Mah: Rubber industry should increase automation


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 27 May 2017

TAIPING: Rubber industry players in Malaysia should focus on increasing the use of automation to reduce the need for a labour force, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong (pic).

"We don't want to be a labour intensive society. When we rely on automation, we don't need to rely on a lot of workers," said Mah.

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