BY JERRY CHOONG
MTUC secretary-general J. Solomon said the revised PLI from RM980 to RM2,208 will lead to policies that will allow Malaysians more disposable income, as well as increasing their Employees Provident Fund savings for retirement. “This is very important as poverty has increasingly impacted Malaysia's 15 million workforce over the years and more so now due to the economic fallout as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“MTUC believes the government will agree that the new national poverty index of RM2,208 can be further improved, considering the benchmark is for a family of four to live actively and healthily. “It must be noted that based on the new methodology of calculations, the government has now acknowledged that the national poverty rate in 2016 should have been close to eight per cent and not 0.4 per cent.
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