PETALING JAYA: Over 2,000 mamak restaurants have closed down due to the manpower shortage that hit the food and restaurant sector due to the Covid-19 pandemic, an association has claimed.
Malaysian Muslim Restaurant Owners Association (Presma) president Datuk Jawahar Ali Taib Khan described the shortage of manpower as a big issue that is increasingly becoming critical to its members throughout the country.
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