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Should Malaysia's unemployment rate be much higher?

The official statistics revealed that there were 826,100 unemployed in May, an increase of 6% from 778,800 in April.

Nonetheless, few might have noticed that the size of the labour force has been shrinking in recent months. In April, the labour force lost 130,000 people when it declined to 15.71 million, from 15.84 million in March. The number remained flat at 15.71 million in May.

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PH fully supports Shafie amid Sabah state assembly dissolution

In a joint statement made by the coalition’s presidential council — made up of PKR, Amanah and DAP chiefs Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Mohamad Sabu and Lim Guan Eng — the coalition expressed its full and undivided support for Shafie and his government in his fight against an “evil, undemocratic and immoral” attempt to bring down the state legislature by buying off representatives and opportunistic defections.

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