Training fund to target electronics sector workers, BUSINESS TIMES

Business Times (Malaysia)

10-04-2001

THE training allocation for retrenched workers under the recently
announced stimulus package will facilitate the unemployed, particularly
from the electronics sector, to get alternative jobs.
Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr Fong Chan Onn said some 20,000
retrenched workers and unemployed graduates were expected to benefit from
the training courses that would improve their skills and enhance employability.

"We've got reports from electronics firms which have plans to downsize
their operations.