3 Comments on “Guest Workers in Malaysia”

1. Angie Says:
   April 11th, 2007 at 1:23 am

   Stop exporting workers. Unless they’re hired for something better than just house-maids or baby-sitters. Government need to run better quality checks on them and perhaps closing down agents is an option, every single citizen willing to work abroad must register them-selves and undergo quarantine held ONLY and DIRECTLY by the Ministry of Manpower.

2. Sputjam Says:
   April 11th, 2007 at 11:49 am

   Export of workers can only be stopped if there are enough work to begin with. Phillipines/Indonesia are the main exporters due to language similarity or otherwise. Do not blame these people for trying to get a decent wage and living. Blame it on poor governance of these countries which contributed to the influx.
   The wage earned are contributed back to their villages, assisting in the rural economy.
   Their only other option is to earn lousy wages in their own country and be miserable as their earnings are insufficient to contribute to their families.

3. Bleu Says:
   April 15th, 2007 at 9:02 am

   It’s too good opportunities to be passed for these maids. These people earn much more than they could otherwise back in their home countries. But high return is always accompanied by high risk and invites opportunists. I agree with Sputjam that the focus should be on poor governance, including that of the agents, the employers, the maids themselves, the process, in addition to the two countries involved.

   I put some thoughts on foreign workers and policy that Malaysian government is considering.

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