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14 Nov

Malaysia Government To Speed Up Process To Hire Bangladesh Workers

Minister says dire shortage in three sectors, resulting in billions of ringgits of losses, has made Cabinet to call for urgency in addressing demand. The process of bringing new foreign workers from Bangladesh will be expedited to cover the shortage of workers in three sectors, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Mah Siew Keong said in an event last Friday.

mah-siew-keongHe added that the government was working with their Bangladeshi counterparts at the highest level to ensure that the demand was met for migrant workers as the plantation, rubber glove manufacturing and furniture sectors were in dire need of workers, The New Straits Times (NST) reported.

“Last week, the Cabinet directed Human Resources Minister Richard Riot Jaem to speed up the process of sourcing new hires from Bangladesh.

“My ministry is coordinating with relevant authorities to ease this problem so that you can meet the export orders,” Mah was quoted as saying at a dinner hosted by the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Furniture Industry Association in conjunction with its 60th anniversary in Subang.

Mah’s comments followed that of Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who told the Dewan Rakyat earlier last week of the impact the freeze on foreign workers had on the furniture and plantation sector so far this year.

On Nov 2, Zahid, who is also Home Minister, said Putrajaya’s decision to freeze the intake of foreign workers led to the furniture and plantation sector incurring losses of over RM7.7 billion this year.

The inability to hire sufficient manpower, Zahid said, saw the local furniture industry record RM6.7 billion in losses, while the plantation industry incurred losses of over RM1 billion.

Many furniture companies, he explained, were unable to deliver their products for the international market on time.

“The furniture exporters have signed agreements with foreign buyers but they cannot fulfil their obligations due to the insufficient workforce.

“I know that the furniture industry alone needs more than 8,000 Bangladeshi employees and they are waiting for the freeze on intake to be lifted due to production issues,” Zahid said in winding up the 2017 Budget for his ministry.

In February, the government suspended the recruitment of all legal foreign workers, including those from Bangladesh.

Then on May 12, Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai told the press that the Cabinet was lifting the freeze for the manufacturing, plantation, construction and furniture sectors.

Soon after that however, former Immigration Director-General Sakib Kusmi was quoted as saying that the easing up would begin only after the government concluded its exercise to legalise illegal foreign workers.

News Source: freemalaysiatoday.com

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12 Nov

Two Million Foreign Workers Hold Temporary Malaysia Working Permits

Almost two million foreign workers are holding valid temporary working permits in the country, the Dewan Rakyat was told.

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said a total of 1,854,684 foreign workers were holding the Temporary Employment Pass (PLKS) issued by the Immigration Department as of Sept this year.

“The highest number is from Indonesia (749,226), followed by Nepal (411,364), Bangladesh (237,991), Myanmar (140,259), India (121,430) and others (194,374),” said Dr Ahmad Zahid, who is also the Home Minister, in a written reply to Lim Lip Eng (DAP-Segambut).

Lim had asked the government to reveal the total number of foreign workers and the policy in hiring them.

“The hiring of foreign workers is a temporary measure to fill the job vacancies. After the employment period is over, they are required to return back to their country of origin,” he said.

He noted that the government had made the decision on Feb 19 to suspend applications of new foreign workers including from Bangladesh until it completed the assessment on the real need of each industry.

“The levy imposed on foreign workers differs from each industry and was clustered according to its own categories,” he said.

Levy is set at RM1,850 for the first category, comprising the manufacturing, construction and service sector, said Dr Ahmad Zahid.

It is set at RM640 for the second category, comprising the agriculture and agro-industries, while for domestic helper, levy is set at RM410 per person.

