Foreign workers to be limited to construction, agricultural, and plantation sectors

PARLIAMENT | The government plans to limit the participation of foreign workers to just the construction, agricultural, and plantation sectors, said Deputy Human Resources Minister Awang Hashim in Parliament today.

“In other sectors, we want the jobs to be filled by local workers. This will be part of our guidelines to reduce the intake of foreign workers,” said Awang who is Pendang MP.

"The government intends to...