Looking at manpower issue holistically


Wages need to be upped to attract local workers and solve shortage in plantation industry

I WAS very pleased when the Land Development Minister announced that his ministry was organising a seminar for all stakeholders, including workers’ groups, to enable a meeting of the minds to find a holistic solution to the manpower issues in Sarawak’s oil palm industry.

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