No more foreign workers for service sub-sectors by 2021, says Muhyiddin

PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): The government will discontinue the hiring of foreign workers for service sub-sectors comprising laundry, textile, hair dressing and goldsmith businesses in stages, beginning from this year until 2021.

Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said this matter had been agreed upon at a meeting of a joint committee comprising his ministry and the Human Resources Ministry on the topic of foreign worker management held here Thursday (Aug 8).