The 1.5 million
workers from Bangladesh who are expected to be brought in over the next
three years are not an add-on to the already overflowing number of
migrant workers, but a replacement for the illegals to be sent back.
“Frankly, we need the 1.5 million workers,” said Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
“The plantation sector is facing a manpower shortage. Because the Indonesian workers do not get the same minimum wage as they do back home, they have chosen to work in Indonesia,” he said.
He said he had met Bangladesh’s Housing and Public Works Minister Mosharraf Hossain on plans to bring in workers to meet the demands of the various sectors.
Meanwhile, Dr Ahmad Zahid announced that Umno had pledged
US$10mil (RM37.8mil) to help in the reconstruction efforts in Gaza,
during a breaking of fast event with the Palestinian community at Putra
World Trade Centre here yesterday.
“I hope PKR will also help and PAS too. Let us put aside politics to assist our Muslim brothers,” he said.
Source: The daily Star, Malaysia
“The plantation sector is facing a manpower shortage. Because the Indonesian workers do not get the same minimum wage as they do back home, they have chosen to work in Indonesia,” he said.
He said he had met Bangladesh’s Housing and Public Works Minister Mosharraf Hossain on plans to bring in workers to meet the demands of the various sectors.
“I hope PKR will also help and PAS too. Let us put aside politics to assist our Muslim brothers,” he said.
Source: The daily Star, Malaysia
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