Malaysia | Skills Gap | Still a problem

Sarawak will need to hire skilled manpower from Peninsular Malaysia and overseas to address shortage faced by industrialists by the year 2015.

Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Office (Promotion of Technical Education) Datuk Len Talif Salleh said the state could produce about 30,000 skilled manpower each year against the needed 226,493 three years from now.

He said even if the government and 84 higher learning and technical institutions fast-tracked to produce more skilled manpower in the next few years, it would still be insufficient.

Higher education: Len talking to student Fajrina Izzati Shapiee as Kolej Mutiara student counsellor Zahani Pee (right) looks on during the Mara Education Carnival.

“The number of investors in Samalaju and Mukah under the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE) are beyond our expectations,” he said.

He said the sudden influx of foreign investors was due to Sarawak’s geography, which is not on the Ring of Fire and SCORE’s promotion of green energy.

“The industries are expected to operate by 2015 and we project a shortage of skilled manpower between 15% and 20%,” he told reporters after officiating at the opening of Mara Education Carnival here yesterday…

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