PUTRAJAYA: Pakatan Harapan pledged to reduce the number of foreign workers in its first term of administration and they must already have plans on how to address this never-ending issue.However, as the coalition celebrates its first anniversary of being
“This was due to the extraordinary demands from new industries that have emerged in the country.
Pakatan, in its election manifesto, had promised to cut the number of foreign workers from six million to four million during its first term as the government. “A lot of Malaysians may not know that when it comes to foreign workers, the Human Resources Ministry only does the processing and recommendations to the Home Ministry.However, he quickly added that Pakatan remembered the promise they made.
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