Penang casting wide net for knowledge workers


GEORGE TOWN: Penang needs 150,000 knowledge workers in the next five years to meet talent shortages, especially in the electrical and electronics industry.

Aside from engineers and technicians, knowledge workers in accounting, law and medicine will also be vital, said InvestPenang executive director Datuk Seri Lee Kah Choon.

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