S'pore offers skills training for Iskandar Malaysia's needs

SINGAPORE has offered to help train a skilled workforce to meet the growing need for workers as the Iskandar Malaysia project takes off.

"As Iskandar thrives, we can expect also to need more people to be trained for the jobs to be created - and so I also talked about vocational training and Singapore helping Malaysia to upgrade its vocational training for workers who can work in Iskandar," Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told reporters yesterday after his annual "retreat" meeting with his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak.

In a joint statement, both leaders acknowledged the importance of a skilled labour force in boosting socio-economic development. They welcomed the ongoing talks between the various agencies of the two countries on collaboration in vocational training.