Target of 10% of jobs for Indian community to be discussed: Perak Exco

IPOH: The state government helmed by Pakatan Harapan (PH) will discuss with Human Resource Minister M.Kulasegaran on the implementation of the national-level manifesto which set a target of 10% of the number of new jobs for the Indian community.
State Health, Consumerism, Civil Society, National Integration and Human Resource Committee Chairman A. Sivanesan said the pledge must be implemented to assist the Indian community, particularly the youths, to gain employment.
"If this pledge was implemented, the problem of unemployment could be resolved ... the youths must be given space and job opportunities without regard to racial background.
"I will have a meeting with the Human Resource Minister to discuss how this pledge can be implemented for the benefit of the Indian community," he told reporters here today.
The PH Manifesto for the 14th General Election (GE14) offered several determinations specifically for the whole Indian community in the country including all government-owned companies (GLC), federal and state government agencies, and the local authorities which were directed to set the target.
Earlier, Sivanesan, who is also the Sungkai State Assemblyman, received a complaint from a graduate, M. Devedraa, 25, who claimed that his job application was rejected although he was qualified.
The Chemical Engineering graduate from Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) said he, who had been unemployed for two years, had made job applications to more than 200 companies either directly or via online.
"Among the reasons for the rejection of my applications was that I could not speak Mandarin. In addition, there were also companies that only wanted workers from a particular race," he said. — Bernama