Melaka orders employers to move foreign workers to hostels


ALOR GAJAH (Bernama): The Melaka government has ordered all industrial sector employers who placed their foreign workers in residential housing areas to move them to designated hostels.

Chief Minister Datuk Seri Sulaiman Md Ali said the order came into effect under the Employees’ Minimum Standards of Housing, Accommodations and Amenities Act 1990 (Act 446).

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