State government provides Domestic helpers programme to reduce dependency on foreign workers.

State Resource Development and Information Technology minister Datuk Siringan Gubat visiting students of domestic helpers programme at Likas Square, Kota Kinabalu
KOTA KINABALU: Twenty five locals are expected to secure jobs with at least RM800 monthly salary after they complete the domestic helpers programme here in December this year.
 The programme, conducted under state Resource Development and Information Technology ministry, provides a three-month class in managing house and taking care of the young and elderly theory, as well as a-month of practical session.
  Its minister Datuk Siringan Gubat said he hoped the programme would help to meet the high-demand of housemaids in the state.
 "Nowadays it is difficult to look for local helpers, and people have no choice but to depend on foreign workers.
 "By hiring these trained locals, employers are paying less as they do not have to pay extra for the levy and working permits charges,"he said in a press conference yesterday(Oct 31).
  Siringan also urges those who are interested to employ those students to do practical at their homes to contact the ministry by Nov 10.
  For the next intake in March next year, the ministry will increase the number of students to 50.
 "It is opened for application by healthy Malaysian women aged between 18 and 45, both singles or married,"he said.
  Government bears RM15,000 training cost for each student which also cover food, accomodation, uniforms, training kits as well as a RM500 monthly allowance.
  One of the students, Rozie Ricezha, 21,said that she was not ashamed or thought that domestic helper is a low-profile job.
 "I am glad to be able to earn money in future to support my parents who are farmers back in hometown in Kota Marudu.
 "Furthermore, I love taking care of children and elderly, which are part of the module in this programme,"she added.  

(Right)Rozie Ricezha, 21from Kota Marudu. 

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