As if zombies eating our brains wasn’t scary enough…
Dateline Bangkok Post Ides of March:
Malaysian oil and gas workers are being lured away from home by foreign companies, leading to a shortage of skilled labour, according to the deputy director-general of the country’s Manpower department.
A Petroliam Nasional Bhd. (PETRONAS) gas station stands in front of the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on March 5.
Malaysia is facing a “brain” drain in the oil and gas industry as local workers are lured away by higher salaries abroad, according to the deputy director-general of its Manpower department. (Bloomberg photo)
Multinational oil and gas firms based in Singapore and the Middle East are attracting Malaysian workers with higher salaries, Syed Mohamad Noor Syed Mat Ali told The Star.
He added that foreign countries were reaping the benefits of Malaysia’s efforts to train locals, who subsequently left to work abroad.
“There is nothing much that Malaysia can do to stop highly skilled locals in the O&G sector from working in other countries,” said Mr Mohamad Noor.
Wata - Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineer 
No surprise here. Offshore workers be it engineers or buruh kasar never had any life to begin with. Hardly see their families. So what is the difference between being abroad and being offshore? Probably the distance of travel.
Might as well you get extra money for doing the same thing you did all this while.
bamboozled: long time no hear. Been offshore?
Yup. No surprise. Because the the policy says pay the local peanuts, then import foreign talents with big package which we, the locals can do the same thing. Our engineers kene tindas di negara sendiri, live like a king abroad. That is the reality.