Let govt bear difference if it goes ahead with RM3,000 minimum wage, says Dr Wee

FROM CHAN QUIN ER Lawyer and MCA central committee member

PETALING JAYA: Let the government bear the difference between a RM3,000 minimum graduate’s wage and the average wage if it goes ahead with the idea, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong.

"Just making Khazanah Nasional and other government-linked companies dispose of assets acquired during Barisan Nasional’s time and taking Petronas’s dividends are not long-term solutions," added Dr Wee. "We cannot shoehorn RM3,000 minimum all over Malaysia when there are places with lower cost of living," he said, giving the example that Shah Alam, Selangor was vastly different from Jeli, Kelantan.

The first option means higher cost of doing business and the second leads to higher unemployment, he said. He said that a White Paper would be presented to Cabinet following discussions between the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Human Resources.

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