Plantation minister moots ‘specialised harvesters’ term to draw Malaysians into being palm estate workers

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KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 — Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani today proposed calling plantation workers “specialised harvesters” instead, saying...

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After crane failure, owner of 99-door mansion in Penang ordered to restore building according to heritage guidelines, says state excoIn his ministerial winding up speech in Parliament today, Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani said Malaysia’s palm oil sector was currently short of around 40,000 harvesters.

 

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