Welcome boost: With the suggestion to relax curbs for two-dose vaccine recipients, it is hoped that people will be able to travel and eat at a food court as shown in this file picture taken before the pandemic.
GEORGE TOWN: The proposal to ease movement restrictions for those who have been fully vaccinated is a much-needed boost to those involved in the tourism industry.
Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) Penang Chapter chairman K. Raj Kumar said the suggestion, if materialised, would help inject some life into the fragile industry which had been badly hit by the pandemic since last year.
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KUALA LUMPUR (May 25): The purchasing power of Malaysia s household consumption fell by 16.7% over a decade to 83.3% in 2020, according to Malaysia s chief statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin.
Within 12 main groups, two groups of goods and services recorded purchasing power exceeding 100%, namely communication (102.6%) and clothing and footwear (107%). This illustrates that households were able to enjoy communication services, clothing and footwear at cheaper prices as compared to 10 years ago, he said in a statement released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) today.
He noted that inflation in urban areas had outpaced rural areas by 3.4 index points in 2020 to 120.7 points versus 117.3 points.
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