PUTRAJAYA: A total of 313,014 applications from employers in several sectors to hire foreign workers have been received and being processed in stages, says Human Resource Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan (pic).
This number of applications received since last Feb 15 until Wednesday (March 16), involves the manufacturing sector (193,346), services (48,119), plantations (36,950), construction (27,331), agriculture (7,248), and mining and quarrying (20).
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