The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) is still waiting for response from the PKR-led Selangor government on the allocation of a suitable site to build a training centre for private workers.

MTUC secretary-general N Gopal Kishnam said the training centre had been long awaited by the congress as it would also serve as venue for it to hold international and regional conferences.

"It is important at this material time for the Selangor government to allocate a piece of land to MTUC for the construction of a training centre.

"Owning a building can reduce the expenses of MTUC, which has to rent hotels to hold large conferences," he told Bernama.

Former Selangor menteri besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, in his address at the Workers' Day celebration on May 1, 2014, had said the state government was prepared to allocate a piece of land in Selangor for MTUC to build a training centre.

- Bernama