Initiative to help foreign workers and near-empty hotels

PETALING JAYA: A national initiative has taken off to place foreign workers at hotels temporarily to address worsening Covid-19 figures caused by poor living conditions, while providing a lifeline for near-empty hotels, a move akin to killing two birds with one stone.

This is aimed at addressing the transmission of Covid-19 at workplaces involving workers’ dormitories, said the Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry (Motac).

“This is the best alternative at the moment as it will indirectly assist the continuity of the hotel business that is affected by pandemic across the country, ” said the ministry in a statement.