Costly labour crunch


MALAYSIA’S foreign labour shortage is getting more critical by the day with no clear solution in sight to bridge the shortfall of more than 1.2 million workers needed in key sectors.

Indonesia’s decision to stop the supply of workers last week has worsened the situation. Industries which rely on migrant workers don’t have any hopes of resuming operations to pre-Covid-19 pandemic capacities this year.

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