Malaysia's Oil & Gas Sector Needs 40,000 Skilled Workers In 2015

JOHOR BAHARU (Malysia), Feb 27 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's oil and gas sector will need over 40,000 skilled workers by 2015, Human Resources Minister Dr S. Subramaniam said. Speaking to reporters after a dialogue between the ministry and the employers from various sectors, here Monday, Subramaniam said the increase in manpower requirement had given rise to the need for more training programmes in the field. Other sectors in need of more skilled manpower are the electronic and hospitality industries, he said, adding that the hospitality industry particularly lacked people with good command of English. To address concern among the industry, he said, the government would set up a communication system to reach out to employers to ensure that the training programmes drawn up by government institutions were in line with industry requirements. -- BERNAMA