Malaysia is one of Asia's biggest employers of foreign labour. But recently, cases of deaths, abuse and forced labour have come to light. What is going on? Who is protecting these migrant workers?
Malaysiakini.com
Salbiah Ahmad
Jan 26, 05 1:15pm
It was the right thing to do, to put off the end of amnesty for undocumented
migrants on Dec 31 last year after the Dec 26 tsunami tragedy.
By
Gerard Greenfield and Tim Pringle (Asian Labour
Update, Oct-December 2001)
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The Star
BY NG SI HOOI
Sunday June 5, 2005
PETALING JAYA: Vegetable farmers have been hit hard by a labour shortage, resulting
in a drop in yield and an increase in market prices.
The Star
BY M. KRISHNAMOORTHY
Saturday May 28, 2005
PETALING JAYA: Yes, it is one way to deal with the immediate labour crunch
but it may well lead to a host of other problems – that is how non-governmental
organisations view the move to allow foreigners coming in on social passes to
apply for work documents.
Malaysiakini.com
Jun 1, 05 9:27am
Malaysia Airlines flight attendants are now permitted to have up to three children,
from a previous limit of two, after the carrier was forced to revise its hiring
policies, officials said today.
Malaysiakini.com
Tony Thien
May 30, 05 12:59pm
The Federal Court’s decision to reject an appeal by former air stewardess
Beatrice Fernandez has been criticised as ‘archaic reasoning”.
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