Lockdown in Masjid India in April 2020. The economy shrank by 17.9% in 2Q due to the full impact of the Movement Control Order imposed on March 18 due to Covid-19 pandemic, with April the worst impacted by the slowdown in economic activities.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s labour productivity per employment shrank by 16% to RM19,455 per person in the second quarter, with construction taking a big hit, according to the Statistics Department.
In its report on the performance of Malaysia’s labour productivity issued on Wednesday, it said total hours worked plunged by 27% to 6.2 billion hours from an average of 8.5 billion hours.
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