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
Mar 24, 07 1:19am
The US government has ruled out securing a free-trade agreement
with Malaysia before President George W Bush loses his "fast-track"
trade promotion authority in three months.
Manila Standard Today
Mar, 24 2007
Team Unity senatorial candidate Rep. Prospero Pichay has called on the Department of Labor and Employment and the Department of Foreign Affairs to step up measures to protect Filipino workers in Malaysia and other labor markets.
Bernama
March 23, 2007 18:56 PM
SUBANG JAYA, March 23 (Bernama) — The Malaysian Trades Union
Congress (MTUC) on Friday suggested that the government pay old-age pension to
poor senior citizens aged over 60 years.
The Star
Friday March 23, 2007
WITH REFERENCE to the letter by S.M. Mohamed Idris, president of the Consumers Association of Penang (The
Star, March 21), the Malaysian Textile Manufacturers Association (MTMA) wishes
to put forward the true prospective of the impact of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
with the US on the textile and apparel industry.
Bernama
March 22, 2007 21:17 PM
DUBAI, March 22 (Bernama) — International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk
Seri Rafidah Aziz said Malaysia is considering discussing free trade agreement
(FTA) with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.
Bernama
March 21, 2007 21:53 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 (Bernama) — Bumiputera companies, especially small and medium enterprises, will benefit from the Malaysia-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) being negotiated, according to International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz.
Bernama
March 21, 2007 21:25 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 (Bernama) — International Trade and
Industry Minister, Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said now was not the time to announce
the details of the ongoing Free Trade Agreement negotiations between Malaysia
and the United States.
Bernama
March 21, 2007 00:18 AM
KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 (Bernama) — Some of the negative comments made on the Malaysia-US Free Trade Agreement negotiations have been due to a lack of understanding of the FTA and the related issues, Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said today.
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