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04 Apr

Furniture Industry Hit By Malaysia Foreign Worker Freeze

The serious shortage of labour in Malaysia has caused 14 furniture manufacturers in Johor to close shop lately. According to Malaysian Furniture Council president Chua Chun Chai, the furniture industry in the peninsula is facing a shortfall of some 35,000 workers, Sin Chew Daily reported today.

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Picture source: Oriental Daily

Commenting on the message, “Stop recruitment of foreign workers = end of the industry”, on the banner unfurled by about 300 furniture makers and workers in Bakri, Muar, over the weekend to protest the government’s freeze on the hiring of foreign workers, Chua said such an end result was only natural.

Speaking to the daily on Sunday, Chua said the foreign worker recruitment freeze had dealt a heavy blow to the foreign labour-intensive industry.

The hardest-hit states are Johor, Selangor and Penang which together produce 95% of the total furniture the country exports, he said, adding that the biggest markets for Malaysian furniture are the US, Japan, China, Australia, the UK, India and United Arab Emirates.

“Last year, Malaysia’s furniture export hit RM9 billion, which was 14.1% more than the 2014 figure.

“If not for the freeze on recruitment of foreign workers, we were looking at breaching the RM10 billion mark this year. But with a shortage of labour we are facing, the export is expected to shrink greatly.

“As such, the council is appealing to both the prime minister and deputy prime minister to look into our predicament seriously,” he said.

The government should not only lift the freeze, but also allow furniture makers to hire Bangladeshi workers as they are known to be more hardworking and are willing to work longer term than their peers from Nepal and Cambodia, said Chua.

中文: 解决劳工短缺问题逾500业者促政府开放引进外劳

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01 Apr

麻逾300厂商促开放外劳申请

马来西亚外劳短缺影响生產作业，麻坡家具业者有订单也不敢接，近半年来有14间家具厂因外劳短缺而倒闭，甚至有外资因此撤资！逾300名麻坡家具业者及花卉种植业者在巴口工业区高举布条，促请政府开放外劳申请，解决业者燃眉之急。来自巴口区各家具厂及柔州花卉种植业者的代表，今日在巴口工业区举起布条，表达业者面临外劳短缺的问题，希望政府开放外劳申请。

家具厂代表郭伟杰反映，巴口区目前有逾100间家具厂，面对外劳短缺问题。近半年来，就有14间家具厂因外劳短缺而倒闭，一间台湾家具厂也因为外劳不足的问题而撤资。

「家具业者面对平均每个月有数百名外劳准证到期回国，业者在申请新的外劳填补空缺时，却不获批准，造成工厂劳工短缺问题。」

他透露，目前巴口区的家具业估计需要1万名外劳来填补，业者如今面对外劳回国却没有新外劳填补，本地人又不愿从事有关工作，无形中影响厂內生產运作，业者有订单都不敢接。

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逾300名来自巴口的家具厂及花卉种植场代表，周五在巴口工业区举起布条，呼吁政府开 放外劳申请，解决劳工短缺问题。

冀聆听业者心声

他也反映，政府所推行的6P外劳漂白计划，对业者毫无帮助，反而加剧外劳逃跑问题。他促请政府聆听业者的心声，开放让业者申请孟加拉外劳，避免更多业者面对倒闭危机。

台湾家具厂昇豪工业有限公司代表吕冠贤指出，该公司在巴口工业区营业已16年，厂內原本有100名外劳，但目前只剩下50至60名。

他表示，外劳大量减少，该厂几乎面对机器比员工还多的现象，就算有订单都不敢接，如果政府再不开放外劳申请，该公司会考虑撤资。

除了家具业者面对外劳短缺的困境，柔佛州花卉种植协会主席郑志雄也反映，花卉业者如果不符合条件，就无法申请到外劳，但是符合条件的业者却面对政府不开放外劳申请问题。

「花卉业者多数为了沟通上的方便，选择聘请印尼外劳，可是政府却不开放花卉业者申请外劳，加上外劳人头税上涨，对业者而言，感到非常吃力。」

他希望，政府能正视业者所面对的问题，避免因外劳短缺问题，使这个行业的发展受到影响。

English: Furniture Industry Hit By Malaysia Foreign Worker Freeze

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01 Apr

Sarawak Palm Oil Sector Losing RM2.8bil Revenue Due To Shortage of Manpower

The Sarawak palm oil industry has incurred revenue losses of some RM2.8bil a year due to the shortage of more than 12,000 manpower, a seminar here was told. According to Sarawak Oil Palm Plantations Owners Association (SOPPOA) chief executive officer Sylvester Fong Tshu Kwong, the labour shortage has also resulted in the Sarawak government losing more than RM133mil a year from the collection of sales tax on palm oil.

