80% cheaper to hire foreigners

PETALING JAYA: The government’s decision to end the services of third-party agents will see savings of about 80% from the current costs of bringing in each foreign worker from their source countries, says the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF).

Its president Datuk Dr Syed Hussain Syed Husman described the decision as timely, adding that cutting middlemen out of the foreign worker recruitment process would end modern slavery and uplift the image of Malaysian employers.