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ScoreThe HumanCapital Development FactorInflow of industriesthrough ForeignDirect Investment(FDI) to Sarawakprovidesopportunities foreveryoneSarawak, rich in natural resources andlarge land area, requires more skilledand technical manpower to meet thedemand of industries. Indeed the success ofSCORE (Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy),has hastened the need for comprehensivehuman capital development more than ever,which was highlighted by the Chief Ministerrecently when talking about the plan.“The success (of SCORE) has put a challengefor us to come out and respond to the demandfor a better army of technical manpower toensure that the state is able to maintain all thebig investments it has received like the manyfactories, plants and mills especially in theSamalaju Industrial Park. The technical peoplethat we need has to be thought of now and wehave to start training them immediately,” PehinSri Abdul Taib Mahmud stated in July 2011 inKuching.On the part of the government, a numberof technical training institutions have beenspecifically set up to boost the number ofskilled and technically trained manpower inanticipation of the requirements expectedfrom SCORE’s development. Private collegesand institutes have also been springing up toprovide the extra places for those seeking tolearn a skill to meet the expectations of thenew era of development in Sarawak. A vastmajority of these developments will comefrom the energy-intensive industries and whichnaturally require large number of skilled andtechnical manpower to run and maintain them.Invariably, foreign manpower will have to bebrought in to meet the needs of industriesespecially for skilled labour in the State duringthe initial set up of the plants. Vast employmentopportunities hence present themselves tothose in the management and technical sectorsand locals will naturally have an advantagehere. In the training sector, professionals will bein great demand as lecturers and teachers aswell as consultants and supervisors in differentindustries, which are opportunities for bothlocal and foreign experts in the technical fields.www.spu.sarawak.gov.myOct-Dec2011BorneoTalk | 5