Employers want more time for E-Card registration

Last-minute rush: Employers and foreign workers crowding the Immigration department in Putrajaya to apply for the E-Cards as the deadline nears. — Bernama

PETALING JAYA: Employers are appealing to the Government to extend today’s deadline for their unregistered foreign workers to apply for the E-Card (enforcement card).

“This is because the registration and rehiring response is far below the expected target of 400,000 to 600,000,” said Datuk Seri Tan Thian Poh, who represents the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCCIM) in the Home Ministry’s foreign workers task force.