Hope on the horizon for an end to labour crunch

PETALING JAYA: Employers are looking forward to the end of the foreign labour crunch following instructions by the prime minister for the relevant ministries to speed up workers’ approvals.

SME Association of Malaysia president Ding Hong Sing said the directive by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for the Human Resources and Home Ministries to expedite the entry approvals of foreign workers, especially in the agriculture, service and construction sectors, is hoped to solve the long-standing foreign worker shortage issue.