PETALING JAYA: Business operators should consider spending more on hiring local workers by offering higher wages rather than incurring costs acquiring foreign labour, suggests a group.
Association of Employment Agencies Malaysia (Papa) vice-president Suresh Tan said that one of the factors blue collar jobs, especially in the manufacturing sector, were not compelling for locals was because of unattractive salaries.
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