KEPALAS BATAS: Some 560,000 job opportunities will be created when the East Coast Economic Region (ECER) goes into full swing, Human Resources Department director-general Romli Hassan said.
He said several hundred thousands more jobs would be created when projects under the Northern Corridor Economic Region were implemented.
Under the ECER alone, 205 projects will be implemented with investments estimated at RM112bil until 2020. The ECER covers Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang and northern Johor.
“Graduates cannot say they are unemployed because there are no jobs. I cannot accept such excuses.
“Either they are refusing to work or are too choosy,” he said after attending the Human Resources Department Training Institutes northern zone convocation here yesterday.
A total of 1,211 graduates from seven Industrial Training Institutes (ILP) in the northern region received their diplomas and certificates during the two-day convocation.
Romli said the 27 institutes nationwide had produced more than 50,000 skilled and semi-skilled workers to meet the country’s demand for skilled workers, since the institutes' inception.
“The number of graduates produced by the institutes will be insufficient when all projects under the three economic regions are fully implemented,” he added.
Romli said new courses that were relevant to the industrial and technological needs of the country would be offered at some of the ILPs.
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