NEC to create 500,000 jobs for M’sians impacted by pandemic - Muhyiddin

The government, through the National Employment Council (NEC), will strive to create 500,000 jobs despite the country being in a dire economic situation as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said this was because the number of those unemployed this year has increased to 700,000 or 5.6 percent compared to only three per cent the previous year...