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120 hotels either temporarily or permanently closed, says association
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Report: 63pc hotel workers on unpaid leave, 120 hotels either temporarily or permanently closed, says association

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KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 — With the hotel industry suffering crippling losses due to the latest movement control order (MCO 3.0), some 63.13 per cent of workers have been put on unpaid leave.

Speaking to Utusan Malaysia, chief executive officer of the Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) Yap Lip Seng revealed that based on a recent survey, 44.6 per cent of hotels had decided to cut workers’ salaries and 14.06 per cent have retrenched their workforce, while another 34.69 have reduced their benefits.

Yap said that 73.75 per cent of hotels have opted to assign workers other duties while 21.25 per cent have maintained status quo.

According to Yap, hotels have adopted various means of cost control, based on its survey.


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