15-9-2021
The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCCIM), led by President Dato’ Low Kian Chuan have good meeting engagement with Minister of Home Affairs, YB Dato’ Seri Hamzah bin Zainudin, Minister of Human Resources, YB Datuk Seri Saravanan Murugan and YB Minister of Transport, Datuk Seri Ir. Dr. Wee Ka Siong today to discuss issues pertaining to the shortages of workers and Malaysia My Second Home Programme (MM2H).
The Ministers noted the industry’s concerns surrounding the shortages of workers in key economic sectors, that have severely impacted production, disrupted business operations and also unable to meet new orders. The shortage of manpower was aggravated by the limited manpower capacity, subject to the level of vaccinations. Despite the efforts made by many industries to source local manpower to fill the gap, the turnover rate remains high. Effectively, the unemployment rate of 4.8% in July (equivalent to about 780,000 unemployed persons) are not sufficient to meet the demand of industries.
We are pleased that the Ministers said that the Government is fully aware of the situation and will assist to address the shortages of workers. The Ministries are working on implementing a transparent and structured foreign workers’ hiring system with a robust tracking and monitoring mechanism to ease the recruitment process of migrant workers.
On the MM2H, ACCCIM raised some reservations on the need to fine-tuning the new requirements to make the MM2H more competitive relative to Malaysia’s regional peers. We also indicated that the new requirements must not retrospective; only applicable for new applications.
Also, presence at today’s meetings were Tan Sri Datuk Seri Utama William Cheng, Life Honorary President of ACCCIM, Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Lee Oi Hian, Chairman of ACCCIM SERC Trust, Dato’ Tan Tian Ming, Secretary General of ACCCIM and Mr. Lee Heng Guie, Executive Director of Socio-Economic Research Centre (SERC).
From left is ACCCIM Secretary-General Dato’ Tan Tian Meng, ACCCIM President Dato’ Low Kian Chuan, YB Dato’ Seri Hamzah bin Zainudin, Minister of Home Affairs, YB Datuk Seri Ir. Dr. Wee Ka Siong, Minister of Transport, ACCCIM SERC Trust Chairman Tan Sri Lee Oi Hian, ACCCIM Life Honorary President Tan Sri William Cheng and SERC Executive Director Mr. Lee Heng Guie.
From left is ACCCIM SERC Trust Chairman Tan Sri Lee Oi Hian, YB Datuk Seri Ir. Dr. Wee Ka Siong, Minister of Transport, YB Datuk Seri Saravanan Murugan, Minister of Human Resources, ACCCIM President Dato’ Low Kian Chuan, Datuk Shahul Dawood, Chief Executive of HRD Corp., SERC Executive Director Mr. Lee Heng Guie and Secretary-General Dato’ Tan Tian Meng.
