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CIDB eyes 400 industry players in first batch to sign CITP pledge | The Edge Property Malaysia![]() Business News By Bernama , 26 October 2015,
"We will be going to each state in the country for the signing, and hopefully by the end of the year, we will get as many as companies as we can to be involved in this," CIDB chairman Tan Sri Dr Ahmad Tajuddin Ali (pictured) told reporters after the signing of the CITP pledge by 24 industry players here today. Earlier, 56 industry players in Melaka inked their pledges under the four thrusts of the CITP, including Safety and Professionalism; Environmental Sustainability; and Internationalisation. Stressing that all 24 entities were signing the pledge today on a voluntary basis, Ahmad Tajuddin said the move would be an effort to improve the industry together with all parties. Meanwhile, CIDB chief executive officer Datuk Seri Judin Abdul Karim said currently, 93% of construction workers in Malaysia are low-skilled.
“To raise productivity, the industry needs to use the Industrialised Building System (IBS) and mechanisation, as well as reduce its reliance on low-skilled foreign workers," he said in his welcome address earlier. |
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