[EDLING:2124] Malaysian Grads, Taught in Local Tongue, Lose on English Jobs

[Francis M. Hult]

Bloomberg.com: Asia

Malaysian Grads, Taught in Local Tongue, Lose on English Jobs 

By Stephanie Phang

Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Sevan Doraisamy earned a business management degree from 
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 1999. With limited English skills, he ended 
up working in a factory -- in Singapore. 

``I couldn't find any job'' in Malaysia, said Doraisamy, 32, whose Singapore 
stint and subsequent jobs taught him the English he knows. He now recruits 
volunteers for the Center for Independent Journalism in Kuala Lumpur.

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