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195180
Fri, 07/15/2011 - 10:05
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WAGES BILL AUGURS WELL FOR LOCALS TO WORK IN PLANTATION SECTOR
KUCHING (Sarawak, Malaysia), July 15 (Bernama) -- Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Bernard Dompok is confident that the National Wages Consultative Council 2011, approved by the Dewan Negara this week, will be able to attract locals to work in the plantation sector.
He said the ministry had conveyed to the Human Resources Ministry that low wages were among factors why locals were not interested to work in the sector.
"The Human Resources Ministry may be able to come up with a guideline on the matter by the end of this year," he said.
Speaking to reporters after attending his ministry's monthly gathering here, Dompok said companies and agencies involved in the plantation sector supported the move to get more locals to work in the sector and reduce dependence on foreign workers.
He also said that the implementation of the new law, replacing the Wages Council Act 1947, would dispel the notion that working in the sector would mean earning low wages.
In his speech, Dompok said Malaysia recorded RM44.3 billion (US$14.744 billion) in the export of commodities and commodity-based products in the first four months of this year, an increase of 20 per cent compared to RM36.8 billion (US$12.245 billion) during the same period last year.
He attributed the increase to the country's strong economic fundamental, political stability and racial unity.
He said the ministry had conveyed to the Human Resources Ministry that low wages were among factors why locals were not interested to work in the sector.
"The Human Resources Ministry may be able to come up with a guideline on the matter by the end of this year," he said.
Speaking to reporters after attending his ministry's monthly gathering here, Dompok said companies and agencies involved in the plantation sector supported the move to get more locals to work in the sector and reduce dependence on foreign workers.
He also said that the implementation of the new law, replacing the Wages Council Act 1947, would dispel the notion that working in the sector would mean earning low wages.
In his speech, Dompok said Malaysia recorded RM44.3 billion (US$14.744 billion) in the export of commodities and commodity-based products in the first four months of this year, an increase of 20 per cent compared to RM36.8 billion (US$12.245 billion) during the same period last year.
He attributed the increase to the country's strong economic fundamental, political stability and racial unity.
