{"id":7955,"date":"2020-03-30T21:01:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T13:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hapa.asia\/?p=7955"},"modified":"2020-03-30T21:01:21","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T13:01:21","slug":"fb-tourism-and-hospitality-sector-you-dont-help-us-now-more-workers-lose-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hapa.asia\/index.php\/2020\/03\/30\/fb-tourism-and-hospitality-sector-you-dont-help-us-now-more-workers-lose-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"F&B, tourism and hospitality sector: You don\u2019t help us now, more workers lose jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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To date, a stimulus of RM26.5 billion has been announced. \u2014 Bernama pic <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 \u2014 The F&B, tourism and hospitality sector has warned the government that delaying assistance will trigger massive job losses, as it appealed for urgent action to shield the industry from the Covid-19 crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEmployers are bleeding and employees are in distress,\u201d HAPA Asia, a private group representing the hospitality business, said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDespite the drop in revenue, obligations remain, including payments to landlords, utility companies, banks, the taxman, suppliers and not forgetting wages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe potential percentage of business failures is growing every minute and employees will be out of a job if these businesses fail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To date, a stimulus of RM26.5 billion has been announced. A large chunk of the packages, around RM1.6 billion, have been or will be channeled into the tourism and hospitality industry, the sector hardest hit by the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is set to unveil a third package later this evening, and is expected to be huge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNobody will be left behind,\u201d he said in a televised address earlier this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But economists and political rivals have criticised it as being too late, saying the delay is expected to cause millions of jobs and force businesses to shut down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HAPA Asia agreed. The group said F&B, Hospitality, Tourism establishments and their workers, will simply not be able to survive the disaster without the immediate help and support from the authorities and the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTime is of the essence if these industries and the jobs of the service staff within them who work so hard to serve others are to be saved,\u201d its statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credit<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 \u2014 The F&B, tourism and hospitality sector has warned the government that delaying assistance will trigger massive job losses, as it appealed for urgent action to…<\/div>\n
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