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Malaysia’s jobs number up 2.4 pc in Q2

by News desk
August 15, 2023
in Business

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The number of jobs in Malaysia rose 2.4 percent year-on-year to 8.83 million in the second quarter of 2023, official data showed Monday.

The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said in a statement that the positive trajectory of Malaysia’s labor market persisted into the second quarter of 2023, witnessing a further rise in labor demand. With an additional 208,100 jobs in the economic sector, it said the total employment reached 8.83 million, surpassing the previous year’s figure of 8.62 million during the same period.

Following to this, an upward trend in the number of filled jobs was observed with an increase of 2.5 percent to record 8.64 million jobs in the second quarter of 2023.—Xinhua