Human resource for the halal industry

By Poh Heem Heem

May 2010 PEOPLE ECONOMICS
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All new industries need special skills. In response to demand, a halal industry course is being offered at the Penang Skills Development Centre. After only a year, 62 students have graduated and all have been found employment in various commercial sectors. This six-month course offers classroom work and on-the-job training on halal applications.There are about 1.57 billion Muslims in the world today, and the number is growing. This means that the demand for safe, high-quality halal food will rise astronomically....

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Poh Heem Heem

is senior manager for Special Projects and Consultancy at the PSDC. The PITRS is a special project designed as an inhouse document for limited circulation. The key findings have been summarised here by her team members, Richard Ho and Tan Yin Hooi.


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