Low wages for 3D jobs or nothing at all, PM tells workers


Mikha Chan

Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad (centre) at the Labour Day celebrations in Putrajaya today. Malaysians, he says, cannot afford to be choosy about their jobs. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, May 1, 2019.

MALAYSIANS unwilling to work dirty, dangerous and difficult (3D) jobs because of the low wages can choose between such wages and getting nothing at all, said the prime minister today.

“The pay is low, but if you don’t work, you don’t get anything. You choose,” Dr Mahathir Mohamad told reporters today after the Labour Day celebrations in Putrajaya.


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