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Association backs move

RECRUITMENT OF MORE LOCALS IN OIL PALM PLANTATIONS KUCHING: The Sarawak Oil Palm Plantations Owners Association (Soppoa) welcomes the move by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) to recruit and incentivise more locals, especially youth to work in plantations. In a statement on Tuesday (September 1), Soppoa said the shortage of workers in plantations was […]

A promising long-term goal

REDUCING FOREIGN WORKERS KUCHING: The government’s move to reduce dependence on foreign workers has been described as a promising long-term goal. Kuching Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCGCCI) secretary-general Jonathan Chai Voon Tok in supporting the move said some painful adjustments were to be anticipated in the short term, especially for the plantations […]

Impacts Ringgit strength, warns MEF

KUCHING: Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) has estimated that the increase in minimum wages would add RM2.5 billion yearly in remittances to home countries, adding about seven percent to the estimated RM34 billion per year currently being remitted by foreign workers. “It is obvious that higher remittances made by foreign workers to their home countries would […]

Aliens will not benefit

KUCHING: Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF)’s attempt to paint the minimum wage increase as a scheme to benefit foreign workers instead of local workers has created fear and resentment. Sarawak Bank Employees Union chief executive officer (CEO) Andrew Lo said this in a joint statement with Union Network International-Malaysia Labour Centre (UNI-MLC) president Datuk Mohamed Shafie […]