Kulim gets migrant workers

Palm oil Kulim

KUALA LUMPUR: Kulim (M) Bhd has received its first “post-pandemic batch” of migrant workers, paving the way for more workers to enter Malaysia.

The world’s second-largest palm oil producer lacks at least 1.2 million workers across its plantation, manufacturing, and construction sectors – a shortage worsening daily as economic activity rebounds from the pandemic.

Despite reopening borders in April, the country has not seen a significant return of migrant workers.

Kulim said, it had on Wednesday evening, welcomed 37 workers from Indonesia’s Lombok island. — Reuters