Legalise our foreign workers
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing has proposed the setting up of a body to ensure only legal foreign workers with proper documentation and vaccinations are allowed to work in the state and subsequently keep the industries running. He said before Covid-19, illegal immigrants often entered Sarawak in search […]
Employer letters make it easier to trace foreign workers
KUCHING: Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing has proposed to the Bintulu Division Disaster Management Committee (BDDMC) to make it compulsory for foreign workers to have letters from their employers in order for clinics or hospitals to verify their status before taking a RT-PCR test. The Bintulu MP said this would make sure that employers have […]
Plantation and foreign workers jabbed
SIBU: Four hundred and twenty-four people in the district have received their first Covid-19 vaccine dose at the mobile vaccination centre at Jalan Ding Lik Kong here. Sarawak Public Communication Unit (Ukas), in a news report on Monday (Aug 2), said the two-day walk-in vaccination programme started last Saturday (July 31). It added 176 people […]
Good response from foreign workers
SIBU: A mobile vaccination centre located at Lorong 11, Jalan Ding Lik Kong has received encouraging response, especially from foreign workers. Coordinator of the centre, Michael Tiang said 248 vaccine doses had been given to the recipients, mostly foreign workers working in nearby factories and industries. “Previously, we aimed to inject 200 people during the […]
Indian national faces the gallows
PADAWAN: An Indian national faces the gallows after he was caught with over RM13,000 worth of ecstasy drug. Padawan deputy police chief DSP Lim Jaw Shyong said the 23-year-old foreign worker was nabbed during a raid at a karaoke centre in Batu Kawa, Kuching last Monday (June 14). “The suspect was detained under Section 39B […]
Attempts to smuggle in foreign workers foiled
SERIAN: Police have thwarted attempts by two tekongs (trafficking agents) to smuggle in six foreign workers illegally into the state. District police chief DSP Aswandy Anis said those involved were arrested in two separate raids during Ops Benteng in Mongkos here on Monday and Wednesday. “The first arrest involved a 44-year-old local man who brought […]
E-wages system to ensure employees get salaries on time
KUALA LUMPUR: The e-wages system which is expected to be launched by the government soon, will ensure that employees including foreign workers are paid their wages on time. Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) president Datuk Dr Syed Hussain Syed Husman said there was no reason for employers not to pay local and foreign employees within the […]
Foreign workers escape quarters fire
DARO: Sixteen foreign plantation workers had a rude awakening when their quarters at Ladang Tutus, caught fire in the wee hours today (April 2). Upon receiving an emergency call at 1.49am, firemen from Daro had to take a 45km journey to the scene. By the time they arrived, the flames had already destroyed the seven-unit workers quarters. The Indonesian plantation workers managed to get out to safety before the fire engulfed their quarters. One of them sustained minor burns to the arm and was taken to Daro Hospital for treatment. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.
Four ordinances in Covid-19 fight
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Four ordinances had been enacted by the federal government in an effort to curb the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Federal Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said the first was the Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance 2021 regarding allocating necessary powers to the government to manage the pandemic. “The second […]
Mechanism to jab foreign workers, illegals
KUCHING: The federal government is working on a mechanism to ensure that all foreign workers including the illegal ones would be vaccinated, said Senior Minister of Works, Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. “When we said everyone will be vaccinated, we are also referring to foreigners either they are registered lawfully or illegals,” he said when responding […]
