Zuraida: 32,000 foreign plantation workers to come in from mid-October


KOTA BHARU (Bernama): The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (KPPK) has approved 32,000 foreign plantation workers who have completed their Covid-19 vaccination to be brought into Malaysia in stages starting mid-October.

Its Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin said they are to become harvesters, as most locals were not yet ready to carry out the task.

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