Government advises employers to retain, retrain workers amid Covid-19
Wednesday, 19 Feb 2020 03:40 PM MYT
Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Wira Amiruddin Hamzah said the government had already engaged with the affected industry players and is now looking into the stimulus package to be offered in order to help them.
“As in many other industry sectors, the financial sector here and everywhere in the world is going through a period of rapid change. In particular, technology is disrupting a whole range of functions in the services industry. Meanwhile, SEGi University vice-chancellor Professor Dr Patrick Kee said with the technology sector changing at an exponential rate, industry preparedness becomes a matter of great importance especially for the university as it is in business of grooming future talents.
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