Foreign Workers in Malaysia: Assessment of their Economic Effects and Review of the Policy The World Bank International Population Conference on Migration‚ Urbanization and Development July 8th‚ 2013 The World Bank‚ East Asia Pacific Region‚ Human Development Dept. Social Protection & Labor Unit Objective This study aims to help MOHR to better… Manage existing human resources in the country. • Plan for the development of future human capital needs. • Two Interlinked Components I. Human Resource
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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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The advantages and disadvantages of China’s current foreign investment environment Content Introduction and Backgrounds 3 Advantage: Good economic environment 3 Advantage: Stable political environment 4 Advantage: Acceptable infrastructure 5 Advantage: Abundant labor 5 Disadvantage: The laws of the market economy system are not perfect 6 Disadvantage: Low government efficiency 7 Disadvantage: The low efficiency of the financial sector 7 Disadvantage: The investment environment
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Construction Management and Economics (2001) 19‚ 789-798 Foreign workers and labour segmentation in Malaysia ’s construction industry ABDUL-RASHID ABDUL-AZIZ School of Housing Building and Planning‚ Universiti Sains Malaysia‚ Minden 11800‚ Penang‚ Malaysia Received 1 September 2000; accepted 24 May 2001 One of the profound changes to have taken place over the last two decades in the construction industry in Malaysia is the emergence of foreign site operatives as an indispensable component of the
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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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FOREIGN WORKER IN MALAYSIA The presence of foreign workers is one of the most critical issues facing the Malaysian construction market‚ as the increasing construction work which requires significant man-power. Most of the workers come from neighbouring countries such as Indonesia‚ Bangladesh‚ the Philippines‚ Nepal‚ Myanmar‚ Vietnam and India. What causes the increasing numbers foreign workers in the construction sites? The causes for the influx of foreign workers in Malaysia is the locals prefer
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increasing numbers of foreign workers. As of December 2008‚ there were 2.06 million foreign workers in Malaysia‚ which relies heavily on them to help out in the construction and plantation sectors. Most of the workers are sourced from Indonesia‚ India‚ Bangladesh and Nepal. Despite the economic downturn and rising retrenchment in Malaysia‚ Bangladeshi workers were still in demand as they were hardworking‚ efficient‚ obedient‚ easy to train and did not demand a high salary. Workers were known to be able
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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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The Advantages and Disadvantages of Globalization Prepared by Ummul Wara November 2012 Content 1. Introduction - What is Globalization?............................................1 2. Advantages of globalization……………………………………….…2 3. Disadvantages of globalization………………………………….…..4 4. Conclusion – to globalize or not to globalize……………………….6 5. References Introduction - What is globalization? Globalization can be defined as ‘international integration’‚ which can be described as
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One advantage of economic globalisation comes from the free trade. “Two nations can benefit from free trade by specializing in producing those products in which they enjoy a comparative advantage” (Case & Fair 2004‚ p.716). A country enjoys a comparative advantage in the manufacturing of a good if the production has a lower opportunity cost than it would have if produced in other country. When specialization takes place in a production‚ the production will become more efficient. It is due to research
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