MINISTRY WILL CONDUCT AWARENESS COURSES ON DIRECT SELLING IN
MINISTRY WILL CONDUCT AWARENESS COURSES ON DIRECT SELLING IN
0 Comments | BERNAMA; Malaysian National News Agency, Jul 19, 2010
from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 (Bernama) — Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said today that he was aware of varsity students engaging in direct selling for additional income and that his ministry would be organising awareness courses on this for them.
He said this was necessary to ensure they understood the risks involved as well as ensuring that their studies were not affected because of direct selling activities.
“When I was in the university, I myself was involved in the Multi- Level Marketing (MLM) business like becoming an Amway distributor to get additional income,” he said when winding up the Direct Selling (Amendment) Bill 2010 in the Dewan Negara.
Earlier, during debate on the bill, Senator Mumtaz Md Nawi had said MLM businesses were also targeting university students which caused them to misuse their student loans for direct selling activities.
She also suggested that the ministry get universities to monitor the matter to avoid students neglecting their studies or dropping out because they could not pay their university fees
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