Selangor State Govt invites you to come dialogue on how to solve labour shortage among industries in Selangor

4 thoughts on “Selangor State Govt invites you to come dialogue on how to solve labour shortage among industries in Selangor”

1. Teresa and team, great to know you folks really work your guts out to make the state a better place for all irrespective. Real grateful, keep it up.
   Dnot let BN/UMNO and the federal go government put obstacles along the way.

2. dear teresa,
   didnt know there is labor demand,thot not
   enuf jobs.i need a job,pays 15k a mth,49 yrs old,ex ibm engineer,sales and bod of a few co.
   now jobless.can help?

3. have been doing the research on parking related matters and local council in Selangor past week. Like many Malaysians, we tend to be forgetful after 3 months and after a year, the facts will get all jumbled up that many would have forgotten the head and tail on many issues. One such issue is the Local Authority (LA) car parking business in Selangor which I believe was engineered during Khir Toyo time where all LA parking in Selangor was streamline and spread over two companies.

   THE privatisation of parking services in Selangor was formalised sometime in Q2 or Q3, 1999, when the state government decided that the move would bring about a uniformed system to parking in the state which would benefit the local authorities. Legally speaking the state gave the directives and the local authority inked either a 20 or 25 years parking agreement with two companies i.e. Swastapark Sdn Bhd (later renamed as Godell Parking Sdn Bhd) and Suasa Efektif Sdn Bhd. Selangor parking territories are shared between this two entities.

   Godell Parking was given the concession for PJ, Subang Jaya, Sabak Bernam, Hulu Selangor and Kuala Langat for 20+5 years and Suasa Effektif was given Shah Alam, Kelang, Ampang, Selayang, Kajang, Sepang and Kuala Selangor for 25 years. I remembered when KT announces the appointment of these companies, there was some noise in the background on the lack of transparency in view of direct negotiation between both parties. For that matter, the noise stayed in the background and is silenced by other matters.

   Back then the idea to form a uniform parking arrangement was made on the basis of cosmetics and disguise in the form to improve the revenue collection to the local authorities. There was no tender. There was no open selection. There was no pre announce news. There was only announcement on how Selangor Parking is to be shared between the two parties.

   Questions begin to surface on wether the 70/30 contract favouring the concessionaire are indeed fair and works in favour or the local authorities. In Ampang Jaya for example, Suasa Effective apparently owed close to RM 800K in parking rental to MPAJ. The same thing happens in Selayang where the amount is said to be about RM900K.

   In MPAJ, the management practice a contra mechanism where concession collection is contra with the fines issued by MPAJ. The problem here is one of accounting and liquidity. Payment should not have been in contra especially when there issued fines are documented but the collection amount is not the same as the amount issued. While the agreement says that the concessionaire is suppose to pay MPAJ once a month, this is not being done.

   The LA does not act in accordance of the provision of the contract. They appear to be weak in implementing the powers given to them in the contract. What is still not clear is how the 70/30 formula is derived and how does the local authority know how much is being collected. It is also not clear on WHY the LA did not terminate the agreement despite non payment by the concessionaire. Not surprising, the LA is taken for a ride and the weak management and the local councillor’s fails in their fiduciary duties in ensuring that the revenue of the LA is maximized. I believe it is time for the State Government to revisit this matter and find ways to maximize the profit for the local authorities. I hope the new batch of councillors in Ampang will do a better job in promoting transparency and maximizing revenue for the LA.

4. Hi Teresa,

   Congratulations to you for taking the initiative to resolve this very critical issue of labour shortage.

   Labour shortage has stop investors from coming to Malaysia and also it has stunted the growth of local industries and those mnc who are already here.

   The biggest problem is corruption by the authorities. You can hear countless numbers of manipulations, delays, lost file, do not have enough staff, slow computers etc tactics that are used to force those who are desparate to pay up through their agents.

   The guys in the ministries do not understand or pretend they do not understand the requirement and just continue to make sweeping statement like “We have to cut dependend on foreign workers” “Billions of RM flow out of the country through use of foreign labour” that sounds quite logical and exciting to most laymen who do not understand the situations. The media is always bias and promoted whatever the minister says.

   A simple way to resolve the problem is through transparency.

   1. What are the requirements to apply and qualify for import of foreign workers must be clearly stated and publish openly.
   2. A committee will meet everyweek to approve the application.
   3. All applications must be processed and approved or rejected within 20 working days.
   4. All rejections must be clearly explained in writing.

   That is just my quick thought. Regretfully I cannot attend your dialog as I am from Melaka.

   Hope you will be able to find some good solution to this problems that has cripple this country for the last 20 years.

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