Call for urgency in replacing foreign workers with locals

Malaysian Employers Federation points to report saying movement control order will cause a million Malaysians to lose jobs. FMTNews Covid19 WHO MCO

The Malaysian Employers Federation has called for quick action to replace foreign workers with locals, saying this has been made necessary by the loss of jobs among Malaysians.

He acknowledged that it would be difficult to immediately dismiss the majority of foreign workers, but he urged the government to draw a timeline for doing so as soon as possible. He urged the government to look at every possible means of helping companies to remain in business and workers to keep their jobs.

Yap told FMT the Covid-19 outbreak had caused hotels to lose more than 50% of their business even before the MCO came into effect on March 18.

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