By BERNAMA / Pic By MUHD AMIN NAHARUL

The Manpower Ministry will be studying the Singapore model in managing foreign workers, said its minister M Kulasegaran (picture).

He said this is because the city-state recorded a low absconding rate among foreign workers.

“We do not need to go to faraway places like Switzerland on management of foreign workers because Singapore is a success story,” he told Bernama.

He noted that entry of foreign workers to the country would henceforth “go through a finetooth comb” so as to look after the interests of Malaysian workers.

“The influx of foreign workers who are lowly paid will likewise impact the income of locals,” he said.

“This does not mean we are stopping them from coming to work here; we encourage that, but they are more suitable for sectors like plantation and industry. Other sectors, let our people work in them,” he said.

In a related matter, Kulasegaran urged the public to lodge complaints online or by calling his ministry if they come across foreigners involved in business, like retailing.