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Raring to go: Najib chairing the SME Development Council in Putrajaya yesterday. With him are Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz (right) and SME Corp chief executive officer Datuk Habsah Hashim (second from left).

PUTRAJAYA: Six high impact programmes have been underlined to boost the growth of small and medium enterprises from an annual growth of 6.5% to 8.7% by 2020.

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the programmes were among 32 key measures that the Government would introduce to achieve the new SME growth target which would be achievable through Phase Two of the SME Masterplan (2012-2020).

“Without government intervention, the SMEs are expected to grow by 6.5% annually,” the Prime Minister said after chairing the SME Development Council at his office here.

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