Brewing storm of unemployment


File pic: Job seekers at the KDU Penang Job Fair 2019 at KDU Penang Anson Road campus in George Town. Pic by: ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star / 28 February 2019.

PETALING JAYA: As the nation slowly transitions into recovery mode post the movement control order (MCO), another forecast storm is brewing – unemployment.

There is a mounting pressure on the number of job losses as businesses struggle to see through the turbulent period even as the local economy gradually restarts.

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