Extend deadline for recalibration plan, say business groups

PETALING JAYA: The Dec 31 deadline for employers to recalibrate their undocumented foreign workers should be extended, says the National Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia .

“Furthermore, we are approaching almost the end of the business year now and many businesses are just starting to reopen. “The NCCIM will advise its members to comply with the SOP to ensure a safe working and healthy environment,” he said. The survey also revealed that the plantation industry needs 70,000 foreign workers, rubber glove industry , furniture , construction , services and plastics .

Johor MCA Youth chief Ling Tian Soon has called for the move to be made into a pilot project that can be expanded to other sectors. East Malaysian Planters Association president Hanas Hakmad said that with the federal government allowing foreign workers to be brought in once again, Sabah will benefit greatly if it follows suit.

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