Engxoxweni yakamuva ne-Nikkei Asia, i-CEO yenkampani yaseMalaysia UKarex Berhad, ekhiqiza amakhondomu angaphezu kwezigidigidi ezi-5.5 ngonyaka, iveze ukuthi ukwehla kwesidingo samakhondomu kungenxa yokuvalwa kwezindawo okubangelwa ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19.
U-Karex Isikhulu esiphezulu uGoh Miah Kiat uthe ukuthengiswa kwale nkampani kwehle ngo-40% eminyakeni emibili edlule futhi inkampani izongena ebhizinisini elikhulayo lokukhiqiza amagilavu ezokwelapha ukuze kukhuliswe imali engenayo njengoba isidingo sokukhiqizwa kwayo sehlile.
Imboni yocansi, evame ukuba yimakethe enkulu yamakhondomu, nayo ibe nomthelela enkingeni yezempilo, uthe abadayisa ngomzimba babhekene nezimo eziyinselelo. UGoh wakhomba ukuvalwa kwamahhotela namamotela, ephawula ukuthi lezo zindawo bezinikeze ubumfihlo.
Ngokusho the U-Karex I-CEO, izinhlelo ezinkulu zikahulumeni zokusabalalisa amakhondomu nazo zihlaselwe wubhubhane lwe-coronavirus.
"Ingxenye enkulu [yamakhondomu] isatshalaliswa ohulumeni emhlabeni jikelele, anciphise [ukusabalalisa] kakhulu ngesikhathi se-COVID-19," kusho uGoh. “Ngokwesibonelo, e-United Kingdom, i- INational Health Service (NHS) yavala imitholampilo eminingi engabalulekile ngenxa ye-COVID-19, nemitholampilo yezempilo yocansi ehambisa amakhondomu nayo yavalwa,” wengeza.
Ekhuluma ngezinhlelo zenkampani zokungena ekukhiqizeni amagilavu, okubone ukukhula okukhulu ngesikhathi sodlame, uGoh uthe ukukhiqizwa kuzoqala eThailand maphakathi nonyaka. Impahla efanayo kanye nobuchwepheshe busetshenziswa kukho kokubili amakhondomu nokwenziwa kwamagilavu, echaza.
U-Karex ithumele ukulahlekelwa konyaka wonke ngo-2020 wayo wezimali ophela ngoJuni, okungokokuqala kwenkampani selokhu yaba sesidlangalaleni ngoNovemba 2013. Intengo yayo yokwabelana ekuhwebeni kweBursa Malaysia yehle cishe ngama-50% ngonyaka odlule.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Karex CEO Goh Miah Kiat said that the firm’s sales declined by 40% in the last two years and the company will diversify into the booming medical glove manufacturing business to boost revenues as demand for its production has declined.
- Talking about the company's plans to move into glove manufacturing, which has seen significant growth during the pandemic, Goh said production was set to begin in Thailand by the middle of this year.
- The sex industry, which is normally a major condom market, has also been impacted by the health crisis, he said, with sex workers facing challenging conditions.
