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INTRODUCTION

The Ministry of Human Resources is and health, trade unions, industrial
responsible for the development of relations information and labour market
skills, employees, occupational safety analysis and social security.

ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

ASEAN LABOUR MINISTERS SPECIAL MEETING

Minister of Human Resources, YB Datuk Seri M. Saravanan chaired the ASEAN Labour Ministers Special
Meeting.

O304 FFICIAL YEAR BOOK 2020 A special meeting of the ASEAN Labour the Economic Stimulus Package
Ministers held in Putrajaya, discussed announced by Prime Minister, YAB
on the responses and initiatives taken Tan Sri Dato’ Haji Muhyiddin bin Haji
by ASEAN member countries, to Mohd. Yassin.
alleviate difficulties faced by workers
and employers across the region, One of the programmes under
following the COVID-19 pandemic. the purview of Ministry of Human
Resources is the Wage Subsidy
Minister of Human Resources, YB Programme that will benefit 8.1
Datuk Seri M. Saravanan, shared million workers. Additionally, the
Malaysia’s responses and initiatives Skills Development Fund (PTPK) Loan
in battling COVID-19 as outlined in Repayment Deferment Programme