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New appointees: (From left) Azlin, Sharifah Sofianny and Chia. PETALING JAYA: Three women have been appointed to the National Employment Council (NEC), representing the financial, entrepreneurship and innovation sectors, says Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. The Prime Minister said this was to make the composition of the body more inclusive. Muhyiddin said he had reminded ministries and government agencies to give more attention and priority to matters related to employment initiatives. “I would like to emphasise that NEC is a KPI-driven initiative. There should be a sense of urgency on this matter and no delays as our main focus this year is to provide employment opportunities and generate income to the people, ” he said in a statement on Facebook yesterday. ....
The Prime Minister said this is to make the composition of the body more inclusive. Muhyiddin said he had reminded ministries and government agencies to give more attention and priority to matters related to employment initiatives. I would like to emphasise that NEC is a KPI-driven initiative. There should be a sense of urgency on this matter and no delays as our main focus this year is to provide employment opportunities and generate income to the people, he said in a statement posted on his Facebook page on Friday (May 7). The three new members are: Association of Bumiputra Women in Business and Professions (Peniagawati) president Datuk Azlin Ahmad Shaharbi, Independent director to the board of Maybank Investment Bank Berhad Datuk Seri Sharifah Sofianny Syed Hussain, and Local startup GoGet co-founder Francesca Chia. ....
150,597 job seekers found employment as at last month, exceeding projection PM Muhyiddin (Updated) 07 May 2021 / 21:27 H. Pix for representational purpose only. KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 150,597 job seekers have succeeded in obtaining employment through 12 programmes implemented as at April 23, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. The Prime Minister said the success exceeded the cumulative projection as at April 2021 and the government is targeting to create 500,000 job opportunities for this year. “The government’s efforts in raising investments in the country have succeeded in creating 33,907 new jobs and 76 percent of them are in the skilled and semi-skilled categories. “This is a part of the target of 160,000 new jobs from the commitment of investments for 2021,” he said in a Facebook post today. ....