{
  "id": 18227512,
  "title": "Business : Minimum Wage, Targeted Assistance Part Of Broader Economic Balancing Act – Amir Hamzah",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/business-minimum-wage-targeted-assistance-part-of-broader-economic",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T00:19:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bernama",
    "slug": "bernama",
    "url": "http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2630284"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's minimum wage policy cannot be viewed in isolation but should be seen as complementing the targeted assistance, subsidy rationalisation and affordable healthcare measures to ensure workers' income gains translate into improved household well-being, said Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan.",
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Minimum wage, targeted assistance part of broader economic balancing act: Amir Hamzah",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/minimum-wage-targeted-assistance-part-of-broader-economic-balancing",
        "published": "2026-11-05T03:13:08.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}