Acute labour shortage causing Sarawak to lose billions


PETALING JAYA: The labour crunch has reduced the crude palm oil (CPO) production in Sarawak, with the state chalking up a loss of about RM2bil in revenue last year.

Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (Soppoa) chairman Eric Kiu said its members were short of 45,000 foreign workers in 2021.

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