It will either be tears of joy or anguish for 20,000 MAS employees


Tough times: The mass lay-offis part of a last-ditch effort to revive the struggling airline.

PETALING JAYA: Anxiety is at its highest and morale lowest for the 20,000 people working for the national airline. It will either be tears of joy or anguish when they get their termination and re-employment letters in a matter of days.

Malaysia Airlines (MAS), one of the country’s biggest government-linked companies, will terminate its entire workforce to start afresh as a smaller airline with a regional focus rather than international.

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