PETALING JAYA: A projection that the number of jobless Malaysians would triple prompted the Federal Government to “restart” the economy, says Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed.
The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of the economy said Bank Negara had projected the unemployment figure would reach 1.8 million from the current 520,000.
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