Striving for two-fold increase

By YU JI

KUCHING: The Sarawak government aims to more than double the number of technical education graduates each year in the near future.

Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud said “very aggressive” plans were being put into action for there to be at least 20,000 new technical education graduates annually.

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