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Reduce foreign workers between 30-40 per cent – Academician
KUALA LUMPUR: The number of foreign workers in this country needs to be reduced between 30 to 40 per cent in a bid to lower the unemployment rate which is expected to jump 4.0 per cent this year due to COVID-19
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Agong wants govt to help Covid-19 hit businesses
KUALA LUMPUR: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah said the government needs to look for ways to help companies and businesses affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. His Majesty expressed hope that the initiatives taken by the Economic
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Development on CMCO to be known today
KUALA LUMPUR: Further development on the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) is expected to be made known through a special address by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today. Nevertheless, no matter what the government decides, the people still have to get
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Modi seeks ‘forgiveness’ from India’s poor over coronavirus lockdown
MUMBAI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the nation’s poor for forgiveness on Sunday, as the economic and human toll from his 21-day nationwide lockdown deepens and criticism mounts about a lack of adequate planning ahead of the decision. Modi
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Marzuki leads Malaysian delegation to ASEM
KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Marzuki Yahya is leading the Malaysian delegation to the foreign ministers’ meeting of the 14th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) today and tomorrow in Madrid, Spain. The Foreign Ministry in a statement today said Marzuki was
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Fewer cyberbullying cases, but threat still looming
KUALA LUMPUR: Although the incidence of cyberbullying has shown a downward trend in Malaysia in recent times, it is however by no means an indicator that the menace is well under control. According to statistics provided by Cyber999 Help Centre,
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