A TOTAL of 995,396 employment quota applications for foreign workers have been approved as of March 14, says Deputy Human Resources Minister Mustapha Sakmud.
“After that, the employers are given 18 months to bring the workers into Malaysia,” he said during Question Time.
However, he did not provide any figures on the employment quota applications that were approved in each sector. Chow also asked about measures taken by the government in addressing issues with the management of foreign labour. He said Malaysia had established labour cooperation for the hiring of foreign workers through memoranda of understanding with 10 source countries.
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