Reza Mahmud :
Malaysian government has imposed more restrictions on foreign manpower recruitments in the country, which may create difficulties for overseas employment sector in Bangladesh.
“We are facing difficulties in manpower export to Malaysia as it is imposing newer restrictions for companies like accommodation and other facilities for the foreign workers. It is creating wide range of crisis for our manpower export sector to Malaysia which is a big host of our expatriate workers,” said Shariful Islam, an executive of Dynamic Syndicate,
a recruiting agency of Bangladesh.
Sources said, recently Malaysia has restricted recruitment of foreign workers for the companies of the country who failed to facilitate sufficient healthy residences for the manpower.
The officials of the country are conducting drives on different companies to search the accommodation facilities.
Wan Zulkiflee wan, Deputy Director (Operations) of the Human Resources Department of Malaysia, has said his country will follow its manpower policy ‘strictly’. “Malaysia will follow its own policy to ensure healthy residences for every worker in companies. If any company fails to facilitate sound accommodation for its workers, they must not be allowed to recruit more manpower,” Wan Zulkiflee said in a press conference in the capital city’s Putrajaya on Tuesday.
The press conference organised after a drive conducted in some restaurants where foreign workers are working.
The Deputy Director also said his country refused 30 percent of applications to recruit foreign labours recently due to the companies failure to create sound accommodation facilities.
“It was the pre-condition to construct sufficient residences for the workers before the recruitment of manpower. The residences must be healthy and in sound environment. There will also be separate apartments for the male and female workers,” he said.
On the other hand, the World Bank said that Malaysia should remove all restrictions for recruiting manpower from abroad.
“Malaysia has developed sharply in every fields. Its economy is increasing day by day, partially thanks to the foreign workers. So, it should not impose restrictions on immigrant workers in its corridor,” said the report issued on Wednesday. The World Bank report said that the Putrajaya’s restriction would harm the neighboring countries from where most of its foreign labours arrive.
Malaysian government has imposed more restrictions on foreign manpower recruitments in the country, which may create difficulties for overseas employment sector in Bangladesh.
“We are facing difficulties in manpower export to Malaysia as it is imposing newer restrictions for companies like accommodation and other facilities for the foreign workers. It is creating wide range of crisis for our manpower export sector to Malaysia which is a big host of our expatriate workers,” said Shariful Islam, an executive of Dynamic Syndicate,
a recruiting agency of Bangladesh.
Sources said, recently Malaysia has restricted recruitment of foreign workers for the companies of the country who failed to facilitate sufficient healthy residences for the manpower.
The officials of the country are conducting drives on different companies to search the accommodation facilities.
Wan Zulkiflee wan, Deputy Director (Operations) of the Human Resources Department of Malaysia, has said his country will follow its manpower policy ‘strictly’. “Malaysia will follow its own policy to ensure healthy residences for every worker in companies. If any company fails to facilitate sound accommodation for its workers, they must not be allowed to recruit more manpower,” Wan Zulkiflee said in a press conference in the capital city’s Putrajaya on Tuesday.
The press conference organised after a drive conducted in some restaurants where foreign workers are working.
The Deputy Director also said his country refused 30 percent of applications to recruit foreign labours recently due to the companies failure to create sound accommodation facilities.
“It was the pre-condition to construct sufficient residences for the workers before the recruitment of manpower. The residences must be healthy and in sound environment. There will also be separate apartments for the male and female workers,” he said.
On the other hand, the World Bank said that Malaysia should remove all restrictions for recruiting manpower from abroad.
“Malaysia has developed sharply in every fields. Its economy is increasing day by day, partially thanks to the foreign workers. So, it should not impose restrictions on immigrant workers in its corridor,” said the report issued on Wednesday. The World Bank report said that the Putrajaya’s restriction would harm the neighboring countries from where most of its foreign labours arrive.
