Scrap metal sector needs foreign workers

Compiled by C. ARUNO, GERARD GIMINO and R. ARAVINTHAN

THE scrap metal and recycling industry needs about 3,000 workers urgently, Makkal Osai reported.

Malaysian Indian Metal Traders and Recyclers Association (Mimta) president Datuk Seri P. Krishnamoothi claimed the industry needed foreign workers as most Malaysians were not keen to work in the field.