{"id":5547,"date":"2020-08-18T12:07:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T04:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=5547"},"modified":"2020-08-18T12:07:25","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T04:07:25","slug":"rm500-million-sukuk-prihatin-launched-under-penjana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=5547","title":{"rendered":"RM500 million Sukuk Prihatin launched under PENJANA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 18  — Malaysia\u2019s first digital sukuk, the RM500 million Sukuk Prihatin under the National Economic Recovery Plan (PENJANA), was launched at the Ministry of Finance here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The launch was witnessed by the\u00a0Yang di-Pertuan\u00a0Agong\u00a0Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah\u00a0Shah, Prime Minister\u00a0Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Muhyiddin in his speech said the issuance of the Sukuk, which can be subscribed to online by the public as well as the corporate sector,\u00a0follows requests from various quarters to support the country\u2019s economic recovery efforts from the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I am moved as the government has received offers from honest and sincere people who want to support the government\u2019s efforts to revive the country\u2019s economy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the proceeds from the Sukuk will be channeled to several initiatives that have\u00a0been identified, including improving connectivity for rural schools, funding grants for research into infectious diseases, and financing micro-small and medium enterprises especially women entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the event, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong consented to become the sukuk\u2019s first investor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—BERNAMA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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