Anwar gives ministries one month to resolve foreign worker applications, prioritising restaurants

He said the government understood the urgent need for restaurant operators in the country to fill labour shortages, but at the same time needed to ensure that the recruitment of foreign workers was carried out in a controlled manner.

“We cannot open up the space completely just to fill vacancies in a country where there are too many foreign workers, including unskilled ones, but I agree that there is an urgent need to fill worker shortages in certain sectors, including restaurants.

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