JB enterprises feeling the strain


JOHOR BARU: He has two car workshops, three workers and at least seven vacancies for employees.

“I need at least 10 workers to run both workshops at full capacity, but it has been extremely difficult to get any locals to work here,” said owner Afiq Azri Mohd Abdul Salam Subrayar.

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