PETALING JAYA: Domestic unemployment rate may rise to 4.5% by year-end from 3.7% last year, according to International Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Datuk Mukhriz Tun Mahathir.
“To us, the figure is high and we have never reached this high a figure before. At the same time, we are trying to reduce the jobless rate,” he told reporters after launching the Third National Internship Challenge yesterday.
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