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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14 (Bernama) — An independent committee to coordinate the overall policies\u00a0and management of foreign workers will be set up, says Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir\u00a0Mohamad.<\/p>\n
Dr Mahathir\u00a0said the committee would be chaired by a top government officer with\u00a0former judges and secretaries-general and the Institute of Labour Market Information and Analysis would be appointed as the secretariat.<\/p>\n
“The issue of foreign workers has become a big problem for us, too many are entering and many came in illegally , so we need a committee to manage them,” he told reporters after chairing a meeting of the Special Committee on Foreign Worker Scenario and Management in Malaysia at Parliament\u00a0House here today.<\/p>\n
Also present were Deputy Prime Minister Datuk\u00a0Seri Wan Azizah\u00a0Wan Ismail and Human Resource Minister M. Kula Segaran.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in the meeting, the prime minister said the government had agreed to discuss with the government of Bangladesh to open up the opportunity to all credible\u00a0recruitment agencies to take in workers from the country.<\/p>\n
Dr Mahathir\u00a0said at the moment,\u00a010 recruitment agencies were allowed to conduct\u00a0intake of foreign workers from the country and it had led to monopoly and\u00a0high charges.<\/p>\n
“So we have to expand it to cover all agents so\u00a0that there would be competition among them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Apart from that, the Prime Minister said\u00a0a single\u00a0system to recruit workers without separating workers\u00a0according to country would be established.<\/p>\n
He however did not reveal further details on the system.<\/p>\n
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