Published: Friday July 15, 2011 MYT 4:18:00 PM
Over 7,000 legal workers registered in biometric system in 3 days
By A. LETCHUMANAN
PUTRAJAYA: More than 7,000 legal foreign workers have already completed the biometric registration nationwide since it was launched three days ago, Home Ministry deputy secretary general Datuk Alwi Ibrahim said here.
He said the response from the legal workers was slow on the first day but has subsequently picked up.
“A total of 626 companies had made appointments and brought their legal foreign workers for the registration so far,” he told reporters at a press conference here on Friday.
Alwi said another 114 companies had also made appointments to bring their legal foreign workers to various immigration offices in the country.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Amnesty programme only after all legal foreign workers in biometric system
Published: Thursday July 7, 2011 MYT 2:57:00 PM
Updated: Thursday July 7, 2011 MYT 3:00:24 PM
Amnesty programme only after all legal foreign workers in biometric system
By MAZWIN NIK ANIS
PUTRAJAYA: The Cabinet has decided that all the two million legal foreign workers be registered and included in the biometric system before starting on a similar exercise for the illegal ones, said Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
The Deputy Prime Minister said the Cabinet felt this should be done first, especially when there was information that unscrupulous people were trying to make quick cash from the Government's intention to register illegal foreign workers in the country.
He said the Government was informed that certain parties, upon hearing that the Government wanted to register illegal workers, had planned to "turn the legal workers into illegals and make some money from this."
"The Cabinet has decided to push back the timeline to register illegal foreign workers and concentrate on putting the legal ones into the biometric system first.
"The employers will be tasked to come out and register their workers and details of this exercise, including its commencement date will be announced by the Home Ministry," he told reporters Thursday.
Muhyiddin said he had agreed to the ministry's request for some time to register the existing pool of foreign workers the market.
He said even though they have valid work permits, these workers must be in the biometric system so that their movement "especially from one work place to another", could be closely monitored.
The Star reported that the programme to legalise and grant amnesty to an estimated two million illegals in the country - scheduled to start on Monday - had been deferred so that the authorities have more time to prepare for the mammoth exercise.
On June 23, the Government announced a two-week legalisation and amnesty exercise - codenamed 6P - during which illegal foreign workers and their employers would be spared from legal action if they took part in the drive.
The 6P programme comprises registration, legalisation, amnesty, supervision, enforcement and deportation and was expected to take six months to complete.
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Updated: Thursday July 7, 2011 MYT 3:00:24 PM
Amnesty programme only after all legal foreign workers in biometric system
By MAZWIN NIK ANIS
PUTRAJAYA: The Cabinet has decided that all the two million legal foreign workers be registered and included in the biometric system before starting on a similar exercise for the illegal ones, said Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
The Deputy Prime Minister said the Cabinet felt this should be done first, especially when there was information that unscrupulous people were trying to make quick cash from the Government's intention to register illegal foreign workers in the country.
He said the Government was informed that certain parties, upon hearing that the Government wanted to register illegal workers, had planned to "turn the legal workers into illegals and make some money from this."
"The Cabinet has decided to push back the timeline to register illegal foreign workers and concentrate on putting the legal ones into the biometric system first.
"The employers will be tasked to come out and register their workers and details of this exercise, including its commencement date will be announced by the Home Ministry," he told reporters Thursday.
Muhyiddin said he had agreed to the ministry's request for some time to register the existing pool of foreign workers the market.
He said even though they have valid work permits, these workers must be in the biometric system so that their movement "especially from one work place to another", could be closely monitored.
The Star reported that the programme to legalise and grant amnesty to an estimated two million illegals in the country - scheduled to start on Monday - had been deferred so that the authorities have more time to prepare for the mammoth exercise.
On June 23, the Government announced a two-week legalisation and amnesty exercise - codenamed 6P - during which illegal foreign workers and their employers would be spared from legal action if they took part in the drive.
The 6P programme comprises registration, legalisation, amnesty, supervision, enforcement and deportation and was expected to take six months to complete.
Related Stories:
Amnesty for illegals put off by a week
Study amnesty further'
1,400 apply to become amnesty agents
6P programme starts on July 11
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