Foreign labour shortage needs to be resolved soon, says NRC

KUALA LUMPUR: The shortage of foreign workers needs be resolved soon due to the arrival of foreign labour into Malaysia being too few compared with the amount of levies already paid at RM713,890 for the 467,223 approved quotas, says the National Recovery Council (NRC).

NRC chief executive officer Tan Sri Sulaiman Mahbob said the quota approval and levy payment statistics as of Sept 12, 2022, recorded 467,223 approved quotas. However, only 76,000 labour entries from 12 countries were recorded for the same period.