KUALA LUMPUR: The country needs more homegrown talent to support the rapid development of the railway sector following government approval for seven projects that will add another 1,030km of tracks to the network, says Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong.
The rapid growth of rail transport required a high number of experts, consisting of nearly 100,000 professionals, skilled and semi-skilled talents, he said.
“This is the cumulative estimate by rail operators as well as contractors involved in rail projects, consisting of planning, construction, up to the operations and maintenance phases, ” he said in his speech at the launch of Rail Industry Development Programme (RIDP) under the Strategic Industries and High Performance SME Improvement Programme (Prestige) here yesterday.
KUALA LUMPUR: The country needs a high number of homegrown talent to support the rapid development of the railway sector following government approval for seven projects that will add another 1,030km of tracks to the network, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong.
The Transport Minister said the rapid growth of rail transport requires a high number of experts, consisting of nearly 100,000 professionals, skilled and semi-skilled talents. The number of new talent requirements in the rail field is the cumulative estimate by rail operators as well as contractors involved in rail projects, consisting of planning, construction, up to the operations and maintenance phases, he said in his speech at the launch of Rail Industry Development Programme (RIDP) under the Strategic Industries and High Performance SME Improvement Programme (Prestige) here on Monday (April 19).