opposition team to stand here to speak on the motion “FOREIGN WORKERS HARM THE COUNTRY”. But before I proceed with the first argument on the motion. I would like to give the opposition definition of the keywords in the motion. ‘Foreign workers’ is defined as a person who works in a country other than the one of which he or she is a citizen. According to Oxford Dictionary‚ ‘harm’ is defined as physically injure‚ which in this case‚ foreign workers causes harm to malaysians citizens. Therefore
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MTUC wants Govt to stop bringing in foreign workers Compiled by TAN SIN CHOW‚ NURBAITI HAMDAN and A. RAMAN THE Government should cancel the permits issued for foreign workers who have yet to enter into the country‚ Malaysia Nanban reported. Quoting Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) secretary general G. Rajasekaran‚ the report said the job opportunities could be opened to Malaysians in view of the current world economic crisis. He said there would be at least 30‚000 job vacancies available
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Partner ufficiale della Nazionale di Calcio Labour migration Ethically recruiting and managing migrant workers Bruxelles‚ December 2008 Recruiting specialized workers for ‘Old World’ countries in Europe Recruiting specialized workers for “Old World” countries is a part of a context in which labor migration still encounters cultural‚ linguistic‚ and bureaucratic obstacles that make it even more difficult to bring together job supply and demand in an increasingly global market. There
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A Malaysian Fantasy: Less dependence on foreign workers Written by Dr. Lim Teck GheeTuesday‚ 04 August 2009 12:14 CPI Writings Commentary by Dr Lim Teck Ghee There is hardly a day that passes when we do not read something about foreign labour in the newspapers. The story could be about a heartless employer pouring boiling water on an Indonesian maid or labour contractors exploiting a Bangladeshi worker. Or it could be a Minister stating that he received an appeal from the MNCs for the
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1.9 million foreign workers in Malaysia Foreign worker levy hike in 2011 By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani May 20‚ 2010 Malaysia has nearly two million foreign workers. — Reuters pic PUTRAJAYA‚ May 20 — Malaysia will raise the levy on foreign workers in 2011‚ after having deferred the implementation last year‚ Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced today. He said the quantum of increase would vary based on the specific sectors which employ the foreign workers. “We determine
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OVERCOME THE PROBLEMS We have already discussed about the issues and problems regarding foreign workers in Malaysia‚ hence we need to overcome the problems in order to prevent it from affecting our country and making the condition even worse then it already is. Measures should be taken in order to overcome this condition. Our first problem is language. Language has become a barrier for foreign workers to communicate with their employer and fellow employees. Hence‚ the best way to overcome this
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FOREIGN WORKERS IN MALAYSIA Can’t live with them‚ can’t live without them. At least that’s what quite a lot of Malaysians I know feel about them. Deputy Human Resources Minister‚ Senator said that there are 1.403 million foreigners here holding the Temporary Employment Visit Pass‚ which accounts for 11.2% of Malaysia’s total workforce. That’s actually quite a lot of foreigners for a country with a 2.7% unemployment rate as of last year. But it’s no use denying the fact that we need them. The fact
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EMPLOYEMENT OF FOREIGN LABOUR IN THE PLANTATION INDUSTRY In Malaysia the agricultural sector is experiencing a shortage of labour because of the rural to urban migration of youth to work in factories. Although the labour requirement in forest plantations is less then in agriculture it still has to compete for labour in an expanding Malaysian economy where the working conditions in other industries are usually more conducive. A natural tendency is for the plantation sector to engage foreign workers. The
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heavily on the availability of the large number of foreign labour. Economic Report 2001/2002 stated the employment of 769‚300 workforces in the construction sector‚ foreign workers are estimated to constitute 70% (or 538‚500) of the construction workforce. The Malaysian Construction Industry has revamped its employment of foreign workers beginning the third quarter of 2002. As of today‚ approximately 300‚000 legal foreign workers are employed in the construction industry (Wong‚ 2002)
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Malaysian increases as job opportunity being taken away. The employer prefer to hire foreign workers as they are willing to accept lower pay from the locals especially in the lower skilled jobs. Consequently‚ the jobs opening for the locals are diminishing as they have to compete with the foreigners . The burden will be put on the government as social welfare expenses will be higher. The influx of foreign workers coming to Malaysia will also cause reduced national income. No doubt the main cause
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