MPIC negotiating for exemption to secure 20,000 foreign workers
07 May 2021 / 07:51 H.
Bernama
MELAKA: The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC) is working to obtain a government exemption from the foreign labour hiring freeze in order to secure 20,000 foreign workers.
Its minister, Datuk Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali, said this was important in view of the plantation and commodity sector being the largest group that was dependent on foreign workers.
“We have obtained the in-principle approval to get foreign workers for the oil palm sector and will be negotiating to secure foreign workers for the timber sector as well,” he told reporters after attending a dialogue session under the Jerayawara Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) 2021 roadshow here yesterday.