THE second meeting of the National Recovery Council (NRC) delved, among others, into the needs of the business sector, especially small- and medium-sized industries (SMI), and their reopening under stringent standard operating procedure (SOP).

The virtual meeting held today, which was chaired by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, also discussed in detail and took into consideration various data and views of health and economic experts on the rate of vaccination, including the status of individual vaccinations and intensive care unit capacity.

According to Muhyiddin’s Facebook post, among those present were former second finance minister Nor Mohamed Yakcop, AirAsia co-founder Tony Fernandes and infectious diseases expert Prof Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman.

Other experts included former Khazanah Nasional Berhad managing director Azman Mokhtar, SME Association of Malaysia president Michael Kang, Dr Sivakumar Thurairajasingam of the Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and health sciences and child rights activist Hartini Zainuddin.

Others present were former education director-general Habibah Abdul Rahim and Star Media Group adviser Wong Chun Wai.

“It is hoped what was discussed and proposed in NRC would assist the government in ensuring the National Recovery Plan can be implemented safely, orderly and inclusively for the well-being of all Malaysians,” according to the post. – Bernama, August 6, 2021.