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  "title": "MSMEs exempted from further minimum wage increases for now",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/msmes-exempted-from-further-minimum-wage-increases-for-now-10886948",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T06:54:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/09/30/msmes-exempted-from-further-minimum-wage-increases-for-now"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Minister Steven Sim says the government will take other approaches, including wage subsidies, to increase wages in the sector.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "MSMEs exempted from further minimum wage increases for now",
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        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "ACCCIM says RM1,900 an ‘appropriate’ minimum wage, warns steeper hike could hurt MSMEs",
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        "title": "MSMEs exempted from new minimum wage rate hike – Minister",
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        "published": "2026-09-30T07:42:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Malaysiakini",
        "title": "Cabinet exempts MSMEs from new minimum wage hike, for now",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/cabinet-exempts-msmes-from-new-minimum-wage-hike-for-now",
        "published": "2026-09-30T07:42:29.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "MSMEs exemption from minimum wage hike will give businesses 'breathing room'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/msmes-exemption-from-minimum-wage-hike-will-give-businesses-breathing",
        "published": "2026-09-30T10:46:20.000Z"
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