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KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 — Malaysian companies from palm oil plantations to semiconductor makers are refusing orders and forgoing billions in sales, hampered by a shortage of more...

This, according to Minister Saravanan, is to curb foreign workers from switching sectors "arbitrarily", and affecting other sectors in the process.

MIRI, June 13 — The state cannot be too dependent on foreign labour from Indonesia, said Premier of Sarawak Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg. He said this is...

Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi’s oeuvre looks frankly at the immigrant experience.

TAPAH: The Human Resources Ministry will introduce a new system - an identity card by sector - to address the problem of foreign workers in the country who are reported to have switched to other sectors arbitrarily.

TAPAH: A new system – an identity card by sector – will be introduced to address the problem of foreign workers in the country switching sectors arbitrarily, says Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan.

KOTA KINABALU: Anybody claiming to be collecting data of undocumented foreign workers and foreign nationals in Sabah is a fraudster, says Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan.

BINTULU: The government has approved some 14,000 applications to recruit migrant construction workers but response from foreign workers themselves has been quite slow, says Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.

Bangladeshi workers should be allowed into Malaysia to address its shortage of workers in crucial sectors, says the National Association of Private Employment Agencies Malaysia (Papsma), in a call to Putrajaya.

TAPAH, June 7 — The issue of recruiting foreign workers from three countries is expected to be resolved soon, said Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan. He said the...