Kuala Lumpur Night Market Management Association urged DBKL to consider similar relief for night market traders, through a reduction in annual licensing fees. Its president Datuk Gulam Muszaffar Gulam Mustakim said nearly 10,000 night market traders across Kuala Lumpur faced similar cost pressures and should be included in the assistance. “We would like to request DBKL consider a 50% discount on annual licence fees for night market traders, many of whom are from the B40 group,” he said in a media statement. “The annual licence fee for each night market lot is RM104 a year, equivalent to RM2 a day for 52 weeks. Gulam Muszaffar: Many night market hawkers from B40 group.

Source: The Star March 18, 2026 11:32 UTC