SHARINA Zaidun's mental condition to run a pre-school could have remained a dream, if it was not for Tekun Nasional.
In 2005, she practical for a RM30,000 loan from Tekun, that enabled her to settle not a but 3 pre-schools in Seri Manjung.
Three years ago, Sharina took other RM50,000 loan to spread her business and today, is the successful owners of 4 kindergartens and 5 nurseries with 28 teachers on her payroll.
"I will not be where we am currently had it not been for Tekun.
"The loan trickery from Tekun has incited my life around," mentioned the 49-year-old, who was a of the 6 Tekun Outstanding Entrepreneurs Award recipients.
The awards were handed out during a Tekun luncheon with entrepreneurs from Beruas, Teluk Intan, Bagan Datoh, Pasir Salak and Parit at the Marina Island Resort in Lumut.
Tekun handling executive Datuk Abdul Rahim Hassan mentioned the agency's purpose was not usually to help tiny and intermediate craving owners to kickstart their ventures but moreover to help them expand.
Abdul Rahim, who is moreover Tekun arch executive officer, mentioned the group beneath the Agriculture and Agro-based Ministry had supposing micro-credit loans to 215,608 Bumiputra entrepreneurs given it was determined in 1998.
He mentioned Tekun had composed RM1.3bil out of the RM2.1bil it has loaned out over the past 14 years.
The figure alike to 7 out of 10 borrowers having repaid their loans.
"The settlement rate is enlivening and we hope it can go on to increase," he said, adding that the most of defaulters were the who were confronting financial difficulty.
Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir mentioned Tekun had helped people elude misery by entrepreneurship.
Dr Zambry, who is moreover Pangkor assemblyman, after that gave out cheques value RM1.8mil to 119 successful field on interest of Tekun.
Some RM206mil in loans has been disbursed to 14,338 successful field national between January and May.