{
  "id": 17551321,
  "title": "Anwar announces RM1mil allocation to assist hawkers, small traders",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/anwar-announces-rm1mil-allocation-to-assist-hawkers-small-traders-17551321",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-01T05:52:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/11/01/anwar-announces-rm1mil-allocation-to-assist-hawkers-small-traders"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced a RM1 million allocation to assist hawkers and small traders nationwide. The funds will be coordinated by the Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Ministry. The prime minister emphasized the importance of supporting over hundreds of thousands of hawkers, businesses, stalls, and associations across the country. The allocation is intended to boost the income of these entrepreneurs, with the government aiming for an annual increase in their earnings.",
  "summary": "The prime minister says the assistance is to help hawkers and traders increase their income every year.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Bernama",
        "title": "General : PM Announces RM1 Mln Allocation To Assist Hawkers, Small Traders",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/general-pm-announces-rm1-mln-allocation-to-assist-hawkers-small",
        "published": "2026-11-01T04:14:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}