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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 ― A research by Khazanah Research Institute (KRI) found that agriculture employment has declined significantly to just 10.2 per cent out of the total employment nationwide in 2019, from 31.2 per cent in 1982.
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Hawaiian Airlines will hire more workers as it expands its fleet. The new hirings are a welcome sign for Hawaii's economy, which lost jobs during the year to May 2009 as the state's unemployment rate rose from 4% to 7%.
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