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since January 2019 is one very potential source of labour supply information.
Besides providing immediate financial benefits and upskilling opportunities to
workers who have lost their jobs, the other objectives of EIS also includes to
provide up-to-date and comprehensive labour market information to
policymakers (PERKESO, 2019).
As the economic structure diversifies and the technology changes rapidly,
the world of work is becoming more and more dynamic. As such, no one
particular source should be over-utilised to form a comprehensive labour
market information and analysis framework. Malaysia is geared towards
improving the labour market statistics in keeping up with these changes so as
to provide labour statistics that can be linked to the economy and social
backdrop.

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