Researchers: Study not meant to divide


  • Nation
  • Monday, 09 Jul 2018

PETALING JAYA: Critics say that a study on the hygiene practices of foreign workers should be compared with local workers’ before they are solely blamed for unhygienic practices.

A Malaysian doctor based in Australia, Dr Yew Chang Yang, said Universiti Malaya’s study “Microorganism as indicator of hygiene status among foreign food handlers in Peninsular Malaysia” appeared discriminatory as it seemed to target only migrant food handlers and offered no comparison to local food handlers.

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