MEF: Limiting foreign workers will ruin manufacturing, services sectors

MEF executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan said sectors that are denied foreign workers would face an acute shortage of manpower, causing major disruptions to their operations.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) says the government’s decision to restrict foreign workers to three sectors - construction, agriculture and plantation - would further devastate the operations of industries in other sectors which are trying hard to recover from the movement control order (MCO).

Executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan said sectors that are denied foreign workers would face an acute shortage of manpower, causing major disruptions to their operations.