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4 FFICIAL YEAR BOOK 2020 ▶ Provide incentive of RM16 RM20 million to improve the
million for latex production infrastructure and intensify the
• Toencouragelatexproduction, promotion of Cultural Villages in
which requires longer working Terengganu, Melaka, Sarawak and
hours compared to cuplump Negeri Sembilan
production that will be started
in Pahang, Terengganu and RM10 million to ensure that
Kelantan national heritage buildings
such as the Sultan Abdul Samad
▶ Open a furniture industrial park Building and Carcosa Seri Negara
in Pagoh to further boost the will continue to be preserved
timber industry and provide and become tourism icons
employment opportunities RM35 million to Malaysia
Healthcare Travel Council to
Provide a fund amounting to RM500 enhance the competitiveness of
million for the Forest Plantation the local health tourism industry
Development Loan programme ▶ The Government will also
▶ Development offorest plantations
extend income tax exemption
with an area of 4 hectares and for the export of private
above healthcare services until the
year of assessment 2022
Measure 3 : Sustainability of
the Tourism Industry Prihatin Special Grant of
RM1,000 will be given to traders
RM50 million allocation to provide and hawkers in Sabah
training and placements for ▶ This special grant will also be
8,000 employees of airline
companies in Malaysia given to taxi drivers, e-hailing,
Provideemploymentopportunities rental cars and tour drivers in
for 500 people in the local and Sabah
Orang Asli communities as tour Exemption from the HRDF levies
guides at all national parks to will be given for six (6) months
boost the ecotourism segment effective 1 January 2021
RM50 million to ensure the ▶ Help reduce the cash flow
readiness of tourist hotspots burden of companies that are
▶ Maintenance and repair of still affected by the COVID-19
pandemic
tourism facilities throughout ▶ The exemption covers the
the country tourism sector and companies
affected by the COVID-19 crisis
6
MONTHS
million for latex production infrastructure and intensify the
• Toencouragelatexproduction, promotion of Cultural Villages in
which requires longer working Terengganu, Melaka, Sarawak and
hours compared to cuplump Negeri Sembilan
production that will be started
in Pahang, Terengganu and RM10 million to ensure that
Kelantan national heritage buildings
such as the Sultan Abdul Samad
▶ Open a furniture industrial park Building and Carcosa Seri Negara
in Pagoh to further boost the will continue to be preserved
timber industry and provide and become tourism icons
employment opportunities RM35 million to Malaysia
Healthcare Travel Council to
Provide a fund amounting to RM500 enhance the competitiveness of
million for the Forest Plantation the local health tourism industry
Development Loan programme ▶ The Government will also
▶ Development offorest plantations
extend income tax exemption
with an area of 4 hectares and for the export of private
above healthcare services until the
year of assessment 2022
Measure 3 : Sustainability of
the Tourism Industry Prihatin Special Grant of
RM1,000 will be given to traders
RM50 million allocation to provide and hawkers in Sabah
training and placements for ▶ This special grant will also be
8,000 employees of airline
companies in Malaysia given to taxi drivers, e-hailing,
Provideemploymentopportunities rental cars and tour drivers in
for 500 people in the local and Sabah
Orang Asli communities as tour Exemption from the HRDF levies
guides at all national parks to will be given for six (6) months
boost the ecotourism segment effective 1 January 2021
RM50 million to ensure the ▶ Help reduce the cash flow
readiness of tourist hotspots burden of companies that are
▶ Maintenance and repair of still affected by the COVID-19
pandemic
tourism facilities throughout ▶ The exemption covers the
the country tourism sector and companies
affected by the COVID-19 crisis
6
MONTHS