中文报道：185万合法外劳在马来西亚工作印尼外劳佔最多

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12 Nov

185万合法外劳在马来西亚工作印尼外劳佔最多

截至今年9月30日，我国有185万4684合法外劳持有移民局发出的外劳临时僱用证在我国工作，其中以印尼籍的合法外劳最多，共有74万9266人。內政部长拿督斯里阿末扎希指出，其他国家的外劳还包括尼泊尔（41万1364人）、孟加拉（23万7991人）、缅甸（14万259人）、印度（12万1430人）以及其他（19万4374人）。

他表示，上述合法外劳，即是持有由移民局所发出的外劳临时僱用证（PLKS）到我国工作。

他说，政府已在今年的2月19日决定，展延所有领域的聘用外劳申请，包括聘请孟加拉籍的外劳，直到政府满意市场真正需要的外劳人数为止。

阿末扎希是以书面回答泗岩沫国会议员林立迎的问答时，如是指出。林立迎要求內政部长解释聘用外劳的政策、各国外劳的人数以及聘用外劳所需的费用。

阿末扎希指出，政府是在確保相关雇主遵守政府所制定的条例，包括是否优先聘用本地劳工后，再决定是否批准他们的聘用外劳申请。

他强调，外劳的聘用只是为了暂时填补空缺，且外劳的工作期限结束后，就必须回到各自的国家。

此外，阿末扎希也说，聘用外劳的人头税分成两个组別，即工厂、建筑和服务业一个组別，政府所徵用的人头税为每名外劳1850令吉；园丘和农业则在另外一个组別，聘用外劳所需的人头税只是每名410令吉。

English News: Two Million Foreign Workers Hold Temporary Malaysia Working Permits

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03 Nov

Malaysia Student Visa Approval Delays Leave Foreign Students In Limbo

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For most people, being able to pursue tertiary education overseas is a dream come true, but for a number of international students who came to Malaysia, it has turned into a bureaucratic nightmare. The students claim delays in obtaining student visas meant they were made to be in the country on tourist visas and missed classes – some up to nine weeks per semester – when they had to leave the country when their visas expired.

The students also claimed the higher education institutions did not refund them the fees for the classes they missed when they had to leave the country.

These students claimed that their problems started even before they arrived in Malaysia, as they did not receive their Visa Approval Letter (VAL) on time.

“Students, like myself, arrived on tourist visas and had to go out of Malaysia once we received the VAL, which caused unnecessary trouble and made us miss more classes,” one of the international students from University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) told Malaysiakini, on condition that he is not named.

By returning to Malaysia on a tourist visa, the students are actually attending classes illegally and exposed to unnecessary hassles from the Malaysian enforcement agencies.

“We weren’t informed about the risks associated with coming in on tourist visas. At the same time, there was hardly any update given to students while waiting for the VAL,” the student complained.

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Another student corroborated this. He said he did not know there were issues with his visa until he received a letter from the university instructing him to enter Malaysia on a tourist visa.

He had to leave the country each month as his tourist visa was valid for only 30 days.

“I returned to university next semester on a student visa after getting one, (but) you can get the idea of how hectic and unproductive the first semester would have been for us.

“We never expected such a start to our academic journey at UNMC and were disappointed with its unprofessional treatment,” he said.

The students lodged a complaint with the university and withheld payment for their second semester pending the visa issues.

They also sought compensation for the classes they missed because they had to travel outside the country when their tourist visa expired.

According to the students, the university deferred payment for the second semester pending their complaints but then went in “a complete silent mode”.

They only heard back from the university through a notice demanding the fees due, indicating the complaint was not notified to the relevant departments.

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One student said there was initially an offer of a RM5,000 refund, but as graduation day rolled by, the students were told they needed to pay the fees due in order to receive their scrolls.

Most of the students had left the country after dissertation and had scheduled to return for the convocation ceremony.

“Since we wanted to end this journey (in Malaysia) on a good note, we had no other choice than to submit to their decision,” he said.

When contacted, UNMC said the complaints were dealt with fairly and according to university policy.

“We are not aware of any outstanding complaints. The circumstances that faced individual students varied considerably and as a consequence, any generalisation from individual cases, or indeed responses to generic allegations, is impossible,” UNMC chief executive director and provost Christine Ennew said.

