Akhbar : Bernama Online | Tarikh : 1 Julai 2015

KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's dependency on foreign labour can be reduced by increasing skills training for locals, said Deputy Human Resource Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Abd Muttalib. He said by increasing the number of skills training institutes and raising the skill levels of Malaysians to professional standards, it would help produce workers of quality. "It is also in line Malaysia's goal of having 35 per cent skilled workers in the labour force by 2020, he said. He told this to BERNAMA after attending an Iftar event organised by Perbadanan Tabung Pembangunan Kemahiran in Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday night. Ismail added that foreign workers registered with the Immigration Department numbered some 1.9 million people, mainly from Bangladesh, the Philippines and Myanmar.

Sumber : BERNAMA