Thursday, December 9, 2010

More jobs created in manufacturing sector

KUALA LUMPUR: The manufacturing sector reported an increase in the total number of employees, with the workforce rising to 996,078 in October 2010, up 6.1% from a year ago.

The Statistics Department said on Thursday, Dec 9 the number of employees in October also showed an increase of 5,976 persons or 0.6% from September.

'Year-on-year, the number of workers employed also increased by 57,298 persons or 6.1%, as compared to 938,780 persons in October 2009.

'Total employees in September 2010 were a revised positive 5.6% year-on-year to record 990,102 workers,' it said.


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