi tarikan utama rumah terbuka Persatuan Kaum Bugis Sabah.
Perayaan masa terbaik pupuk persaudaraan - Hajiji
Datul Seri Hajiji Noor menyifatkan perayaan yang ada di negara ini sebagai medan terbaik memupuk tali persaudaraan dalam kalangan rakyat pelbagai kaum dan agama.
Konsert jelajah terakhir Kitaro bakal tarik ramai pengunjung
Konsert jelajah Kitaro di Rainforest World Music Festival 2024 bakal jadi yang terakhir buat Kitaro yang memasuki usia 71 tahun, Februari lalu.
Abang Jo setuju cadangan syarat untuk pemohon PR di Sarawak
Dalam perkembangan lain Abang Johari bersetuju dengan cadangan untuk menetapkan syarat bagi komuniti peniaga dan pelabur yang mahu mendapatkan status Penduduk Tetap (PR) di Sarawak perlu memasukkan minimum dua juta ringgit ke dalam akaun deposit tetap negeri ataupun membeli hartanah bernilai 1.5 juta ke atas.
Kes denggi di Kedah membimbangkan, catat 1,550 kes pada ME16
Kes denggi di Kedah berada pada tahap membimbangkan apabila sejumlah 1,550 kes dilaporkan pada Minggu Epidemiologi ke-16 tahun ini.
Kerajaan Sarawak tidak paksa penduduk pedalaman terima projek empangan Melata
Abang Johari berharap penduduk pedalaman Sarawak agar membuka minda dengan melihat kepada manfaat projek empangan melata yang penting bagi menghasilkan tenaga boleh diperbaharui di kawasan merfeka.
Sarawak akan jana tenaga hijau seratus peratus hijau
Premier Sarawak Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg akan berbincang dengan SEB bagi membolehkan dua loji tenaga arang batu miliknya ditukar kepada loji bersumberkan biomass.
Pemulih SiberKASA jadi agenda lahirkan 20,000 bakat keselamatan siber menjelang 2024
Pemulih SiberKASA: Program Latihan Kemahiran Keselamatan Siber menjadi antara pengerak agenda untuk melahirkan 20,000 bakat dalam bidang keselamatan siber menjelang 2024.
Pelan Intervensi Pemulihan Ekonomi Koperasi bantu koperasi sepanjang PKP - Noh Omar
Pelan Intervensi Pemulihan Ekonomi Koperasi berjumlah RM20 juta membantu koperasi yang terjejas sepanjang tempoh Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan (PKP) 3.0.
GKP 4.0: Bemanfaat untuk jangka masa lebih panjang, PKS boleh luaskan pasaran digital
Gunakan RM1000 itu, meskipun tidak banyak tapi sekurang-kurangnya gunakan ia untuk yang penting, jelas Azharee.
PM harap pemberian BKC bermula esok ringankan beban rakyat
Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob berharap pengkreditan Bantuan Khas COVID-19 (BKC) bagi Fasa Satu bermula esok sedikit sebanyak mampu meringankan beban rakyat yang terkesan akibat COVID-
CBP lulus 47,413 permohonan moratorium PEMULIH
CBP meluluskan lebih 47,000 permohonan moratorium Pakej Perlindungan Rakyat dan Pemulihan Ekonomi (PEMULIH) sehingga pertengahan Julai lalu, dengan nilai keseluruhan melebihi RM3.2 bilion.
Buntu fikir jaga dua anak sakit selepas suami hilang pendapatan
Bagi Noor Suraya Saidin, 36, dan suaminya, Mohd Idzwan Jamari, 39, keadaan tidak mudah lebih-lebih lagi dua daripada empat anak mereka mempunyai penyakit serius.
Bantuan bakul makan kepada penduduk Pulau Perhentian tidak pernah putus
Sejak pandemik COVID-19 melanda lebih setahun lalu, bekalan bantuan makanan yang diterima mereka tidak pernah putus.
Tiga fasa pengagihan bakul makanan diberi kepada penduduk Pulau Redang
Lebih RM50,000 telah dibelanjakan bagi membantu masyarakat Pulau Redang yang mempuyai kira-kira 2,000 penduduk.
Bantuan bakul makanan ringankan beban hidup tiga beranak
Penduduk di daerah Kuala Pilah yang terjejas pendapatan dialu-alukan datang ke pejabat Pusat Khidmat Rakyat Kuala Pilah.
Kerajaan perlu berhati-hati guna ruang fiskal yang ada - Pakar ekonomi
Sehingga akhir Jun tahun ini, paras hutang statutori mencecah 56.8 peratus, namun ia masih di bawah had statutori 60 peratus KDNK yang dibenarkan.