Amid CMCO woes, tourism groups call for new wage subsidy plan

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The ban on interstate travel for the affected areas will see a big chunk of business taken away from vacation hotspots in other states. (Bernama pic)PETALING JAYA: With the latest partial lockdown in the Klang Valley adding to their woes, hoteliers and Malaysia’s main tourism association have urged the government to take up their proposal for a two-tier wage subsidy system.The Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) and the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Matta) said they had previously proposed the mechanism with higher subsidies for the sector since it stands to be the hardest-hit by the pandemic.MAH chief executive officer Yap Lip Seng told FMT that the tiered system called for a 50% subsidy for employees earning up to RM4,000 and 30% for those between RM4,001 to RM8,000, adding that this system was used in Singapore, Canada, Australia and the UK.“We need the…