Staff Reporter :
The Malaysian government on Friday took a decision to take the Bangladeshi manpower.
Sources from both Malaysia and Bangladesh said that a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this connection would be signed between the two countries soon.
“The Malaysian government finally agreed to open its window for Bangladeshi manpower. A MoU would be signed soon,” an official of the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment told The New Nation on Friday.
He said that Malaysian Human Resources Minister Tatuk M Saravanan in an statement said on Friday that the import of the Bangladeshi workers would be started just after a MoU signed between the two countries.
Saravanan said that his country’s cabinet passed a proposal of recruiting Bangladeshi workers for gardening, agriculture, service sectors, manufacturing factories, mines, and construction and digging work and household. He said, the cabinet earlier only approved foreign
manpower recruiting only for gardening, but now it has granted to open almost every sector for employing migrant workers.
Meanwhile, Imran Ahmed, Minister of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister expressed happiness at the development.
He told journalists on Friday night, “I am very happy learning that their cabinet has approved the proposed MoU between Bangladesh and Malaysia over manpower recruiting.”
“We have not got any written document yet, but got the information which is very much optimistic,” the Minister said.
Imran Ahmed said, he is hopeful about signing the MoU in this December.
“Kuala Lumpur wants the matter hurry, but we have some procedures also. After getting the written documents, we will make the process sharp,” the expatriates’ Minister said.
Meanwhile, manpower recruiting agencies have alleged that a dishonest circle has been trying to form a syndicate for sending workers to Malaysia.
Sources said Datu Seri Amin, a Malaysian influential person in this sector is now visiting Dhaka for forming such syndicate.
Leaders of Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies told The New Nation that they want that large labour market will be opened for all.
“Few agencies are trying to form a syndicate again for grabbing and destroying the very potential Malaysian labour market. The government should stop it sharply,” said one of the leaders.
When contacted, Benjir Ahmed, former President of BAIRA told The New Nation, “We want the market to be opened for every agency to work. But Malaysian Human Resources Ministry may want to limit number of agencies for sending manpower there.”
He said it will be executed what Kuala Lumpur does.
Kuala Lumpur suspended recruiting foreign workers for two years for the pandemic.
