HR ministry cutting red tape to make M'sia an attractive job market, says Sim in NTW special panel

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Human Resources Minister Steven Sim joined three other Cabinet ministers in a special panel discussion during the National Training Week 2024 in Kuala Lumpur on June 27, saying that the ministry is eliminating bureaucracy and improve governance to attract global talent.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/laHA5  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Human Resources Minister Stephen Sim shared his views on retention of global talent and

00:08fielded questions in a rare panel discussion alongside three other ministers during the

00:13National Training Week on Thursday. He said the ministry had taken measures under the

00:18Rekayasa Kesuma theme to eliminate bureaucracy and improve governance to make Malaysia an

00:23attractive job market.

00:25I'm just going to give you three examples. Number one, Makamah Perusaan Malaysia. There's

00:29one task to a claimant's information search through the Rekayasa Kesuma process re-engineering.

00:36Now we have managed to reduce it from 30 days to three days. And we have also eliminated

00:41the RM15.40 cost per search. Jabatan Pembangunan Kemahiran, this is the department that issues

00:47out Malaysian Skills Certificates. Every year we issue about 80,000 certificates in various

00:53sectors to various organisation training providers. Meantime, in the past, one certificate

00:58processing time 60 days. Now we are going to reduce it to 14 days. Savings of 75% of

01:05cost by shifting this physical certification into digital certification. Finally, Perkeso,

01:11issuance of guarantee letter for hospitalisation. We are going to reduce it from three days

01:16to 24 hours. I think this is part of the big package of human capital and talent development

01:22in the country. Sim also pointed out to the hundreds of participants that good labour

01:27and employment practices are essential to attract global talent to Malaysia. He said

01:33while wages are an important factor, surveys among the younger generation revealed some

01:38favouring better working environments and flexible working arrangements. He said that

01:44is why the government now focuses on better pay, skills training, governance and social

01:49security. Investment, trade and industry minister, Tengku Datuk Sri Zafrul Abdul Aziz

01:56said many companies are looking at Malaysia as a hub, but without the right human capital

02:02and talent management. It is difficult for the country to realise its aspiration to become

02:07an industrialised nation. Higher Education Minister Datuk Sri Dr Zamri Abdul Qadir said

02:15the government is equipping graduates with the necessary skills, knowledge and experiences

02:20for current and future job demands. The National Training Week is organised by Human Resource

02:26Development Corporation in Kuala Lumpur from June 24 to 30, bringing together participants

02:32to experience a multitude of learning and development opportunities.

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