He said that as at June 2015, Sarawak had a shortfall of 12,042 harvesters. His calculation on the revenue losses was based on the average of 1.75 tonnes of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) per day harvested by one harvestor on 22 working days per month.The price of the FFBs used for the calculation was RM400 per tonne.

The RM2.8bil figure was made up of the loss in production of FFB, crude palm oil (CPO), palm kernel and crude palm kernel oil CKPO), as well as revenue loss in CPO and CKPO. “There is a severe shortage of field workers in the palm oil industry in Sarawak. We desperately need more fruit harvestors and collectors, otherwise the fruits will be left to rot on the trees, causing huge losses,” Fong said in his paper Labour requirements,remuneration system and costs of doing palm oil business – from Planters Perspective at the seminar.

The event on Addressing the manpower needs of the oil palm industry in Sarawak was organised by the state Land Development Ministry, in collaboration with Sarawak Development Institute.

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Fong said besides the shortage of harvesters, the state oil palm oil estates had a shortfall of 26,624 field workers, 16,258 general workers and 4,402 other types of workers.

“The total field workers required as at June-2015 was 160,426 against total worker employed of 101,100, resulting in a shortfall of 59,326,” he added. Based on statistics,nearly 79% of the field workers are foreigners, mostly Indonesians.

“It appears that Sarawak plantation sector has become a training ground for the Indonesians,” remarked Fong.

He said as the state targetted to increase its oil palm planted areas to two million ha by 2020 from 1.4 million ha currently,the number of field workers needed would jump to 255,143, executives and staff to 13,428 (from 9,300). This estimation excludes the independent smallholders based on the assumption that they work on their own land.

“Currently,the only source of foreign workers supply is from Indonesia where supply is getting scarce. Indonesia will not continue to fulfill the needs of the industry for reliable workforce when their own plantation industry is increasing at faster pace and also facing shortage,” said Fong.

He said the expanding plantation sector offered lots of opportunities for the locals in employment, and he suggested the state to consider recruiting foreign workers from India, Nepal, Myamner in the short term..

Fong said wages in the Sarawak plantation sector were expected to rise due to a combination of factors, including declining supply and increasing recruitment cost of foreign workers. The other factor is the intensification of mechanisation in plantation works, resulting in demand for a higher level of skilled workers.

Describing oil palm as a “sunrise” industry in Sarawak, he said it would continue to contribute substantially to state revenue and state infrastructure development going forward. Last year, Sarawak earned RM8bil from palm oil exports, or 8.8% of the state’s total exports, valued at RM90.3bil. It contributed RM1.9bil in sales tax to the state government from 2010-2015.

News Source: The Star

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29 Mar

Malaysia Contractors Face Serious Labour Shortage

About 10,000 contractors affiliated to the United Malaysia Contractors Association are facing a serious labour shortage as a result of the freeze on the hiring of new foreign workers. Some of them have to make their workers work for up to 16 hours a day, Nanyang Siang Pau reported today.

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The association’s members are mostly small and medium contractors who, in order to meet project deadlines, are forced to fork out high overtime wages to keep their workers toiling beyond the normal hours.

The association deems the situation unhealthy as working long hours over the long term would give rise to health and safety issues.

The association’s second vice-president, Liang Gan Qiang, told the daily that as Malaysians were reluctant to work at construction sites, its members were forced to hire foreign workers.

He disclosed that in the past, Indonesians made up the bulk of this workforce but the situation had changed and most of the workers involved in small and medium construction projects now were Bangladeshis.

Liang said these Bangladeshis worked not only up to 16 hours a day but also on Sunday at times, when given the chance, so as to send more money home.

“They are taking home thousands of ringgit a month, several times more than the minimum wage mandated by the government,” he said.

Liang urged the government to rethink the “freeze on hiring of new foreign workers” policy, saying it had already affected thousands of small and medium contractors in the country.

He said the rule to bar foreign workers from being hired for more than five years would cause a “drain of skilled workers”.

