They say the cost of testing foreign workers is too high for their members to handle. FMTNews Covid19 ForeignWorkers
The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia and Master Builders Association Malaysia say each swab test costs RM350 to RM650 per person.
This high cost, they said, translated into a considerable amount that contractors needed to bear, as a construction site “typically has hundreds of workers”. Two days ago, the government made it mandatory for foreign workers across the country to undergo Covid-19 screening following a spike in the numbere of foreign workers testing positive for the virus in Ampang.
The next day, the Malaysian Employers Federation said the government should foot the bill for these tests, noting it could cost employers over RM1 billion in total in view of more than two million foreign workers being legally in the country.
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