Palm oil industry easily needs 100,000 workers


PETALING JAYA: The actual worker shortage in the palm oil industry can be between 70,000 and 100,000 workers, according to an industry source.

The source also claimed that the government has yet to bring in 32,000 foreign workers for the industry.

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