He explained that the majority of these workers were untrained when they were brought in and it would take years for them to become skilled workers.

News Source: thesundaily.my

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29 Mar

RAM Ratings: Freeze On Malaysia Foreign Workers Intake A Risk

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According to RAM Ratings, the current freeze on the hiring of foreign workers will largely affect the construction and plantation industries as these industries largely rely on foreign labours, reported The Sun Daily. “Even though the program rehiring of existing foreign workers may help for a short-term, new supplies are needed in a long run to replace those who have decided to return home. These industries will start to suffer if the freeze is extended further,” it said.

The rating agency did not expect the recent foreign labours levy hike to give much impact on this, as the hike was substantially lower than the amount that was initially proposed by the government in January 2016.

Initially, a hike of 10% increase in labour cost and 2% rise in overall cost was suggested. But the labour cost was increased by 5% and the overall cost was increased by 1%, half of what was suggested before.

In March 2016, the foreign workers levy was increased to RM1,850 per worker from RM1,250. At the moment, the government has announced that the freeze on hiring foreign workers will remain.

News Source: PropertyGuru

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27 Mar

Jabatan Imigresen Tawau Tahan Tujuh PATI

Jabatan Imigresen Tawau menahan tujuh pendatang asing tanpa izin (PATI) warga Filipina dalam operasi bersepadu bersama-sama pihak Kawasan Keselamatan Khas Timur Sabah (ESSCOM) di rumah pekerja ladang di kawasan Balung, dekat sini, semalam (26/03/2016).

 

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Ketua Jabatan Imigresen Tawau Noraini Rasi berkata dalam operasi yang bermula 3 pagi di rumah pekerja di kawasan Indera Sabah dan Kampung Wakuba itu, mereka yang ditahan tediri daripada empat lelaki dan tiga wanita berumur antara 18 dan 37 tahun.

Katanya, PATI berkenaan adalah sebahagian daripada 136 individu yang diperiksa dalam operasi itu.

Kesemua PATI kini ditempatkan di Pusat tahan Sementara Tawau untuk siasatan lanjut di bawah Seksyen 6 (1)(c) Akta Imigresen, katanya.

Noraini berkata, operasi seumpama itu akan diadakan dari semasa ke semasa dalam usaha membendung kemasukan PATI ke Sabah dan Tawau khususnya.

Sumber Berita: Malaysia Digest

Pendaftaran Online Untuk Pelaksanaan Program Penggaji Dan Penempatan Semula Pendatang Asing Tanpa Izin (PATI) Di Malaysia / Rehiring Program telah dibuka pada 15 Februari 2016. Untuk sebarang ketanyaan, sila isikan borong pertanyaan di bawah ini dan kami akan menghubungi anda secepat yang mungkin.

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25 Mar

Nur Jazlan: Police Investigating Bogus Foreign Worker Legalisation Services

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Nur Jazlan said the companies mandated for this rehiring programme were Bukti Megah Sdn Bhd, International Marketing and Net Resources Sdn Bhd (Iman) and MyEG. “Illegal foreign workers and employees who want to register under the rehiring programme should make sure they do so with authorised companies. “We don’t want them to be duped only to find out later that their documents are not valid, resulting in prosecution,” he said.

Nur JazlanPolice are investigating instances of bogus agents offering their services to legalise foreign workers under the rehiring programme, says Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed (pic).

The Deputy Home Minister said the matter came to light following investigations into an unauthorised company offering such services through social media.

“A police report was lodge against the company, which is currently under investigation.

“However, several more unauthorised agents were discovered, who claimed they were able to legalise and register illegal foreign workers,” he told The Star here Wednesday.

Nur Jazlan said the companies mandated for this rehiring programme were Bukti Megah Sdn Bhd, International Marketing and Net Resources Sdn Bhd (Iman) and MyEG.

“Illegal foreign workers and employees who want to register under the rehiring programme should make sure they do so with authorised companies.

“We don’t want them to be duped only to find out later that their documents are not valid, resulting in prosecution,” he said.

This online registration of illegal foreign workers, which began on Feb 15, was supposed to end on Dec 31, but the Cabinet reportedly decided to bring the deadline forward to June 30 due to lacklustre response.

