Malaysia has imposed a freeze on new foreign worker recruitment, affecting labour-intensive industries grappling with manpower shortages, despite there currently being 2 million migrant workers distributed across five sectors. Adrian Pereira, Executive Director at the North South Initiative talks to us about how he thinks the country can address these issues.

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Produced by: Tun Hizami Hashim

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Wong Shou Ning, Keith Kam

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Categories:  economy,  government

Tags:  malaysia labour market,  migrant workers protection,  foreign labour,