Focus on job creation - MPs to Annuar after urban poverty report
Modified8 Feb 2021, 12:45 pm
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Federal Territories Minister Annuar Musa needs to focus on job creation instead of coalition politics and staying in power, said Wangsa Maju MP Tan Yee Kew.
She was reacting to a grim report by the United Nations children s fund (Unicef) which revealed that unemployment rates among low-income urban households doubled in the Klang Valley from September to December last year.
Based on a survey of 500 households in Kuala Lumpur’s low-cost flats, it was found that unemployment had increased from 7 percent in September to 15 percent in December.
Minister says walking trio ‘coincidence’ after netizens point out SOP breach
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Modified29 Jan 2021, 8:52 am
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Social media users have rapped Federal Territories Minister Annuar Musa after he posted a photograph of him taking a walk in a group of three amidst the movement control order (MCO).
Under the MCO, only two types of outdoor activities are allowed - jogging and cycling. Joggers can either jog alone or in pairs within their housing areas.
Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin previously said only members from the.
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