By Nadiah Zamlus
SHAH ALAM, June 3 — The state’s e-commerce platform, Platform Selangor (Plats) 2.0 provide opportunities for hawkers and retailers to sell food and beverages during the pandemic outbreak.
Organised by the Menteri Besar Selangor (Incorporated) or MBI, the virtual platform helps move the state’s economy during the movement control order (MCO).
The initiative is a collaboration between the Permodalan Negeri Selangor Berhad and Yayasan Hijrah Selangor, both subsidiaries of the state government, as well as Grab Express.
Through Plats 2.0, hawkers and retailers learn about the basics of digitalisation, get funding assistance as well as entrepreneurship training.
Those who want to participate can start by registering at the website www.platselangor.com and provide their business details.
Merchants and retailers will then be asked to upload their store’s photos and menus for their Plats 2.0 registration to be processed.
As for the customers, they would simply be required to access the website, select the store to order food and make payment via e-wallet or debit it from their bank account.
Meals can either be picked up in person (takeaway) or have it delivered using the Grab Express delivery service.
Last month, MBI chief operating officer Soffan Affendi Aminudin said Plats is an initiative to change the fortunes of 75 per cent of 22,000 hawkers through e-commerce channels so that they could own their own stores.
He said the group is divided into four categories, namely those earning less than RM100 a day, those earning more than RM100 a day, owning one shop premise for category three and the fourth is to own a chain of shops.
“We are targeting those in categories one and two to change their business into three and four. The economic impact becomes bigger if we train them to be on the right platform (Plats).
“They (category one and two) are from the low-income group (B40) and changing them to the middle-income group (M40) will be a great success for the state,” he said.
Plats 2.0 was introduced to complete the Selangor Digitalisation Agenda ecosystem by involving entrepreneurs in a digital platform.
On April 11, Selangor Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari said the programme introduced during Ramadan last year is being continued to help traders generate income.
Amirudin added the Plats 2.0 programme will run continuously not only during the Ramadan month.
