80,000 Malaysian jobs for Lankans within next six months

Malaysian Human Resources Minister Chang Ohn Fence has requested Labour Minister Athauda Seneviratne to send at least 80,000 skilled workers to Malaysia within the next six months during this year.

Seneviratne expressed these views at a press conference at the Bandaranaike International Airport after attending the 93rd session of International Labour Organisation summit in Geneva.

Seneviratne said he requested the Malaysian Government to provide jobs to Sri Lankans during his tour to Malaysia.

'The Malaysian government accepted my request to provide 80,000 jobs to Sri Lankans in Malaysia," he said.

There are plenty of vacancies in the fields of construction, industrial, agricultural and health sectors in Malaysia and the Malaysian government agreed to provide at least 80,000 jobs to Sri Lankans without a limited number of vacancies.

The Honorary membership of Administrative body of the International Labour Organisation was awarded to the Sri Lanka at the recent ILO Conference.