MEF: Attract more locals

Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan. -filepic

PETALING JAYA: Employer groups say there is an adequate number of foreign workers in the country for now, and they want more effort made to get locals hired in less favourable jobs to reduce dependency on foreign workers.

Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan said only a small number of sectors had manpower issues for now due to strict government rules and its requirements for foreign workers.