KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s currency weakened in offshore trading after the opposition claimed victory in Wednesday’s general election. The ringgit one-month non-deliverable forward fell 1.7% to 4.0461 against the dollar, after the long-serving former premier, Mahathir Mohamed, 92, claimed that the opposition alliance he leads had won enough parliament seats to form the next government. Results as of […]
Read MoreThe Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) wants to revive Malaysia as a source market this year with a new campaign called “Open to the New Shades”. Some 3.35 million Malaysians visited Thailand in 2017, down from 3.49 million the year before. Income from this market was 87.1 billion baht, down from 88.6 billion in 2016. […]
Read MorePUTRAJAYA: Malaysians on average took back RM2,880 a month last year, an increase of 8.1% as compared to 2016. According to data from the Statistics Department, the average monthly salary was RM2,657 in 2016, which was higher by 6.6% compared to 2015. In 2017, the median monthly salaries and wages received by employees rose 7.7% […]
Read MoreMALAYSIA Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) has signed a three-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) to help facilitate its digitalisation Airport 4.0 programme. MAHB MD Datuk Mohd Badlisham Ghazali said the company aims to improve its capacity as well as employees’ skills with this venture. “We need to increase our employees’ digital […]
Read MoreYoung Malaysians are being left behind in the nation’s economic recovery, a key challenge for an incoming leader needing to push the country out of its middle-income trap. Amid a heated election battle, caretaker Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Razak can boast of having one of Asia’s lowest unemployment rates at 3.3% and an economy […]
Read MorePUTRAJAYA: The value of median monthly salaries and wages received by employees rose 7.7% per annum to RM2,160 last year, from RM2,000 in 2016. This is according to the Salaries & Wages Survey conducted by the Department of Statistics, Malaysia (DOSM). Median monthly salaries & wages for both male and female employees in 2017 posted […]
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