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Minimum wage not determined by poverty line, Dewan Rakyat told

By HO JIA WEN, TARRENCE TAN and GERARD GIMINO

KUALA LUMPUR: The minimum wage is not determined by the Poverty Line Income (PLI), says Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Mohamad.

The Deputy Human Resources Minister said that the minimum wage is the basic salary for an individual to ensure that workers and their families can meet basic needs.

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