Devamany: Workers in small plantations need a voice


PETALING JAYA: Workers and their families living in smaller, private plantations can benefit if representative committees are formed for them, Perak State Assembly Speaker Datuk Seri S.K. Devamany said.

He said that in the past, estate workers had missed out on millions of ringgit worth of infrastructure and development as their communities did not have the status of villages.

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