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More jobs for Malaysian Indians: Minister

SINGAPORE: Malaysia will step up efforts to induct more ethnic Indians into the civil service and expand their job opportunities in government-linked companies (GLCs), according to Human Resources Minister S. Subramaniam.

In a statement disseminated by the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), Dr. Subramaniam said on Tuesday that “the target of 7.4 per cent intake of [ethnic] Indians into the civil service would be expedited.” The target reflects the demographic ratio of the Malaysian-Indian minority, at about two million. The MIC had now “requested” that at least two Malaysian Indians be appointed to the board of each GLC. The country’s 130 GLCs now had only seven ethnic Indians, he said.

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