By Rahimy Rahim The Star 15 Aug 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: The government will create a single system to hire foreign workers without differentiating the source country, says Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. “Bangladesh, Nepal or others; they will use the same system,â... read more
Kathmandu Post | 15 August 2018 Aug 15, 2018-Malaysia on Tuesday said government-to-government (G2G) system would bring migrant workers from Nepal. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said the government would soon sign the MoU with Nepal to resolve... read more
By Sharif Khiam and Ali Nufael Benar News | 16 August 2018 Bangladesh has welcomed Malaysia’s decision to end a monopoly on recruitment of workers from the South Asian nation, saying the new measure would cut costs and allow fair competition. Prime Mini... read more
By: Elan Perumal and Clarissa Chung The Star | 16 August 2018 PETALING JAYA: Several source countries which do not employ third-party agencies for their foreign worker recruitment process are unclear about how the single hiring system would affect them. P... read more
The Daily Star 16 August 2018 Malaysia considers allowing all the licensed agents to help Bangladeshi workers get jobs in the Southeast Asian country. The plan comes after the new Malaysian government in late June suspended a syndicate of 10 Bangladeshi a... read more
Borneo Post | 15 August 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: An independent committee to coordinate the overall policies and management of foreign workers will be set up, says Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Dr Mahathir said the committee would be chaired by a top ... read more
New Age Bangladesh | 14 August 2018 Malaysia’s new government of prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad reopened up the process of hiring workers from Bangladesh to all the recruiting agencies after suspending the cartel of 10 agencies in Bangladesh. Mahath... read more
By Aliza Shah and Teh Athira Yusof New straits Times | 6 August 2018 KUALA LUMPUR The government should introduce a ratio system that allows for the hiring of a maximum number of foreign workers in a company based on its total workforce. This would allow ... read more
The New Straits Times | 14 August 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: The government is currently in talks with the Nepali government to set up a streamlined foreign worker hiring and supply system. This as the government has suspended the operations of information techno... read more
New Age Bangladesh | 13 August 2018 At least 270 Bangladeshi workers, who paid over Malaysian Ringgit 1.8 million to an agent for securing valid working permits as part of the Immigration Department’s rehiring programme, have claimed that they were dupe... read more