Oil palm growers in Sarawak want more source countries for foreign labour

Members of the Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (Soppoa) in a courtesy call with state Deputy Minister in the Premier's Department (Labour, Immigration and Project Monitoring) Datuk Gerawat Gala (seated second right) in Kuching.

KUCHING: Oil palm plantations in the state want the government to allow them to hire workers from more than one country to address the labour shortage and suggested East Timor.

Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (Soppoa) chairman Eric Kiu said at present, only Indonesian workers were allowed to work in plantations in the state.