Barber, goldsmith and textile shops can no longer hire foreign workers

Bleak future: Owners of barbershops will likely find it hard to survive as most of their employees are foreign workers. — GLENN GUAN/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Three subsectors that have been appealing for the freeze on foreign worker recruitment to be lifted have instead been hit with worse news.

They will no longer be allowed to hire foreigners and even the existing permits of their foreign workers will not be renewed, effective yesterday.