PETALING JAYA: The government had to restart the economy as the number of unemployed people was projected to triple, says Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed.
The Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Economy) said there are 520,000 Malaysians who are currently unemployed and this figure was projected to reach 1.8 million.
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