Training programme upgraded after success

Great work: Wong (left) witnessing the soft launch of Celestica Electronics’s implementation of the SLDN. Looking on is the company’s head of Asia operations Yong Chong Chin (second from left), Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) deputy director-general Dr Mazrina Mohamed Ibramsah (right) and JPK competency certification division director Mohd Shukri Ismail (second from right). — THOMAS YONG/The Star

JOHOR BARU: The move to scale up the Academy in Factory (AiF) programme nationally is timely and will help in reducing the reliance on foreign workers, says Datuk Seri Wong Siew Hai.

The Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association (MSIA) president said it was the right thing to do.