Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman
will meet with his Singapore counterpart K. Shanmugam to discuss the
ban on Sabahan and Sarawakian natives below 35 years from working in the
republic.
Anifah said he was planning a one-day working visit to seek the reasons for the ban on workers from the two states. Anifah said he was surprised by the ban but had yet to receive any report on it. “I have to find the reason for the sudden implementation of the policy. “If it is because of one or two bad apples, then we can discuss it and find a solution,” he added. He said he would also discuss the move with the Human Resources Ministry.
Singapore
earlier this month implemented a new policy, barring male natives from
Sabah and Sarawak below 35 years from working in the republic. Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam had instructed the ministry's labour attache to discuss the decision with the Singapore authorities.
Dr
Subramaniam, who described the new policy as tricky as it only involved
Sabahans and Sarawakians, said that the policy might have come about
after agents recruited them to work in Singapore with false promises.
Many Sabah leaders have called on Singapore to withdraw the policy which some described as unfair and discriminatory. Meanwhile, Sabah Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun urged Singapore not to put in place a blanket policy to bar certain Malaysians from working in the republic.
“They have to address the real problem rather then implement such policies to stop certain group of people from working. “It is better to address and evaluate the root of the problem and weed out the troublemakers,” he told reporters yesterday.
Source: The Star
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ReplyDeleteKata putus untuk kedua-dua pihak amat diperlukan. Mungkin berikan peluang untuk warga Sabah berkerja di Singapura.
ReplyDeleteMasidi said the main issue was because of hooliganism or rather alleged criminal acts perpetrated by a couple of East Malaysians after getting drunk. We need kerajaan to find out the truth and solve this problem, urgent..
ReplyDeletebolehkah kerajaan singapura memberikan jaminan bahawa tidak akan berlaku jenayah di republik itu jika polisi sekatan ini diteruskan??
ReplyDeletesepatutnya kerajaan singapura mendedahkan statistik lengkap yang menunjukkan warga Sabah dan Sarawak penyumbang kepada peningkatan jenayah di republik itu.. jika tidak ada statistik, saya andaikan kerajaan singapura bersikap double standard dalam isu ini..
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