'The deputy president of the P-Hailing Organisation of Malaysia estimates 20 per cent of the 403,637 post-SPM examination students to enter the food delivery industry, known locally as p-hailing, as riders this year due to job and financial constraints.
'…The newspaper previously reported on June 1 that more than 458,000 SPM graduates are estimated not to further their studies in the next three years.
‘It cited statistics from an unnamed source showing that 48.74 per cent or 180,680 SPM graduates in 2021, an increase from the 35.16 per cent, or 115,939 SPM graduates in 2020, stopped their education after taking the final secondary school examination in Form Five.’
With these numbers the gig industry will be saturated … but maybe high attrition rate amongst gig workers?
Coffee production in Malaysia has a ways to go yet. The Edge Magazine reported in 2020 on some of the challenges faced by coffee planters, those planting Sabarica (theedgemalaysia.com/…/cover-story-wake-and-smell-…). Meanwhile, the Agriculture Ministry reported in 2021 that coffee yield in 2020 was just 4,241 tonnes! (www.malaymail.com/news/money/2021/10/…/2010018) There’s potential, but again, it’s labour-intensive … maybe Malaysia would do well to experiment with harvesting robots, to relieve the labour pressures across the industry.
I’m using the Maxis Postpaid Share 128 plan with my family members, until now I’m triggered by the lack of 5G, despite experiencing some of it near my uni last year.
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