Agriculture and Food Industries Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ronald Kiandee (third right) presenting a food basket to one of the fishermen under Kota Kinabalu Area Fishermen Association (PNK) when visiting the Kampung Pasir Putih fish market and jetty on Sunday (July 18).
KOTA KINABALU: The monthly fish supply for the country this year is expected to remain stable at an average of 169,000 metric tonnes, compared to the national demand of 125,000 metric tonnes per month.
Agriculture and Food Industries Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ronald Kiandee said the fish stock therefore is expected to be sufficient to cater to the country’s needs despite various challenges to the fisheries sector during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Malaysia’s Social Security Organisation (Socso) aims to cover 200,000 active self-employed individuals by the end of 2021, a roughly 60,000 increase from the current level, which may put more pressure on the state-owned organistion to raise the contribution rate.
The move comes as the number of self-employed doubled over the last year as people who lost jobs in the ongoing coronavirus crisis turned to self-employment to earn a living.
Socso has obtained approval from the National Employment Council to expand social security coverage to various self-employed groups, the organisation says in a statement on May 9. The council, which comes under the Prime Minister’s Office, was set up to help create and preserve jobs.
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