Good news for planters

NCCIM also said that the number of foreign workers in the country currently stood at 1.1 million, which is a reduction of 800,000 from 1.9 million in 2018.

PETALING JAYA: The return of foreign workers soon will help ease the labour shortage that has plagued the plantation sector.

Analysts are positive on the development that saw the government recently approving the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the entry of foreign workers to meet the needs of the sector.