PUTRAJAYA is considering making certain industries switch to working at night, said Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
This is to ease the discomfort of those who labour outdoors under the hot sun, he said.
“We understand that it is sometimes uncomfortable to work during the day,” he said in Segambut at a Bersatu event tonight.
“For instance, those who grow padi in the day can do it with floodlights in the night.
“We will also try to get people to build things indoors like in factories. This is so that they won’t be exposed to the heat.
“We have seen people building houses in factories and then transporting the buildings to their destination.”
Dr Mahathir said such considerations are crucial to reduce the influx of foreign workers and to prevent the outflow of cash to other countries.
He said there are currently seven million foreign workers in the country whose remittances home amount to RM60 billion.
Dr Mahathir was talkig about 3D (dirty, difficult and dangerous) jobs that are usually left to foreign workers.
“They get their salary and it goes back to their country. So we are trying to get Malaysians to do the job and prevent this outflow.
“We are trying to make these jobs easier for the people.”
Dr Mahathir said the government is also studying how to make some jobs easier with the addition of more machines.
He said it is a PH policy to create more jobs and the government will do its best to make sure it is accomplished.
“We hope that the people will work hard and not expect handouts.
“The previous government gave handouts and the funds for it could have come from bad sources.
“We are not going to give any money but we are going create jobs to ensure that all races are taken care of.” – May 2, 2019.
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Also the cost of a foreign labourer is almost 1.8k per month now (all in) . The local should cost at least the same instead of being paid 1000 plus minus . Many dont even get the benefits like EPF etc. In the olden days we used Filem Negara Malaysia to instil positive values in all citizens. Some of them were really funny but great in getti g the message across. Perhaps should look at the same to instill work culture and sense of pride in work. In the olden days we also used to have night classes for public like BM classes. Teachers could be engaged to do similar night classes to impart skills raise proficiency in English , etc so that the workforce be trained in basics. It costs much less than having to go to skills centres to get some basic competency good enough and open doors to move further forward or branch out.
Posted 7 years ago by Rajenthiran (Raj) Narayanan · Reply
Also the cost of a foreign labourer is almost 1.8k per month now (all in) . The local should cost at least the same instead of being paid 1000 plus minus . Many dont even get the benefits like EPF etc. In the olden days we used Filem Negara Malaysia to instil positive values in all citizens. Some of them were really funny but great in getti g the message across. Perhaps should look at the same to instill work culture and sense of pride in work. In the olden days we also used to have night classes for public like BM classes. Teachers could be engaged to do similar night classes to impart skills raise proficiency in English , etc so that the workforce be trained in basics. It costs much less than having to go to skills centres to get some basic competency good enough and open doors to move further forward or branch out.
Posted 7 years ago by Rajenthiran (Raj) Narayanan · Reply