MELAKA: Workers from Indonesia are top on the preferred list by oil palm plantation owners and smallholders, says caretaker Deputy Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Jeck Seng.
KUALA LUMPUR: The accreditation of 25 companies to recruit workers from Bangladesh was done to avoid monopolistic practices as well as to safeguard the welfare and livelihood of the workers, says Datuk Seri M. Saravanan.
PETALING JAYA: The prolonged labour shortage in the oil palm plantation sector remains unresolved, as the government has yet to fulfil its promise of bringing in 32,000 foreign workers.
PETALING JAYA: The labour crunch has reduced the crude palm oil (CPO) production in Sarawak, with the state chalking up a loss of about RM2bil in revenue last year.