Ministries to meet on foreign worker freeze that hit three subsectors hard


KUALA LUMPUR: A meeting will be held involving several ministries to resolve issues over the freeze on foreign worker recruitment in three subsectors, says V. Sivakumar.

"I will be meeting the Home Minister and Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister on Thursday (March 23) so that we can come to a decision in the soonest time possible," the Human Resources Minister said when wrapping up his ministerial replies on Budget 2023 at the committee stage in Parliament on Wednesday (March 22).

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