Trade groups urge Sabah govt to resolve shortage of foreign workers

KOTA KINABALU: Six trade associations are seeking help from the Sabah government to resolve a shortage of foreign worker faced by industries in the state.

The associations, ranging from SME to plantation groups, want the state to open up the borders to allow the recruitment of foreign workers and consider providing amnesty to the estimated 1.2 million foreigners already in the state as part of measures to resolve the foreign worker shortage.