Foreigners' take-up rate for jobs in Malaysia low, says Fadillah


BINTULU: The government has approved some 14,000 applications to recruit migrant construction workers but response from foreign workers themselves has been quite slow, says Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.

He said the Human Resources Ministry had also signed agreements with Bangladesh and Indonesia to bring in their citizens to work in Malaysia.

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