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Palm Oil Industry To Hire Recovering Drug Addicts

Ramli Abdul Samad, President, PENGASIH

09-Sep-20 18:00

Palm Oil Industry To Hire Recovering Drug Addicts

Palm oil producers are looking to recruit recovering drug addicts and parolees, in replacement of foreign labour. We speak to Ramli Abdul Samad to understand the difficulties faced by former drug addicts when seeking employment, and discuss ways to make it easier for them to re-enter the workforce.

Image Source: Markus Spiske, Unsplash

Produced by: Adeline Choong

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn


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