RI workers for Malaysia

RI workers for Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysia has relaxed its freeze on the hiring of Indonesian workers by hiring 3,000 for its booming electronics industry, the state news agency Bernama reported yesterday.

The electronics sector, which brings in about 30 billion ringgit (US$11.7 billion) in sales annually, employs around 200,000 workers.

Malaysia faces a labor shortage following six years of rapid economic growth. But it stopped recruiting Indonesians after thousands of illegal workers slipped into the country in recent years.

There is an estimated one million Indonesians in Malaysia, of which about half are illegals. Most are employed in the plantation, construction and domestic help sectors.