Malaysiakini could not name the students and specify their exact cases to the university as the students requested anonymity pending the ongoing internal complaint process.

Ennew also said that there was a long history of international students facing difficulties in visa processing following system and policy changes made by the Malaysian government in 2013.

“The situation has been complicated by frequent changes to the implementation of policy and to the advice that is provided to institutions by the authorities,” she explained.

UNMC, she added, had experienced difficulties in dealing with the new system, which subsequently created problems for many international students, including delays in arrival and requirements to leave and re-enter.

She said other institutions have reported similar problems.

Academic vetting
A Higher Education Ministry spokesperson said the Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS) was introduced in 2013 to manage international student visa applications, but stressed the EMGS only conducts the academic vetting.

Approval of student visas is under the Immigration Department’s purview, a ministry spokesperson said.

The spokesperson said higher education institutions must submit student visa applications at least six weeks before the start of class, while overall processing takes 14 days from submission date.

The application processing is transparent as students are able to track the progress of their application online, he said.

Even so, the ministry spokesperson said, delays may occur if the document submitted is incomplete so it is advisable to apply for student visa early.

“As such, in this particular matter, it is important for the students to inform EMGS to look into the matter,” he said.

He also warned international students against coming to Malaysia on a tourist visa as it goes against immigration regulations.

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20 Sep

全球10大 亚洲唯一 亚庇最佳退休生活地

2016年海外養老年度指南囊括了全球10大最佳退休宜居城市，而马来西亚沙巴亚庇KK，位居全球最佳退休养老城市前十排行榜——第六名。越来越多的退休者开始把眼光放到更遠的地方。他們向往著長達数小時的日光浴，缓慢的生活節奏，优惠的稅率和更加充實的生活方式。

這個曾經的英國殖民地——马来西亚，同样也是生活成本较低的国家。《國際生活》雜誌的全球生活成本指数把马来西亞列為全球生活成本最低的地方之一。在沙巴亚庇KK度过惬意的退休慢时光，再理想不过了。

沙巴各族人民和谐相处、包容，即便是外来人口融入感强，这里很安静，发展相对理想，既有城市的繁华，也有令人赞叹不已的风景；多元民族文化十分有趣。沙巴亚庇KK四季如夏，三面环海，美丽迷人的海岛沙滩，星罗棋布的珊瑚礁，单单浮潜已是引人入胜。何不带家人来KK度假充电、甚至于养老呢？

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最重要的是，这里的Sabahan热情淳朴善良，客家、闽南语、华语、广东话、英文张口就能侃侃而谈，绝对是你的小伙伴之一。 这里也是大自然爱好者亲近自然的雨林天堂。

以下城市都在中美洲、欧洲那些遥远的地方， 你为何不带着家人来唯一入选的亚洲城市——沙巴亚庇KK， 感受一下全球10大 亚洲唯一最佳养老城市的慢时光吗？

No. 1: Algarve,Portugal 葡萄牙
No. 2: Valletta,Malta 马耳他
No. 3: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 墨西哥
No. 4: Cayo, Belize 伯利兹
No. 5: Ljubljana,Slovenia 斯洛文尼亚，欧洲
No. 6: Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia 马来西亚沙巴州亚庇KK
No. 7: Playa del Carmen,Mexico 墨西哥
No. 8: Crete,Greece 希腊
No. 9: Las Terrenas,Dominican Republic 多米尼加
No. 10: Ambergris Caye,Belize 伯利兹

全球排名第三的最美落日–火烧云美不胜收

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18 Sep

Malaysia Illegal Foreign Worker Issue Needs Intervention

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The announcement by the Malaysia Immigration Department on Tuesday that it would freeze the assets and bank accounts of employers hiring illegal foreign workers has been described as costly and complicated for the business community. This description indicates the severity and unpopularity of this latest decision among business owners. Among the key economic sectors to be affected most by this decision could be plantations, construction, service and manufacturing.

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Technically, there is full employment for Malaysians and there is definitely a shortage of labour.

