By : WINNIE KASMIR
SANDAKAN: Chief Minister
Datuk Seri Musa Hj Aman said the plantation industry in the state has
approximately 200,000 existing vacancies and attributed them to the lack of
interest among youths to work in plantations.
He also made an urging for
plantation owners to provide amenities for a conducive environment to attract
youths to be involved in the industry.
“I urge plantation owners to
provide them with a conducive environment such as quarters, sports facilities
and halls where the youth can conduct their daily activities.
“We have done this in
plantations owned by Yayasan Sabah and Sawit Kinabalu. We hope that we can set
an example for other plantations in Sabah,” said Musa to reporters after
officiating the Barisan Nasional (BN) Youth Job Fair at the Harbour Mall
yesterday.
Musa described the fair as
an excellent effort by the BN Youth to provide opportunities for youth to find
jobs.
Meanwhile, National UMNO
Youth exco Nazir Hussin Akhtar Hussin said at least 40 companies took part in
the fair yesterday which is conducted in seven locations nationwide.
According to Nazir, last
year one million visitors attended the fair and 30,000 out of 100,000 vacancies
were filled with seventy-seven Sabahans chosen to fill in positions in
Petronas.
He also expressed support
for upgrading the Petronas Training Centre in Kimanis into a full-fledged
institute.
“We want the training centre
in Kimanis to be upgraded into a Petronas Technological Institute (Intep)
similar to the one in Terengganu to provide more opportunities for youth to go
into the oil and gas industry,” said Nazir. (BP)
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