Efforts being made to ‘churn out’ women entrepreneurs

By BERNAMA

The Women Entrepreneurship and Professional Development Office of the Prime Minister’s Department will forge cooperation with business operators to churn out more women entrepreneurs in the country.

Shahrizat Abdul Jalil

Its advisor, Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said the agency was committed in assisting women to become entrepreneurs so that they would have their own income and at the same time generate the national economy.

“We want to promote the women’s talents as entrepreneurs and we also want the women to have their own ‘purse’ as this is important not only to help themselves but their family too,” she said.

Shahrizat said this to reporters after opening ‘Pasarnita’ in conjunction with the fifth Indian International Shopping Festival 2015 organised by Agenda Suria Communication Sdn Bhd, at Danga City Mall, here last night.

She said the agency would also cooperate with Agenda Suria Communication in organising several programs including matching up local entrepreneurs with those from India.

Shahrizat said this was because the company had close rapport with businessmen and wholesalers from India which would facilitate them in helping the Malaysian women.

Meanwhile, Agenda Suria Communication chief executive officer and founder, Jaggarao Simancha said the six-day festival, which was initiated in 2011, targeted 200,000 visitors including 50,000 from Singapore.