For Jobs Sake, Malaysia Wants Fewer Foreigners, More Locals, But How?

Morning Run · Morning Brief · 5 Aug 2020 · 07:47 am · 11 mins listen

Malaysia wants to rely less on foreign workers to protect local jobs and shove its companies up the automation chain, but as with all new policy, there are teething pains. Dr M.Niaz Asadullah, Southeast Asia Lead, Global Labor Organization, analyses.

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Foreign workers, labour freeze, local jobs, Malaysia

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