Leader Cable Industry Bhd managing director Azhar Ariffin has apologised for the job advertisement that irked Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin.
Describing it as an "honest mistake", he said the majority of the company's employees are bumiputera.
"We sincerely apologise for the mistake. We have immediately contacted Jobstreet upon realising the mistake today and Jobstreet informed us they have rectified the mistake today," he told Malaysiakini in an email communique.
Azhar also explained that Leader Cable had always encouraged the participation of bumiputera employees.
"This is clearly evident in the current employee ratio whereby 83.5 percent of all our employees are bumiputeras. This fact speaks volume of our commitment to the employment of bumiputera employees.
"Our company also has comprehensive training programmes whereby we place emphasis on training and nurturing our employees including bumiputera employees so that they can gain new skills and knowledge and improve their working conditions," he added.
Azhar also said that there are some fake postings circulating on the internet with regard to their advertisement.
Earlier today, Khairy published the advertisement on his Twitteraccount, and criticised the firm for stating: "Preferably non-bumiputera encourage (sic) to apply."
Following this, the company amended the advertisement to read, "Bumiputera encouraged to apply".
Referring to his speech during the last Umno general assembly, Khairy said he had raised this issue before but many denied it.
In his speech, he had criticised non-bumiputera companies that discriminated against bumiputeras in terms of pay and recruitment.
Describing it as an "honest mistake", he said the majority of the company's employees are bumiputera.
"We sincerely apologise for the mistake. We have immediately contacted Jobstreet upon realising the mistake today and Jobstreet informed us they have rectified the mistake today," he told Malaysiakini in an email communique.
Azhar also explained that Leader Cable had always encouraged the participation of bumiputera employees."This is clearly evident in the current employee ratio whereby 83.5 percent of all our employees are bumiputeras. This fact speaks volume of our commitment to the employment of bumiputera employees.
"Our company also has comprehensive training programmes whereby we place emphasis on training and nurturing our employees including bumiputera employees so that they can gain new skills and knowledge and improve their working conditions," he added.
Azhar also said that there are some fake postings circulating on the internet with regard to their advertisement.
Earlier today, Khairy published the advertisement on his Twitteraccount, and criticised the firm for stating: "Preferably non-bumiputera encourage (sic) to apply."
Following this, the company amended the advertisement to read, "Bumiputera encouraged to apply".
Referring to his speech during the last Umno general assembly, Khairy said he had raised this issue before but many denied it.
In his speech, he had criticised non-bumiputera companies that discriminated against bumiputeras in terms of pay and recruitment.
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