Higher salaries a big selling point - Letters to the Editor

1 downloads 0 Views 625KB Size Report
Jun 26, 2012 - KPI's, Dashboards and Strategy Maps. Download Free White Papers www.QPR.com ... Universal Studios · Package. From RM165 Only plus.
BRAIN GAIN : Higher salaries a big selling point - Letters to the Editor - New Straits Times

6/26/12 11:25 PM

Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 23:29 PM

Mobile

News Archive

1Klassifieds

Property Auction

Twitter

RSS

SEARCH

HOME

NATION

STREETS

WORLD

BUSINESS

26 June 2012 | last updated at 09:48pm

SPORTS

LIFE & TIMES

Email

Print

7 DAY NEWS

OPINION

GALLERIES

CHANNELS

RED

OPINION

Editorial

BRAIN GAIN : Higher salaries a big selling point

Columnist Letters to the Editor Comment

NSTP FAMILY SITES

Harian Metro

Berita Harian

Business Times

My Gadget Planet

Travelific

Harum

Eats

Properties

STREETS By Norakmarwati Ishak, Universiti Teknologi Mara, Ipoh, Perak

0 comments

News Image Bank (NIB) Tweet

0

Like

1 BLOGS

A Passion For Business?

Balanced Scorecard (BSC)

NewINTI.edu.my/Business

www.QPR.com

We Offer Both Diplomas And Degrees. Apply For An INTI Biz Course Now!

KPI's, Dashboards and Strategy Maps Download Free White Papers

DATUK Seri Idris Jala, the chief executive officer of Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu) said Malaysia must offer better jobs, higher salaries and a better standard of living to our professionals to retain and attract Malaysians from overseas. But this is far from the reality on the ground. Having been involved in the construction industry for awhile, and now being involved in the academic world, I can understand why our top talents are leaving. Long hours and a stressful environment make us feel that the money is not worth the effort.

Scrap metal thieves strike fear

Nuraina Samad's 3540 Jalan Sudin

Fauziah Ismail's latte @ anytime, anywhere

NST Graphics

Pressed For Time

Leslie Andres

World of Malaysian SMEs

HIGHLIGHTS

New Economic Model

NST Reviews

NiEXUS

Friends of Travel Times

Property News

NSTLIVE Archive

Spell-It-Right COFFEE BREAK

Sudoku

In fact, one research said Malaysians were too hard working and 32 per cent of Malaysian workers worked between nine and 11 hours a day. Coincidentally, I am doing a research on talent loss among Malaysian professionals in the construction sector and my data affirms Idris' suggestions. Not surprisingly, the best way to stop the brain drain is to offer higher salaries. A majority of them are willing to come back and contribute to the country's development if they are offered a competitive salary. Not all of them are happy being overseas, but because of financial commitments, such as repay-ing huge study loans and supporting a family, they have to stay abroad. From my data, 89 per cent of the respondents will come back if employers in Malaysia offer them a higher salary. http://www.nst.com.my/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/brain-gain-higher-salaries-a-big-selling-point-1.98119

Page 1 of 2

BRAIN GAIN : Higher salaries a big selling point - Letters to the Editor - New Straits Times

Consideration in this matter should be given, as they have to make a lot of sacrifices in leaving behind their lives to start all over again. We all know that Talent Corporation has conducted many talks and road shows overseas and reviewed the Return Expert Programme to entice our talents to come back. Nevertheless, these efforts would be futile if the key element, a higher salary, is disregarded, especially in the private sector. It seems ironic that in our journey to become a high-income nation, the main element, that is, income, is still considered an unimportant criterion.

6/26/12 11:25 PM

ANA KUL-Japan Flights Flights to Japan Everyday. Book Online and Fly with ANA! www.ana.co.jp

How to Invest in Gold Don't just buy gold, invest in it. Our Free report will show you how

WealthDaily.com/Gold_Investing

Online Jobs Malaysia Tweet

0

Like

Find Employment in Malaysia. Get List of Recruitment Agencies.

1

Leave Your Comment

www.701pages.com/Job-Agenc!

Latihan Forex 1/1 percuma

Login With Facebook

Dapatkan panduan PDF eksklusif anda Gunakan juga Demo Akaun 5000 kami ! iFOREX.my

Universal Studios Package From RM165 Only plus Hotel Stay Great Theme Park Family Fun sota.travel

HOME

NATION

STREETS

Top News

General

Central

Latest Top RSSNews Page

Politics General Extras

Northern Central Johor

HOME

NATION

Latest Hunt Motor RSS Page

Politics Umno Extras

Motor Hunt

Umno

STREETS Northern Johor

WORLD

BUSINESS

WORLD

BUSINESS

SPORTS

LIFE & TIMES 7 DAY NEWS OPINION

GALLERIES

CHANNELS

Soccer

Tech

Monday

Editorial

Image

Gadget

Badminton Soccer Cricket

Health Tech Style

Tuesday Monday Wednesday

Columnist Editorial Letters To The

Video Image

Eats Gadget Travelific

Badminton Racing Cricket Other Racing

Health Holiday Style Showbiz Holiday Live

Tuesday Thursday Wednesday Friday Thursday Saturday

Columnist Editor Letters To The Comment Editor

Other

Showbiz Sunday Life & Live Times Sunday Life & Times

Friday Sunday Saturday

SPORTS

LIFE & TIMES 7 DAY NEWS OPINION

Comment

Sunday

GALLERIES Video

CHANNELS

RED RED

Eats Harum Travelific Learning Curve Harum You Learning Niexter Curve You Niexter

Mobile News Archive 1Klassifieds Property Auction Twitter RSS Copyright © 2011 The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad. All rights reserved. Mobile News Archive 1Klassifieds Property Auction Twitter RSS Copyright © 2011 The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad. All rights reserved.

http://www.nst.com.my/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/brain-gain-higher-salaries-a-big-selling-point-1.98119

Page 2 of 2