National 5.5% brain drain higher than global average, says Sivakumar


KUALA LUMPUR: The Human Resources Ministry is drafting measures to tackle the brain drain phenomenon as its current rate of 5.5% of the population is higher than the 3.3% global average, says V. Sivakumar (pic).

"A total of 1.86 million Malaysians live abroad, and out of that, 1.13 million stay in Singapore,” said the Human Resources Minister after chairing a Talent Corporation Malaysia Bhd (TalentCorp) dialogue session with 20 industry players here on Tuesday (March 7).

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