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Malaysia's Above Average Youth Unemployment

Dr. Mohd Yusof Saari, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Management at Universiti Putra Malaysia

12-Jul-19 07:45

Malaysia's Above Average Youth Unemployment

Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad claims, Malaysia's overall unemployment rate of 3.3% and youth unemployment of 10.9% is nothing to be concerned about. To discuss this, and the challenges facing the labour market, we speak to Dr. Mohd Yusof Saari, Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Management at Universiti Putra Malaysia.

Presented by: Lyn Mak, Wong Shou Ning, Sharidz Abdullah


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