‘Restart domestic worker sector’


On the job training: A domestic helper doing chores at her agency’s office before being assigned to work in a home. — RAJA FAISAL HISHAN/The Star

PETALING JAYA: The number of Covid-19 cases is declining, movement restrictions are being eased and more business activities are resuming.

But the hiring of foreign domestic helpers is still on the backburner from last year when the contagion first became widespread.

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