Working With Plantation Communities: A Reflection of Social Issues
Abstract: The plantation
industry in Malaysia is aggressively expanding over the past decade driven by global
demands for palm oil as a food staple and more recently bio fuels. The rapid growth in the
industry is heavily
dependent upon high
labour and workforce.
Such intensity has carried out social impact on the
communities including plantation workers, small holders and their dependents.
Therefore, this paper
will outline what
appear to be
never ending issues impetus social
problems. Ethnic conflict,
fighting, gambling, alcohol
abuses are only
a few issues that call for
immediate multi-action plan from all involved stakeholders. Those issues can be
the causes as well as the effects. The contributing factors form a chain
reaction to the whole social dynamics in the plantation‟s climate. The main aim
is hence to breach the gap between industries, practitioners, and academicians
in order to develop the competencies of the next
generation social workers.
They can play
their roles in
tackling the social
issues, taking into account the different contexts and environment.
Author: Abdul Rahman Saili,
Jamayah Saili
Journal Code: jppsikologisosialgg130003
