No investments or jobs force Kelantan youth to flee state
Ahmad Shahril Hafizi and Khairul Amar Nakhaie from Bachok, Kelantan, have to travel to Thailand in search of work as the state fails to create enough jobs to keep its youths there. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Kamal Ariffin, March 13, 2019.
AFTER being turned down for numerous jobs in his hometown of Bachok, Kelantan, Ahmad Shahril Hafizi turned to neighbouring Thailand to make a living as a fire-and-snake performer. The 23-year-old, who now takes the bus to Sg Padi in Thailand three times a week for his shows, said he applied for several local jobs in his hometown but was not successful.
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