Ceramics Rising From The Ashes Of Tin | Ipoh Echo

Director of Sin Thai Pottery Sdn. Bhd., Mr. Tan Chiew Ping, said the main problem faced by the industry is labour shortage. On the average, each factory employs about 50 workers. As locals are not interested in the job, ... that if there is no subsidy or intervention from the government, the factories would close down and it would be an end to the ceramic industry in the state which began as factories producing latex cups for the plantation industry about a century ago. ...