Fix foreign labour shortage

Bountiful supply: A file photo of a foreign worker harvesting oil palm fruits in an oil palm plantation in Banting, Selangor. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: The shortage of foreign workers must be resolved soon, given that the actual arrival of foreign labour in Malaysia is too low compared with the amount of levies already paid, says the National Recovery Council (MPN).

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