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3 January 2016
SHAH ALAM, Jan 3 (Bernama) — Private sector workers are hoping for a higher dividend pay out by the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) this year to cope with the rising cost of living and the impact from the goods and services tax (GST), said the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC). MTUC deputy secretary-general, A. Balasubramaniam, […]
Belal Hossain Biplob In the wake of a series of controversies, the Bangladesh High Commission in Kuala Lumpur now says Malaysia’s appointing a company would establish its absolute control over labour recruitment from Bangladesh. “The Malaysian government will select Bangladesh Recruiting Authorities through online system supervised by a [Malaysian] company. The Bangladesh government will not […]
31 December 2015
KUCHING: Malaysia Trades Union Congress (MTUC) Sarawak is concerned with the rising cost of living this year, which it says is mainly caused by the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the weakening ringgit. MTUC Sarawak secretary Andrew Lo said in a press statement yesterday that the problem was further exacerbated when […]
As we are at the last day of 2015, Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) is very concern with the raise in drastic cost of living which is mainly caused by the implementation of GST and the weakening Ringgit. The problem is further worsening when our wages has not rising in tandem leading to a drop […]
29 December 2015
By Sumisha Naidu, Malaysia Correspondent, Channel NewsAsia KUALA LUMPUR: Back in Nepal, Raju Khadka was a junior officer in the army, and even served on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti. His friend Bijram Darai was an electrician. Both men are now security guards at a residential area in Malaysia. Despite the long hours […]
25 December 2015
Christmas in a foreign land away from loved ones can be a melancholic affair. Merlina Merlin, 35, is homesick for her family in the Philippines. The factory operator said she had been spending Christmas every year Malaysia since she arrived to work as she could not afford to go home to the Philippines for the […]
Aidila Razak It is 11am and Abdullah is sweating in the tropical heat as he fries potatoes, onions, and lentils in a dark and airless corner shop within an industrial area in Selangor. He has hundreds of orders to prepare and scoops rice into the polystyrene containers lined up in a row, while waiting for […]
24 December 2015
Aidila Razak SPECIAL REPORT When successful migrant Nazmun made his way to Malaysia from the lush village of Araihazar in rural Bangladesh, the cost was about RM1,500 and his pay was RM40 a day. Twenty years later, Seron, a youngster from the same village, snuck his way to Malaysia via the sea, forcing his family […]