The human resources minister says decisions on the intake of foreign workers are based on the needs of industries and individual sectors.
Ramanan said the government remains committed to reducing Malaysia’s reliance on foreign workers to 10% of the total workforce by 2030.
“How does it make sense for 200,000 workers to come in within six months? Does that mean we are going to bring in more than 1,000 Bangladeshis every day?
“It’s illogical. It doesn’t make sense at all,” he told FMT.
He was responding to Bangladeshi local government, rural development and cooperatives junior minister Mir Shahe Alam’s claim that Malaysia would take in about 200,000 Bangladeshi workers in stages over six months, beginning at the end of this month.
Ramanan said discussions with his Bangladeshi counterpart revealed that there had been some confusion over the statement.
Earlier today, government spokesman Fahmi Fadzil also denied the claim, saying the Bangladeshi junior minister’s statement did not represent Dhaka’s official position.
Ramanan said the intake of foreign workers was determined by the needs of individual industries and sectors, subject to the ceiling set by the economy ministry under the 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP).
“Only if there is a genuine need will we discuss it in the Cabinet,” he said.
The government previously said it would maintain the foreign worker ceiling at 13% of Malaysia’s total workforce, after reducing the country’s reliance on foreign labour from 15%.
Deputy investment, trade and industry minister Sim Tze Tzin had also said Malaysia would not increase its reliance on foreign labour despite demand from businesses. - FMT
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