RM12.888b wage subsidies approved as of May 7 - Zafrul

BernamaPublished: May 20, 2021 12:55 PM

The government has approved wage subsidy applications worth RM12.888 billion under Wage Subsidy Programme 1.0 as of May 7, said Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

"A total of 322,177 employers and 2.64 million workers have received benefits," he said in the 53rd Implementation and Coordination Unit Between National Agencies (Laksana) report released today.

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