PETALING JAYA, May 27 (Bernama) — A total of 500 halal entrepreneurs from the micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) sector have been selected to participate in the “Make Halal Your First Choice” campaign introduced by Halal Development Corporation Berhad (HDC), as one of the programs under the 2022 Budget Initiative launched today.
The campaign, which is the result of a proactive collaboration between the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) through its agency, HDC and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) through Economic Stimulus Implementation & Coordination Unit Between National Agencies (LAKSANA), aims to boost the growth of the Halal industry to a higher level, by targeting an increase in the average sales of halal MSME companies facilitated by 20% -30% during the campaign period from April to July 2022.