'Almost half of self-employed lost jobs, financially not ready for MCO extension'

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'Almost half of self-employed jobless, financially not ready for MCO extension'

Almost half of all self-employed Malaysians have lost their jobs and are financially not ready to face an extension of the movement control order, according to a survey by the Department of Statistics.

The online survey covering 168,182 respondents from March 23 to 31 found those who are self-employed to be the worst-hit by the economic downturn brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

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For thr joblesss...i suggest goverment to give jobs that they can do from home (e.g. making PPE) materila to be supplied of course, and being paid by the number of PPE produced. The more they produce rhe more income they get....Win-win...

Tq wuhan.

So You Rather Let Them Work, Then Spreading The Virus To Others. I Know Financially Is Going Down, But It Will Come Back Up Soon.

They’ve never been poor or have forgotten

MuhyiddinYassin

The self-employed group is the worst hit by this senseless curfew imposed by these thickheaded the Perikatan Nasional Malay-Islamofascists and their running dogs who got themselves appointed PM and Ministers by the Agong. Why are these fascists forcing Malaysians into poverty?

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