To be enforced next month, this Immigration Department decision has stirred up a huge furore among almost all trade groups, including the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers and the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCCIM).

It seems like a hasty and harsh move threatening to shatter the private sector that has helped the country to build up its economy.

Business operators feel that it is the country’s economy that stands to lose if the decision is not reversed.

“There is a necessity for foreign workers in our country, but the system to hire legal workers is costly and complicated,” said lawyer Michael Chai, deputy secretary general II of the ACCCIM.

“The way to resolve it is not to throw a nuclear bomb at the industry.”

Datuk Michael Kang, president of the SME Association of Malaysia, told Nanyang Siang Pau that about 80% of local SMEs will be wiped out if this decision is enforced as almost 80% of local SMEs hire illegal foreigners.

There are about 650,000 SMEs in the country and they form more than 90% of the companies registered in Malaysia.

Kang told The Star: “The Government should legalise all illegal workers. All legal and illegal workers should go for fingerprint imaging so as to monitor them.”

The issue of foreign workers is an age-old problem plaguing the country.

The Government wants Malaysia to be free of illegal immigrants by 2020 and aims to bring down the percentage of foreign labour in the workforce to 15%.
According to ACCCIM deputy secretary-general I Tan Sri Teo Chiang Kok, illegal labourers in Malaysia now total 3.5 million compared with Malaysia’s total population of more than 30 million.

Teo said if the system for the industries to bring in legal foreign workers was easy, the issue of illegal labour would have to be solved “once and for all”.

If we look back, the Government has rolled out many measures to tackle the problem.

Fresh in our minds are the 6P Programme, the “whitening” of illegal migrant workers, and the suspension of recruitment of all foreign workers (which has since been lifted for manufacturing, construction, plantation and furniture-making industries).

With this latest announcement by Immigration, it is clear that the illegal labour issue has yet to be resolved.

The Immigration Department’s decision is yet another knee-jerk policy that only treats the symptoms but not the root cause of the problem, according to Teo, who is involved in property development.

“A lot of times the Government is just putting obstacles and using threatening methods (on us). This is not the way to address the pro­blem,” he said at an ACCCIM press conference on Thursday.

Industry players say they always prefer local and legal workers, given the option.

If the Government’s strategy is to push employers to hire more locals, the current unemployment rate of 3.3% is technically considered full employment.

“This means that there are just not enough local workers to meet the labour demand in our economy,” said Teo.

Indeed, this may not be the right time for the Government to push hard for automation as many SMEs are not prepared amid weak economic conditions.

datuk-ter-leong-yapAccording to the latest survey conducted by ACCCIM on the economic situation of Malaysia for the first half of the year, a total of 14.1% of the respondents were eager to give automation a try to address the difficulty in hiring foreign labour.

However, they said capital shortage, lack of technical know-how and the limitation of a small market in Malaysia were obstacles.

“I believe one day our country will move towards that direction, but we seriously require time.

“We need a good blueprint on the foreign labour scheme for us to have a smooth transition,” said ACCCIM president Datuk Ter Leong Yap.

But above all these, lawyers have cast doubt on the legality of the Immigration Department’s move to freeze assets.

The Immigration Act 1959/63, the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act (AMLA) 2001 and Passports Act 1966 have been cited to grant such legal powers to the department.

But as Chai correctly pointed out: “People who have power to exercise this ‘nuclear weapon’ have great responsibility. They cannot announce something without clarification.”

Perhaps top policy decision makers of the country will have to interfere in this latest initiative by the Immigration Department. They have to put right what is damaging to the country’s economy.

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17 Sep

Pessimism Prevails For Economy In Near Term, Sentiment Picks Up For 2018, says ACCCIM

“Attention should be focused on the issues that businesses face, as their adverse performance could have a significant impact on the economy. “Other concerns include a shortage of foreign workers in the country, which continues to impact the economy.

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The local Chinese business community is optimistic of a turnaround in the Malaysian economy in 2018, when conditions are expected to improve.

