KUALA LUMPUR: The Lion Group is urging the government to allow at least half of the workforce within the manufacturing, construction and mining sectors to resume operations during the movement control order (MCO).
Executive chairman Tan Sri William Cheng said currently about 80% of the businesses in the manufacturing, construction and mining sectors were not working, which will result in a combined loss of 2.5% or RM35.4bil per month to gross domestic product.
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