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Yong Boon Poh
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KOTA BARU: The country can reap immense benefits from professionals who return to Malaysia with their vast experience after working abroad.
In saying this, Higher Education Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed added that Malaysians who sought greener pastures overseas were not unpatriotic.
“It is a global trend. Highly-skilled people are sought after all over the world,” he told reporters after a meeting with the Jeli district education department officials and principals here yesterday.
“Of course, we want to stop a brain drain in certain critical areas but we feel those who go overseas to work can gain valuable experience and good income,” he said.
Mustapa was commenting on a report in The Star that Malaysian professionals who hold an MBA from a British-approved institution would stand a better chance of working in Britain.
The report said the prospective professionals were mostly doctors, lawyers, accountants, engineers and entrepreneurs, who must score at least 75 points in Britain's highly skilled migrant programme (HSMP).
Mustapa said that besides the perceived better quality of life, Malaysians go abroad for reasons that included better opportunities, better salary and promotion prospects, and wider exposure.
However, he said the Government discouraged any mass migration of skilled workers in critical areas such as medicine, dentistry, engineering and science.
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In saying this, Higher Education Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed added that Malaysians who sought greener pastures overseas were not unpatriotic.
“It is a global trend. Highly-skilled people are sought after all over the world,” he told reporters after a meeting with the Jeli district education department officials and principals here yesterday.
“Of course, we want to stop a brain drain in certain critical areas but we feel those who go overseas to work can gain valuable experience and good income,” he said.
Mustapa was commenting on a report in The Star that Malaysian professionals who hold an MBA from a British-approved institution would stand a better chance of working in Britain.
The report said the prospective professionals were mostly doctors, lawyers, accountants, engineers and entrepreneurs, who must score at least 75 points in Britain's highly skilled migrant programme (HSMP).
Mustapa said that besides the perceived better quality of life, Malaysians go abroad for reasons that included better opportunities, better salary and promotion prospects, and wider exposure.
However, he said the Government discouraged any mass migration of skilled workers in critical areas such as medicine, dentistry, engineering and science.
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