PERBADANAN Nasional Berhad (Pernas), an agency under the Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Ministry (Kuskop), has introduced a new product called the Veteran Entrepreneurship and Financing Initiative Programme (I-VIP) for retirees and veterans.
It was launched by Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Datuk Ewon Benedick at the Pernas Carnival at the Sabah International Convention Centre (SICC) on Saturday.
Ewon said Pernas has allocated RM3 million for the initiative, which is expected to produce 200 new entrepreneurs and create over 300 job opportunities.
“I encourage the people of Sabah to take this opportunity to register as participants in the I-VIP Pernas programme,” he said.
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“Participants in this programme will receive funding assistance, guidance, training and advisory services from Pernas.
“The target groups include retirees from uniformed bodies, government retirees, corporate or private agency retirees and those who have opted for the Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS) or the Mutual Separation Scheme (MSS),” he added.
More than 100 entrepreneurs and business exhibitors participated in the carnival, including franchise entrepreneurs, pre-franchisees and local entrepreneurs promoting services, food, fresh ingredients, handicrafts, traditional products and food trucks.
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