'The increase in the number of employees returning to work shows that the opening of the economy on May 4 has been smooth.
Some 10.25 million people, or 67.2 percent of the workforce, had returned to work as of May 17, up from 6.64 million people or 43.6 percent a week earlier , said Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz.
Citing data from the Statistics Department, he said these figures took into account those working from home and covered various economic sectors such as services, agriculture, manufacturing, and mining and quarrying.
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