PUTRAJAYA: It is the government’s policy to give priority to local workers and reduce the number of foreign workers in the country. Immigration director-general Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali said this was proven by the fact that there was a decrease in the number of foreign workers in the past two years. "In 2016, there were 1.8 million foreign workers in the country and in 2017, the number has reduced to 1.7 million. "This clearly shows that we are giving priority to local workers instead of foreign workers," he told the New Straits Times at the Home Ministry’s monthly assembly here today. We are only in charge in terms of operations and ensuring safety," he said, adding that the majority of foreign workers in the country were Indonesians.

Source: New Strait Times March 08, 2018 12:00 UTC