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                                <title><![CDATA[ Traders concerned over looming charges for DuitNow QR use ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ahmad Mustakim Zulkifli ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ They say the charges will mount up, presenting an additional challenge for their budgets. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Roadside burger stalls flounder as fast food giants join Menu Rahmah ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ahmad Mustakim Zulkifli ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2023 03:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ They say they cannot compete with the cheaper meals offered by known industry players. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Moratorium lifeline for small traders ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Syahrin Abdul Aziz ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2022 10:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Many are still trying to stabilise their businesses after years of Covid-linked woes. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ With tourist lifeline long gone, KL’s Pasar Seni traders reminisce about the good old days ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Farhira Farudin ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2021 01:00:05 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Some are determined to keep going but for many, the Covid-19 pandemic has caused seemingly irreversible change. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Traders scramble to keep up with hike in chicken prices ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ahmad Mustakim Zulkifli ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2021 02:57:02 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Some are forced to raise the price of their food while others do their best to absorb the increase in cost. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Hike in chicken price due to higher feed costs, says minister ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2021 01:18:26 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Alexander Nanta Linggi says the price of standard chickens has been fixed at RM7.90 from April 21 to May 20. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ ‘Pasar malam’ back with very few customers but better than nothing, say traders ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yee Hans Ng ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 00:00:14 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Traders say business has been slow, with many barely making enough to get by. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ KL’s ‘free trade zones’ a lifeline for those struggling to get by ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nur Hasliza Mohd Salleh ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:05:53 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Many traders who lost their previous jobs due to the Covid-19 pandemic say they have benefited immensely from the government's permission to conduct business in these areas. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Single mum at the end of her rope after city council tears down stall ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Fazreen Kamal ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2020 00:00:20 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Traders say they have no intention of standing in the way of development, but that times are hard as the pandemic and movement restrictions cause a drop in customers. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ In Kelantan border town, traders bid farewell to a year of suffering ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nur Hasliza Mohd Salleh ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2020 01:00:09 GMT</pubDate>
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