It is reported that the the Government had approved 45 thousand foreign worker permits supposedly to fill the demand for them from employers. This action may run contrary to the Governments own policy of creating job opportunities for Malaysians !
What has happened to the policy of creating a 'high income' nation for Malaysians? Is creating a 'high income' nation only for the elite class. The bottom line is that millions of Malaysian workers are living on low incomes because employers are refusing to pay them decent and sustainable wages in order to earn filthy profits on the back of cheap labor.
The Government must be serious in tackling low wages and take the employers by their 'horn' and tell them that this gross injustice to Malaysian workers must stop. There must be greater social responsibility from employers to the nation. They must be told that their dependence on foreign workers must be drastically reduced and wages for local workers increased to sustainable levels to attract them to these so called 'unattractive jobs'.
To 'rub salt on an open wound' it has been reported in local newspapers recently that so called 'professionals' are expected to get huge pay increases. Hey! what about the millions of low income workers aren't they important to the nation? If there is no political will on the the part of the politicians, then, slowly but surely the 'rakyat' one day would rise up against these injustices.