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24 Mar

13,795 PATI Ditahan Imigresen

Seramai 13,795 pendatang asing tanpa izin (PATI) ditahan dalam siri operasi penguatkuasaan oleh Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia di seluruh negara sejak Januari sehingga 21 Mac lalu.

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Jabatan Imigresen memperhebatkan operasi penguatkuasaan bersepadu terhadap golongan PATI di seluruh negara. Gambar sumber: Kosmos

Ketua Pengarah Imigresen, Datuk Sakib Kusmi berkata, sepanjang tempoh itu, sebanyak 2,613 operasi dijalankan di pelbagai lokasi seperti di kawasan rumah kongsi, tapak pembinaan dan premis perniagaan.

Menurut beliau, pasukannya telah memeriksa seramai 46,189 warga asing dan menahan 13,795 daripada mereka kerana me­lakukan pelbagai kesalahan.

Daripada jumlah itu, Sabah merupakan negeri yang pa­ling ramai PATI ditahan iaitu seramai 2,107 orang dan diikuti Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur (1,895), Johor (1,867), Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya (1,620), Melaka (1,064) dan selebihnya di negeri-negeri lain.

“Semua mereka ini ditahan dalam operasi berjadual Jabatan Imigresen termasuk juga serbuan berdasarkan aduan orang ramai.

“Antara kesalahan yang sering dilakukan ialah tiada dokumen pengenalan diri, tinggal lebih masa, dokumen palsu dan pemegang kad yang tidak diiktiraf serta lain-lain kesalahan,” katanya ketika dihubungi Kosmo! semalam.

Sumber Berita: Kosmos

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23 Mar

Undocumented Pinoys In Malaysia Urged To Take Advantage of Rehiring Program

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Undocumented Filipinos in Malaysia are encouraged to take advantage of the Malaysian government’s ongoing Rehiring Program in order for them to secure valid work permits, the Philippine Embassy said Wednesday. Concerned Filipinos have until June 30, 2016 to avail of the program at Peninsular Malaysia, according to Ambassador J. Eduardo Malaya in a statement.

Filipinos qualified for the program are those who entered Malaysia through a regular airport or port of entry, who have no criminal records, and have worked with the same employer for the last six months.

Overstaying Filipinos with visit pass temporary employment (VPTE or employment visas) while working with the same employer or who entered Malaysia under social visit passes (SVP or tourist visas) are also qualified to apply.

Filipinos who have overstayed with employment visas but with a different employer are also qualified, the embassy said.

Malaya said qualified Filipino workers must have a valid passport, pass the Foreign Workers’ Medical Examination Monitoring Agency’s medical exams, and pay the levy according to the sector they choose to enter.

Filipinos applying for the program may choose to enter the construction, manufacturing, services, agriculture, and plantation sectors.

Interested applicants may register online form below:

There are an estimated 93,000 documented Filipinos workers and employees in Malaysia, according to the embassy, with “a few thousands more” with irregular status.  — Rie Takumi/KBK, GMA News

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23 Mar

外劳人头税大幅下调 种植和手套业松口气

大马政府在业者强力反弹下，大幅调低最新外劳人头税，分析员认为种植和胶手套业者将可松一口气，新增成本对盈利影响不及1%，同时手套业者可透过加强自动化生产以抵销冲击。

新增成本对盈利影响少于1%
首相拿督斯里纳吉是在上周五宣布调低西马新外劳人头税涨幅，其中农业及园丘人头税为640令吉（分别涨230令吉和50令吉），建筑及制造业的人头税则为1千850令吉（涨600令吉），较原订2月生效的涨幅调低许多。

联昌研究指出，随着政府调低原订的外劳人头税，西马棕油业者将放下心头大石。大马棕油业极度依赖外劳，外劳占员工总数的约78%，而业者向来都自行吸纳人头税成本。

东马种植业者不受新税率影响，也令业者大为宽心，因沙巴业者正受到降雨量大减的影响，以及砂拉越的园丘树龄较年轻，令生产成本增高。

联昌假设雇主承担每名外劳50令吉的额外成本，在西马拥有园丘的种植公司，盈利预测将下修低于1%。相比原本于2016年2月1日建议的每名外劳增加910令吉人头税，将令2016年财测下砍1至8%。

plantation_company_statistics种植股财测不变
由于新人头税的冲击微不足道，该行保持种植股财测不变。同时，该行略为担心政府冻结引进新外劳，将令一些园丘面对员工短缺而影响产量。

