Kota Kinabalu: The unemployment rate in the State increased drastically from 5.8 per cent in 2019 to 8 per cent in 2020 and 9 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year û involving 184,200 individuals.State Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Yakub Khan said this trend is worrying.
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Sabah’s jobless rate rises drastically to 9pc
Published on: Saturday, March 26, 2022
Published on: Sat, Mar 26, 2022
By: Ricardo Unto
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