PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian construction sector, a key harbinger of economic growth, has borne the brunt of weak business sentiment and lack of building jobs in the market.
For the first time in eight years, the country’s value of construction work done contracted by 0.6% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2019 (3Q19).
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