Tan (second from right) shaking hands with Chua (second from left) after signing a memorandum of understanding between the two parties. Witnessing the signing were Malaysian Timber Council chairman Datuk Wee Jeck Seng (extreme left), Liow (third from left), Department of Skills Development Director-General Datuk Dr Pang Chau Leong (third from right) and MCA National Organising Secretary Datuk Yoo Wei How (extreme right).
THE local furniture industry is a lucrative one, exporting more than RM8bil worth of products overseas since 2013.
However, Malaysia’s reliance on foreign labour in the past 20 years has caused a severe shortage in local skilled-workers.
