00:00 So, these are the main components in Ilham Madani.
00:04 We hope that this will be part of our effort to enhance training, skills training, on-the-job training,
00:10 but also to help close the gap on unemployment.
00:14 Today, we have more or less 1,500 participants from various sectors.
00:19 There are representatives of employers, representatives of unions,
00:23 representatives of various economic sectors, from universities, NGOs, and so on.
00:30 I think this is part of our effort to provide a more detailed explanation
00:37 on the basis of progressive wages that have started registration and started on June 1.
00:43 It will last for three months until August.
00:50 And the assessment will be carried out in September.
00:58 Because we have just started registration, so far we have received more or less 300 companies.
01:06 500.
01:07 So far we have received more or less 500 companies who have registered.
01:13 They have registered their interest on the website.
01:20 Our target is 1,000 companies.
01:23 And the qualification or in-depth assessment will be given within the next week or two
01:30 to the companies that have registered.
01:32 So I ask for more companies in the five main sectors for this period
01:40 to show and register for SMEs.
01:43 You mentioned that it's a pilot project for the next three months, 50 million.
01:48 There was a question raised after the pilot project.
01:51 Say I'm an employer and I've been participating in the program.
01:58 Once the pilot project ends, what happens?
02:02 Do I still have to pay the basic pay?
02:06 So, first, this three-month period is for us to look at, for example,
02:16 the weaknesses of the system, issues, challenges, implementation,
02:22 maybe in terms of SOP and so on.
02:25 So in this three-month period, in September,
02:30 we will do an assessment and make adjustments or adjustments.
02:35 The target is to implement this basic pay for a year.
02:44 And if you look at it from the set conditions,
02:49 whether there is a salary or an increase in the year,
02:52 it is a competitive increase
02:55 where it is the result of our investment,
02:59 from our involvement with the workers and employers.
03:04 So I don't want to put the cart before the horse
03:09 and say that we are going to stop after one year.
03:13 Our desire is to continue this progressive basic pay
03:17 as one of the mechanisms to increase the salary of workers in Malaysia.
03:26 But even if this is stopped,
03:33 the conditions that have been set are competitive conditions that can be met.
03:40 I think most importantly for the media and for the public is
03:44 we don't put the cart before the horse.
03:47 We want to see the success of this progressive basic pay
03:54 as an effort to increase the salary of workers.
03:57 So at least there will be a one year implementation.
04:03 Not three months.
04:04 Three months is for us to adjust and readjust.
04:07 Maybe from the quantum, SOP, request, feedback,
04:14 feedback from the holders, from the participants.
04:18 We will get this feedback in three months.
04:20 We will do an assessment in September.
04:23 Thank you.
04:24 [END]
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