Double the skilled workforce


KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia needs to nearly double the number of its skilled workers to achieve the status of a high-income economy.

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the Government aimed to raise the percentage of skilled workers from the present 28% to 50% of the total workforce in order to meet the labour demand in 2020.

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