MPSepang: Guidelines for housing foreign workers in shoplots
PETALING JAYA (March 28): The Sepang Municipal Council (MPSepang) has come up with guidelines for workers’ accommodation in shoplots, reported The Star today.
Guan Eng: Renewal levy fees for foreign workers in five sectors reduced from March
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 23): The government is set to lower the extension levy fees in March for foreign workers who have worked in the country for more than 10 years, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng (pictured) today.
Landslide incident unearthed alien squatter settlements
GEORGE TOWN (Nov 7): The contractor of the Bukit Kukus construction site has declared that the nine foreign workers which were killled in the landslide last month were not his.
MoF backtracks on foreign worker levy, says employers now to pay in full
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 25): Just a day after announcing that employers would only have to pay 20% of the RM10,000 levy for each foreign worker, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng today did an about-turn and said employers will have to continue to pay the levy in full.
Foreign workers seeking to extend employment must pay 80% of RM10,000 levy
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 24): To ease the burden of developers and bring down home prices, skilled foreign labour applying to extend their employment tenure need only pay 80% of the annual RM10,000 levy on foreign workers, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng today.
MBAM: Legalise foreign workers already employed in construction sector
KUALA LUMPUR (July 11): The Master Builders Association Malaysia (MBAM) is hoping for that the authorities will legalise foreign workers already employed by the construction sector, Bernama reported today.
A secret shanty too close for comfort
GELANG PATAH (June 21): Having his fruit stolen may be something Norizan Nasiman, 37, can put up with, but having a shed erected on his orchard land in Kampung Ulu Pulai – that is crossing the line, literally.
House foreign workers in hostels, not public housing
Petaling Jaya (June 13): Penang has called on the new Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin to build hostels for foreign workers in areas where they are employed in large numbers, such as production-driven maufacturing sites.
CIDB warns contractors of impostors
PETALING JAYA (May 18): The Construction Industry Development Board of Malaysia (CIDB) wants construction contractors nationwide to be wary of people impersonating as CIDB officers.
Construction industry calls for more transparent, simplified hiring process
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 12): Following the government's decision to postpone the new foreign workers levy ruling to 2018, the Master Builders Association Malaysia (MBAM) today called for a more transparent and simplified process of hiring foreign workers.
