KUALA LUMPUR: An in depth evaluation is being performed to find out the variety of international staff who shall be allowed to enter the nation for every permitted sector, says House Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin (pic).
“The House Ministry and different related authorities businesses are conducting an in depth evaluation on this matter to make sure that the federal government has a strategic path in attaining a stability between economic system and well being whereas the nation continues to be making an attempt to fight the Covid-19 pandemic,” he stated in reply to Steven Choong Shiau Yoon (IND-Tebrau) throughout Minister’s Query Time in Parliament on Tuesday (Nov 2).
Choong had requested the ministry to state which sectors shall be allowed to obtain international staff and the quantity allowed to enter the nation for every sector.
In accordance with Hamzah, a complete of 212,926 unlawful immigrants have registered to be legalised underneath the federal government’s labour recalibration programme.
He added that underneath the programme, which was introduced final yr, a complete of 11,751 employers have additionally registered and the ministry was within the midst of verifying all of the functions.
“Particular sectors needed to use, together with manufacturing with a complete 65,484 functions registered to be rehired, development (122,075), plantations (7176) and agriculture (12,003).
“These are the figures of those that have registered with us, who’re to be legalised and able to be rehired by employers,” he added.
In a supplementary query, Choong requested the ministry for updates on its recalibration programme, and measures taken to make sure that strategic sectors won’t be affected by the dearth of staff.
On the Return Recalibration Programme, Hamzah stated a complete of 147,705 unlawful immigrants have utilized, with a complete assortment of compounds value RM71.3mil.
“This reveals that the programme has been profitable thus far,” he added.
In November final yr, the federal government introduced the labour recalibration plan the place employers within the development, manufacturing, plantation and agriculture sectors had been allowed to legally make use of undocumented international staff.
The plan was then prolonged to employers in 4 sub-sectors within the service business, particularly wholesale and retail, eating places, cargo, and cleansing providers.
