‘No special quotas for foreign workers’


LARUT: No more special quotas will be given for recruitment of foreign workers in the country, says Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin.

He said that every application from employers must now go through the ministry’s evaluation committee to determine the number of foreign workers eligible to be employed in accordance with the terms and conditions, reports Bernama.

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