Sarawak province in Malaysia will recruit 12,000 workers from Bangladesh for its plantation sector.
“We have agreed to send 12,000 workers to Sarawak province as Malaysia has placed a demand at the joint committee meeting,” Expatriates’ Welfare And Overseas Employment Secretary Khandakar Showkat Hossain told the Dhaka Tribune yesterday.
The meeting was held in Putrajaya, Malaysia from July 7-8. The expat secretary who led an 11-member delegation in the meeting said a memorandum of understanding would be signed in this regard.
During the meeting, the Bangladesh side pressed for the recruitment of more workers in construction and service sectors.
“We have requested the Malaysian side to recruit workers in other sectors. And they have assured us that they will consider recruiting workers from Bangladesh,” Showkat said.
The government of Bangladesh is sending workers to Malaysia for their plantation industry under the government-to-government arrangement.
After signing an agreement with Malaysia on November 26 in 2012, around 5,000 workers had gone to that country to work in plantation sector.
