Minimum wage ‘solves one problem but creates another’

KOTA KINABALU: The implementation of the RM1,500 minimum wage for certain sectors come May 1 should be reconsidered in Sabah, say business associations.

Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry branch chairman for Sabah Datuk Seri Wong Khen Thau said this was not just a matter of raising workers’ salaries, but a factor that would cause a chain reaction in the overall economic scenario.