Sunday, October 03, 2010

Here come maids from Cambodia and Thailand

Sunday October 3, 2010
By SIMON KHOO
The Star Online (Malaysia)

MUAZAM SHAH: Employers can look forward to employing maids from Cambodia and Thailand as an alternative to Indonesians by the end of the year, Deputy Human Resources Minister Senator Datuk Maznah Mazlan said.

Maznah said she would visit both countries next month as part of the Government’s efforts to discuss the possibility of simplifying the procedures to bring them in.

“All these years, Malaysia has been relying too heavily on one or two countries for domestic helpers.


“This cause various problems and difficulties when suddenly an issue arises affecting bilateral ties between both countries.

“As such, we felt it is high time the Government initiate efforts to explore and source maids from countries such as Cambodia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, the Phillipines and even Myanmar,” she said when met during her open house in Bandar Muadzam Shah here Sunday.

Maznah said presently, Cambodia and Thailand have been supplying maids to Malaysia but their numbers were relatively small.

She said it was timely for Malaysians to consider employing maids other than from Indonesia due to the on-going spat between both countries.

She believed the number would increase gradually after both governments could reach understanding on the issue.

At the same time, she said, the negotiations with Indonesia to life their freeze on new domestic helpers would continue.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ask those Cambodians for their name and let them speak Khmer...listen to their accent, tone etc...and see for yourselves if they are Khmer or Viet protitutes in excess that were dumped in to Cambodia...Enough said?

Anonymous said...

prostitutes*

Anonymous said...

Why can't they hire from their local country?

Anonymous said...

1:20AM! because your people are accepting verry verry cheaper pay!!!!! Thank to your goverment development plane!!!!

You may not need a coutry or land just go to work as cheap labor around the world!!!!!OK!

Anonymous said...

Better work for Malaysia rather than Thialand where they enslave those workers.

Hey what is the big fuss here? Khmer over here need jobs so this is good news. Better to cross the borders to seek jobs in Thialand and get shot at or work as slaves. If you're going to go work in another country, might as well go the legal way.

Anonymous said...

better than