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Employers Lament Labour Shortage, Urge Resumption Of Foreign Hiring
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22-Sep-21 07:45
Khor Yu Leng, Political Economist, Segi Enam Advisers
In the early stages of the pandemic, the government implemented a freeze on hiring foreign workers, in part to curb the spread of Covid-19 but also to provide more job opportunities for locals. Recently, the Human Resources Ministry said that the freeze would be extended until the end of 2021 - but this has been met with dismay by employers groups, who say that the labour shortage will affect economic recovery. We discuss the impact of foreign worker shortages across different economic sectors with political economist Khor Yu Leng.
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LET THEM GET THE LABOR & HELP THE ECONOMY LOH!
IF LOCAL DO NOT WANT TO DO THE JOB, LET THE FOREIGNER DO THE WORK MAH!
IT IS NOT SO SIMPLE OF JUST UPGRADE & AUTOMATE LOH...!
LIKE JOBS LIKE HARVESTING PALM OIL FRUITS , STILL NEED FOREIGN LABOR, BCOS ALTERNATIVE VIABLE AUTOMATION IN THIS AREA NOT AVAILABLE YET MAH!
PUT IT THIS WAY, IF EVERYTHING CAN BE AUTOMATED & NO NEED LABOR LOH, THEN WHY SET UP MANUFACTURING PLANT IN MSIA LEH ?
THEY MIGHT AS WELL DO THE MANUFACTURING IN HIGH LABOR COST AREA LIKE GERMANY, USA & JAPAN, SINCE EVERYTHING ARE AUTOMATED THUS LABOR REQUIREMENT ARE MINIMAL MAH!
2021-09-22 11:04
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Thought that they are already millions of foreign workers in Malaysia. And yet these employers still want more? These employers simply want a quick solution to boost their bottom line only. Why can't they look into modernizing their operations and count less on foreign workers? Simple. They do not want to invest to upgrade themselves. Malaysia cannot afford to keep importing unlimited foreign workers. Sooner their numbers will outnumber us Malaysian.
2021-09-22 10:36