Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Malaysian PrimeMinister Anwar Ibrahim on September 4 approved part of the applications for therecruitment of foreign workers, involving barbering, textiles and goldsmithing.
Talking with the press, Anwar placed the condition that local youths be trained to fill upvacancies in the three sectors. There have to be efforts made by unitsconcerned and training must be provided for the youths, he said.
Meanwhile, Minister of Human Resources V.Sivakumar Sivakumar said about 15,000 foreign workers are needed for thebarbering, goldsmithing and textile sectors, adding that the three sectors havebeen facing problems for the past few years after recruitment was frozen due toCOVID-19.
“A lot of efforts weretaken to get locals to work in these sectors but there were constraintsand employers found it difficult to employ them. And so there was a high demandfor workers in these three sectors for years”, he said./.
