MALAYSIA:::Syarikat M'sia kurang ajar, kata gabenor Jakarta

Gabenor Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama mengecam tindakan syarikat alat pembersih rumah Malaysia yang menggunakan perkataan "fire your Indonesian maid" (pecat pembantu rumah Indonesia) di iklan.

Beliau yang lebih dikenali sebagai Ahok itu berkata, iklan itu menghina pembantu rumah Indonesia dan “kurang ajar”.

"Tidak boleh berkata 'pecat' begitu sahaja.

"(Guna perkataan) 'Fire your Indonesian maid' (pecat pembantu rumah kamu) itu sangat kurang ajar!" beliau dilapor sebagai berkata oleh Metrotvnews.

MALAYSIA:::A high-income nation with low-wage workers

The minimum wage was introduced by the Human Resources Ministry after it found out that about 34 percent of private sector employees earn less than RM700 per month, which is below the poverty line of RM800. A similar study in 2010 revealed that 48 percent of Malaysian employees earn less than RM1,000 per month.

This is the ground reality, but the Malaysian government wants the country to be a high-income nation by 2020. This situation prompted the government to implement the minimum wage to attain the high-income economy.