Small Business: Malaysian SMEs can expect better access to financing

The Edge, has a headline that pretty much sums up the needs of any SME anywhere - better access to financing, less red tape.

This is the promise Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, made recently in his address at the opening of SMIDEX 2005 in Kuala Lumpur.

He said that SMEs can expect better access to financing with minimal bureaucracy once the SME Bank is fully operational in October