However, the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCCIM) said businesses surveyed showed pessimism this year and for 2017.

“The level of pessimism is somewhat reduced for 2017 and there is greater confidence in the economy by 2018,” it said, in its survey report on the economic situation for the first half of the year.

For the first six months of 2016, sales performance deteriorated in the manufacturing sector, in contrast with an improvement in the sales performance for businesses in the wholesale and retail sector.

The local Chinese business community is optimistic of a turnaround in the Malaysian economy in 2018, when conditions are expected to improve.

The local Chinese business community is optimistic of a turnaround in the Malaysian economy in 2018, when conditions are expected to improve.

Performance isn’t expected to improve in the near term, as businesses expect to experience ‘poor collections’ based on challenging conditions and cash flow issues.

The latest figures are in tandem with the growth pace of the Malaysian economy, which grew by 4.1 per cent in the first half of the year.

Private sector activity continues to be the main engine powering the growth.

“Attention should be focused on the issues that businesses face, as their adverse performance could have a significant impact on the economy.

“Other concerns include a shortage of foreign workers in the country, which continues to impact the economy, according to ACCCIM president Datuk Ter Leong Yap.

He urged the government to lift the freeze on foreign workers, saying most businesses are still facing labour shortage issues, resulting in a reduced ability to accept new orders or to operate manually.

The government has opened four sectors (manufacturing, construction, plantations and furniture-making industries) for application to employ foreign workers.

News Source: NST

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16 Sep

ACCCIM: Allow All Sectors In Malaysia To Hire Foreign Workers

The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCCIM) wants the government to allow all sectors in Malaysia to employ foreign workers, after 45% of the Chinese business community said they have been adversely affected by hiring restrictions.

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President Datuk Ter Leong Yap said the government’s move to limit the hiring of foreign workers to only four sectors namely construction, manufacturing, plantation & furniture has resulted in labour shortage, which has affected the operations of many businesses.

“ACCCIM urges the government to lift the freeze on foreign workers for all sectors in Malaysia and fully streamline the legalisation programme on foreign workers, and to carry out review and measures to formulate the conditions and guidelines on the employment of foreign workers based on the demand and supply of foreign labour in the respective sectors,” he told reporters at a briefing on ACCCIM’s Survey on the Economic Situation of Malaysia for the First Half of 2016 (1H 2016).

The survey revealed of the total 407 respondents, 40% said they rely on foreign workers and 45% said they were affected by the restriction.

Among those who were affected, 48% reported higher cost of operations, 35% reported a drop in business turnover, 11% reported negative business growth while 6% said they had to downsize their businesses to manage costs.

In terms of plans to solve the labour shortage issue, 44% would recruit more locals, 24.5% would adopt a wait-and-see approach while appealing to the government to lift the freeze, 14.1% would move towards automation, 11.4% would pass on costs incurred to customers, 4.3% would consider moving their businesses overseas and 1.6% would consider switching to less labour-intensive businesses.

“The capacity of production is actually quite low now compared with potential capacity. Factories have to turn away orders. For those with orders to fulfil, without enough workers, they pay overtime and when they pay overtime, cost goes up and productivity comes down. These are the effects,” said ACCCIM deputy secretary-general I Tan Sri Teo Chiang Kok.

He said the government’s move to reduce dependence on foreign labour is good but the policies introduced over the years seem to be knee-jerk reactions and do not address the root cause of the issue.

“We’re looking at the symptoms but not addressing the root cause and a lot of times it is putting obstacles and using threatening methods like freezing assets. This is not the way to address the issue of foreign workers,” he said.

Teo explained that with the country’s unemployment rate at 3.3%, which is technically full employment, there are just not enough local workers to meet all the labour needs of the economy.

