Hitches still remain in getting maids

PETALING JAYA: The move to allow for the legalisation of illegal foreign workers in Malaysia and easing the rules of hiring will help ease the labour shortage but hitches remain in getting maids, say stakeholders.

“We are still waiting for a memorandum of understanding with source countries. So far, there have not been any government-to-government negotiations yet. At present, we only have the MOU with Indonesia,” said Malaysian Maid Employers Association president Engku Ahmad Fauzi Engku Muhsein.