THE announcement by the Malaysian government on March 18 to suspend all applications and processing for foreign workers until further notice to ensure that employers sort out the arrival of the 995,396 approved workers so far has caused dismay in various industries.
Many argue that the policy is impractical and fails to consider the market situation as foreign labourers do not arrive simultaneously.
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