ACCCIM welcomes govt approval to bring in 32,000 foreign workers for plantation sector

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) -- The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCCIM) has welcomed the government's decision to grant special approval to bring in 32,000 foreign workers to ease the labour shortage in the plantation sector.

Minister of Human Resources Datuk Seri Saravanan Murugan has said that his ministry is drawing up standard operating procedures (SOPs), including identifying a 2,000-person capacity COVID-19 isolation centre near Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), to facilitate the bringing in of the foreign workers.