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MPIC negotiating for exemption to secure 20,000 foreign workers 07 May 2021 / 07:51 H. Bernama
MELAKA: The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC) is working to obtain a government exemption from the foreign labour hiring freeze in order to secure 20,000 foreign workers.
Its minister, Datuk Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali, said this was important in view of the plantation and commodity sector being the largest group that was dependent on foreign workers.
“We have obtained the in-principle approval to get foreign workers for the oil palm sector and will be negotiating to secure foreign workers for the timber sector as well,” he told reporters after attending a dialogue session under the Jerayawara Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) 2021 roadshow here yesterday.
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THE timber industry is on the lookout for more local graduates as it moves into the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR4.0).
Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) president Mazli Zakuan Mohd Noor said the council has created the first-of-its-kind Engineer Placement and Internship Placement (EPIP) in the Timber Industry 2021 programme, which is divided into two parts – for engineers and for interns.
He said these are part of the council’s strategic plan, which includes intensifying efforts to achieve digitisation and automation in the industry as it enters IR4.0.
“(It is also) to increase the number of knowledgeable workers, especially in the fields of engineering and design of wood products and furniture, ” he said at the launch of the event on March 2.
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