Labour lifeline for businesses


Help is coming: Most SMI manufacturers will receive the number of unskilled foreign workers as requested beginning the end of this month, says Ooi. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: The gradual arrival of over 300,000 unskilled foreign workers will help ease the desperate labour shortage faced by local businesses since borders were closed to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.

Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers Penang chairman Datuk Lee Teong Li said although the issue has not been completely resolved, the Human Resources Ministry had given the approval.

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