马银行研究也表示，由于人头税只增加50令吉（8.5%）至640令吉，对种植股净利影响不到1%，一些未在西马营运的公司则完全不受影响。

不过，该行怀疑市场会对此消息作出正面反应，因早前宣布人头大涨时，股价也未有负面反应。

马银行研究建议在上半年短线买进种植股，因厄尔尼诺效应成为主题，原棕油价正掀起迷你涨潮，有望于第二季升破每公吨2千700令吉关口。

但该行预期下半年原棕油将大幅调整，因原棕油产量将达季节性高峰期，以及厄尔尼诺效应消散，大众研究也认为，最新人头税令业者大大松了一口气，因涨幅远低于最初的建议。

“本地种植业者近期从原棕油价格上涨中受惠，将可吸纳微增的人头税。”

法调高棕油品进口税率影响高
另一方面，法国宣布从2017年起调整棕油产品进口税率，从最初建议的每公吨调高300欧元（1千369令吉）降低至90欧元（410令吉），但比目前的104欧元（475令吉）增加近倍。由于法国去年只进口约1万1千公吨大马棕油，占总数不到1%，因此影响低微，但可能影响其它欧洲国家跟随，而带来威胁。

种植股今日表现平平，其中森那美（SIME，4197，主板贸服组）升5仙至7令吉92仙，联土全球（FGV，5222，主板种植组）起1仙至1令吉52仙。

手套股冲击微

马银行研究表示，最新人头税对手套股的影响不显著，料只影响2016年财测的1%。

“不过，由于其它成本（气体和乳胶价）上涨和马币走强，手套业者的赚幅将疲软。”

目前人头税是由外劳自行承担，尚未确定新增的人头税由雇主或员工承担。无论如何，若业者完全承担，每年成本只增200至400万令吉（占2016年净利1%）。

该行认为，由于竞争升温，短期内业者料不会转嫁成本而提高售价。

加速自动化生产
大众研究指出，员工成本占手套公司总营运开销的9至13%，每名外劳人头税增加600令吉，营运开销将微增0.5%，只影响领域盈利0.7至0.9%。

“手套业者持续展开生产自动化措施以减少依赖人力和加强整体效率，相信成本优化措施将可抵消负面冲击。”

联昌研究认同，最新涨幅是可管理水平，对领域盈利的冲击低微。即使假设业者自行完全吸纳新增成本，由于员工成本只占总营运成本9至11%，对盈利的影响低于1至2%。

“人头税调高长期而言是正面，可刺激业者加速自动化生产以提高生产效率和减少依赖外劳。”

该行表示，由于顶级手套雇用最多外劳（7千人），若该公司全面吸纳新增成本，将受最大负面影响。

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业者和外劳分担新增成本
达证券向业者查询后得知，业者将和外劳共同分担新增的成本。

外劳占劳工总人数的80%。假设80%成本转嫁，以及员工占营运成本约10%，潜在盈利被稀释约0.4至0.6%。

艾芬黄氏研究则认为，劳工成本占总营运成本9至13%，最新建议的人头税只影响盈利0.5%至1.5%。预期业者将全面吸纳新增成本以保持竞争力。

手套股周一股价走低，其中高产尼品（KOSSAN，7153，主板工业产品组）跌17仙至6令吉22仙，而顶级手套（TOPGLOV，7113，主板工业产品组）跌3仙，报5令吉23仙。

MYEG影响正面
另一方面，联昌研究指出，最新人头税对MYEG服务（MYEG，0138，主板贸服组）正面，虽然该公司征收的非法外劳注册费保持在100令吉，但人头税调低将可鼓励雇主申请将非法外劳注册。

鼓励雇主申请漂白非法外劳
政府最近将非法外劳登记期限从2016年12月杪提前至6月杪。另一正面消息则是MYEG服务在外劳漂白下的大部份收入将可在2016财年入账。

政府的目标是200万非法外劳注册，但在2月只有约1万3千人注册，惟该公司预期3月将有所增加。该行估计大马目前有约250万名合约外劳和500万名非法外劳。

该行的2016至2017年财测是假设在6月杪有100万名外劳注册，若在2016财年有200万名外劳注册，则2016-17年财测将上调18至22%。

该行保持MYEG服务的增持评级，目标价2令吉83仙。

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