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Malaysia to recruit large number of foreign workers in three sub-sectors

Applications for the recruitment of foreign workers for barbershops and the textile and goldsmithery sub-sectors will open on October 10, according to Malaysian Minister of Human Resources V. Sivakumar.
Malaysia to recruit large number of foreign workers in three sub-sectors ảnh 1Malaysian Minister of Human Resources V. Sivakumar (C) (Photo: nst.com.my)
Kuala Lumpur (VNA) - Applications for therecruitment of foreign workers for barbershops and the textile and goldsmitherysub-sectors will open on October 10, according to Malaysian Minister of HumanResources V. Sivakumar.

This was in line with the government's announcement lastmonth to reopen the intake of foreign workers for the three sub-sectors whichhad been frozen since 2009, he said recently.

Sivakumar said the Cabinet meeting on September 8 hadapproved a quota of 7,500 foreign workers for the three sub-sectors, includingthe existing 5,000 foreign workers in the sub-sectors, based on the records ofthe Immigration Department.

One of the conditions is that the application must be madeby employers registered with the Indian commerce association and no extensionof the application is allowed after the quota of 7,500 foreign workers is met,he stated, adding that for existing foreign workers, the application forrenewal of the Temporary Employment Visit Pass (PLKS) can be made by employersfrom October 10./.
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