Almost half of self-employed lost jobs during MCO, govt survey finds

The Statistics Department survey also finds that 43% of self-employed only have enough money to last them two weeks. FMTNews Covid19 MCO Employment SelfEmployed

The Covid-19 outbreak and movement control order have taken a heavy toll on the economy.

In the department’s report on the survey findings which covered 168,182 respondents, it also found that 43% of self-employed people did not have enough money to last beyond two weeks, while the finances of another 28.4% would only last a month. By sub-sectors, those in the food and beverage sector were the worst hit with 35.4% losing their jobs, followed by the fisheries and and agriculture sectors. The logistics sub-sector meanwhile saw 18.7% losing their jobs.

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