With Kalimantan set to boom, DPM expects M’sia to benefit

INTERVIEW | The construction of Indonesia’s new capital city in Kalimantan is unlikely to reduce the supply of workers to Malaysia, said Deputy Prime Minister Fadillah Yusof.

In an interview with Malaysiakini, Fadillah said Indonesia was a very large country with a huge pool of workers.

"I don't think all of their people will be able to have the same opportunities, even in Kalimantan for that matter.

"That's why there are still many people from Kalimantan going to Sarawak and Sabah to work.

“So I don't find that much of an additional challenge," said Fadillah, who is also the plantation and commodities minister.

Fadillah said Indonesians are still expected to fill up vacancies in the plantation sector, which required 120,000 workers after the Covid-19 measures were lifted on Aug 1 last year...