More foreign labour soon


More to come: Foreign workers atop a construction site in Kuala Lumpur. — AZMAN GHANI/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Indonesian workers for the plantation and manufacturing industries will be arriving in Malaysia to overcome the manpower shortage in these two critical sectors as Malaysia steps up its production.

Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri S. Saravanan said Malaysia began receiving the first few batches of Indonesian workers from May 22 for these two sectors.

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