ADOPT Holistic, Effective Measures To End Dependency On Foreign Workers

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 (Bernama) -- The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) wants the government to adopt holistic and effective measures to reduce dependency on foreign workers in the long term in line with the aim to become a high-income economy. In a statement Friday, FMM said it supported the government's decision to reopen 10 sectors and 11 sub-sectors previously frozen for the 6P amnesty programme as a step to overcome the shortage of manpower supply. The 0 sectors are croupier, mining/quarrying, mangrove wood, stall/cafe/canteen/catering, restaurant, fastfood, grasscutter, newspaper vendor, house and vehicle cleaners and car workshop workers. The 11 sub-sectors are scrapmetal, cargo handling, welfare home, spa/reflexology, hotel, golf caddy, laundry, barber, goldsmith, wholesale and retail and textile business. "We view the move to limit the employment period of workers and legalised foreign workers for these sectors to two years as reasonable even though the sectors are not directly related to the manufacturing sector," it said. -- BERNAMA