SEREMBAN: Minister of Transport Anthony Loke Siew Fook said there are many employment opportunities for youths in the transportation sector which is expanding prolifically in the country.
He said society today did not see the transportation sector as a big division offering numerous job opportunities in the fields of aviation, maritime and land transportation.
“The transportation sector is so broad and big and many job opportunities linked to the transportation sector and it will continue to expand.
“Every citizen, every person needs transportation service whether to go from one place to another or to ferry cargo and these require manpower.
“The transportation sector today continues to expand. For example, the aviation sector is seeing more people opting to travel via air. With the prolific growth in aviation, more manpower is needed, namely, pilots, cabin crew and engineers who look after the aircraft, doing maintenance and ground handling at the airport and these are all the eco-system in the transportation sector,” he said here today.
He said this to reporters after launching a 2019 (Transportation Sector) Education and Career Carnival here which was also attended by State Human Resources, Plantations and Non-Muslim Affairs Committee chairman J. Arul Kumar.
He said, other than the aviation sector, the shipping sector and harbours and land transportation such as buses, rail and e-hailing also needed a large manpower.
“These are all opportunities generated through the transportation sector,” he said.
Earlier, Loke, when launching the two-day carnival starting today, said it was held to give the opportunity to the young to pick a suitable career other than exposing them on the employment opportunities in the transportation sector. –Bernama
