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EXPO.....Minister
of Resource Development and Information Technology Dr. Yee Moh Chai (middle)
together with Permanent Secretary Bruno Vun (left) and Principal Assistant
Secretary of the Ministry of Resource Development and Information Technology
Moira David (right) at the Sabah Job Expo Press Conference.
By : ELAINE MAH
UNEMPLOYMENT is a perennial problem in Sabah as it is
anywhere else. To address this, the state government, spearheaded by the
Ministry of Resource Development and Information Technology, holds an annual
job expo to disseminate information on the various job opportunities in the
state.
Speaking to reporters at a
press conference at Wisma Bandaraya today, the Minister of Resource Development
and Information Technology Datuk Dr. Yee Moh Chai, said that the annual job
expo offers an avenue for employers to find suitable employees and the latter
to find jobs that suit their requirements.
According to Ministerial
sources, 42 companies from various industries including the hospitality
industry, the agriculture industry and the fisheries industry will offer a
combined number of approximately 2,500 jobs at this year's job expo.
When asked about the
effectiveness of such an expo, Dr. Yee said that there is no statistical
analysis to prove the effectiveness or
otherwise of the expo, but the Ministry has received positive feedback from the
public since the job expo was first held in 2007.
"We have an
overwhelming request to hold the expo again especially from organizations that
represent interest groups like the trade unions and the Federation of
Manufacturers who know from first hand experience that the expo has been most
helpful to both employers and jobseekers.
"The whole idea of the
job expo is to ensure that through it the employers will find the employees
they look for and vice versa for the job seekers. I am sure everyone will gain
at the end of the expo," Dr. Yee said.
The 2-day expo will be held
this Friday at Suria Sabah Shopping Mall, Kota Kinabalu. - Insight Sabah
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