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Budget 2021: Job Creation as the Number 1 Economic Agenda
No other economic concern is more important than the question of jobs. We should place the agenda of job creation front and centre. And the Government should be the catalyst to drive this agenda.
Through Budget 2021, over a period of two years, the Government should commit to a national mission of creating 1 million jobs for Malaysians, paying between RM2,500 to RM4,000 per month. Doing so will cushion the economic fallout of Covid-19 and, crucially, position us to build back better.
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