PETALING JAYA: The youth unemployment rate in Malaysia has reached more than three times the national unemployment rate of 3.1%, due to the slower growth in hiring, according to Bank Negara in its 2016 annual report.
In 2015, the unemployment rate among youths was estimated to have reached 10.7%.
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