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        "id": 1162119,
        "msgid": "pakistani-workers-arrive-in-malaysia-1447893297",
        "date": "2005-05-12 00:00:00",
        "title": "Pakistani workers arrive in Malaysia",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Pakistani workers arrive in Malaysia MALAYSIA: More than 1,000 Pakistani workers have arrived in Malaysia as the first batch of an estimated 100,000 Pakistanis scheduled to stream into the country to fill a labor shortage caused by the departure and expulsion of Indonesian workers, a news report said on Wednesday. The New Straits Times daily said 1,100 Pakistanis have started working in the manufacturing sector and the rest will take up jobs in stages.",
        "content": "<p>Pakistani workers arrive in Malaysia<\/p>\n<p>MALAYSIA: More than 1,000 Pakistani workers have arrived in<br>\nMalaysia as the first batch of an estimated 100,000 Pakistanis<br>\nscheduled to stream into the country to fill a labor shortage<br>\ncaused by the departure and expulsion of Indonesian workers, a<br>\nnews report said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The New Straits Times daily said 1,100 Pakistanis have started<br>\nworking in the manufacturing sector and the rest will take up<br>\njobs in stages.<\/p>\n<p>Malaysia is heavily reliant on foreign labor for doing menial<br>\njobs, and is facing a dire shortage of some 400,000 workers since<br>\nit expelled illegal workers, mostly Indonesians, earlier this<br>\nyear. Many also left voluntarily under an amnesty.<\/p>\n<p>Many were supposed to return after getting proper<br>\ndocumentation in Indonesia, but have been held up by bureaucratic<br>\nproblems.<\/p>\n<p>Besides Pakistan, Malaysia also is hoping to source labor from<br>\nIndia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar and Vietnam to meet the<br>\nshortfall in industries such as manufacturing, construction and<br>\nplantations.<\/p>\n<p>The Times quoted Malaysian Employers' Federation executive<br>\ndirector Shamsuddin Bardan as saying the oil plantations are<br>\nlosing 60 million to 70 million ringgit (US$15-18 million) a<br>\nmonth because of labor shortage. --AP<\/p>",
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