96.7 pct of wage subsidy applications approved by Socso

The Social Security Organisation (Socso) has approved 96.7 percent or 314,844 applications for the Wage Subsidy Programme as of Wednesday, chief executive Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed said.

He said since the Wage Subsidy Programme was introduced on April 1 until yesterday, the department had received 325,506 applications from employers representing 2.66 million employees.