News source: The Sun Daily

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Malaysia Immigration Department To Start Freezing Assets of Employers Who Protect Illegal Foreign Workers

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The Immigration Department will start freezing the assets of employers who hire and protect illegal foreign workers from next month (October 2016).

datuk_mustafar_aliIts Director-General Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali (pic) said that there is a provision under Section 56(1) of the Immigration Act to freeze assets and bank accounts of employers, however, it has not been fully enforced.

“We don’t want the public to get shocked when we finally take this measure come October this year. It’s not a new thing.

“We hope the media can relay the message to the public so that we can create awareness, as well as inform employers of the consequences they face when they protect their illegal foreign workers,” he said at a press conference here on Tuesday.

Mustafar said the department has also discussed the matter with legal advisers.

“The department is giving employers until the end of this month to sort everything – including their workers’ travel documents, visas and permits,” he said.

On a separate matter, Mustafar said the department would consult with the National Higher Education Fund Corporation, Inland Revenue Board and Malaysian Insolvency Department to help solve the issue of blacklisted Malaysian travellers.

“We would like to suggest to these agencies to come up with a 24-hour help desk at the airport so that they are accessible to the public at all times.

“Although the Immigration Department is reachable at all times, the department is only a gatekeeper and all orders must come from these agencies,” he said.

We do not possess any authority or expertise to solve their issues. “Through this, we hope amicable solutions can be reached and the public’s travel plans would not be disrupted,” he added.

News source: TheStar

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Malaysia May “Open” Foreign Worker Market In A Week, Said Expat Minister

The Malaysian government may open its foreign workers job market for the Bangladeshi workers within seven days, expatriates’ welfare minister said Thursday. He said Bangladesh High Commission in Kuala Lumpur recently has informed the ministry that the market will be open shortly.

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“The Malaysian market may be open within seven days as our Bangladesh mission has given such indication,” Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment (EWOE) minister Nurul Islam said.

He was speaking to reporters after the launch of Probash Bandhu call centre at the Probashi Kallayan Bhaban in the city.

He also said they will fix migration cost for Malaysia-bound workers immediately after opening of the market.

Replying to a query, the minister said that workers will be selected from the existing database. “We have already enlisted a large number of workers. Workers will be sent from the existing database.”

Mr Islam said foreign workers will be sent through private recruitment companies.

When contacted, Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) secretary general Ruhul Amin said that the Southeast Asian country needs a significant number of foreign workers to run their trade and services sectors.

“We hope nearly 250,000 workers will get employment opportunities every year in the Malaysian market”.

When asked, the BAIRA leader said they would follow what were stipulated in the deal which was signed between Dhaka and Kuala Lumpur in fixing migration cost.

He said they will try to keep the migration cost for Malaysia-bound workers at a ‘rational’ level.

Abdur Rouf, joint secretary of the ministry of EWOE, told the FE the ministry would set up a cell in Malaysia to oversee whether private agencies formed syndicates, charged extra migration costs and exploited workers.

The cell will monitor the overall migration process to the Malaysian market. Representatives from the Bangladesh mission in Malaysia, expatriate welfare ministry and manpower recruiters’ association will work in the cell, he said.

“So, fraudulent manpower agencies will not be able to cheat the workers,” he said.

He said Malaysia will recruit workers in five sectors, including service, construction, manufacturing, plantation and farming.

Nearly 600,000 Bangladeshi workers have been staying in Malaysia, of which 70 per cent are working in the construction sector, while 30 per cent in plantation, according to sector insiders.

Meanwhile, the expatriate welfare minister launched call centre named ‘Probash Bandhu’ for expatriate workers in Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and Jordan.

Bangladeshi workers will get swift services from the centre. The centre will receive call from workers from 9.00 am to 6.00 pm.

The expatriate workers will be able to discuss on their passport-related problems, legal issues, sending back dead bodies, sending back sick and wounded workers and financial support, compensations, stipend etc through the call centre.

The workers can also lodge complaints if they don’t get due services from the government.

The complaints will be forwarded to the departments concerned for due action. The ministry will introduce the same facilities for other destination countries gradually.

News Source: Financial Expresses

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