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        "id": 1394176,
        "msgid": "kl-to-cull-foreign-workers-in-fishing-1447893297",
        "date": "1998-01-19 00:00:00",
        "title": "KL to cull foreign workers in fishing",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "KL to cull foreign workers in fishing KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Intensifying Malaysia's crackdown on foreign workers, the Terengganu State Fisheries Department said yesterday it will reduce the number of foreigners working on deep-sea fishing boats. Director Abdul Rahman Mohamad said the majority of the 2,300 foreigners employed on the state's fishing boats were Thai nationals. He did not say how many workers would be dismissed.",
        "content": "<p>KL to cull foreign workers in fishing<\/p>\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Intensifying Malaysia&apos;s crackdown on<br>\nforeign workers, the Terengganu State Fisheries Department said<br>\nyesterday it will reduce the number of foreigners working on<br>\ndeep-sea fishing boats.<\/p>\n<p>Director Abdul Rahman Mohamad said the majority of the 2,300<br>\nforeigners employed on the state&apos;s fishing boats were Thai<br>\nnationals. He did not say how many workers would be dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>One measure will be to &quot;tighten the conditions for the<br>\nissuance of permits to recruit (foreigners),&quot; Abdul Rahman was<br>\nquoted as saying by Bernama news agency.<\/p>\n<p>Stung by the regional economic downturn, Malaysia said<br>\nrecently that an estimated 1 million illegal foreign workers<br>\nwould be deported to provide jobs for locals. Most of the workers<br>\nare Indonesians employed at construction sites and in the service<br>\nsector.<\/p>",
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