The issue of recruiting foreign workers to Malaysia from three countries including Bangladesh, is expected to be resolved soon, said the country's Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M Saravanan.

He said the final process which included technical matters, recruitment procedures and the signing of memoranda between the agencies or parties of all countries involved, was being refined.

He said this while talking to reporters following a programme in Tapah.

Elaborating further, Saravanan said so far, the ministry had received over 200,000 online applications for foreign workers from Bangladesh, Indonesia and Cambodia for various sectors.

"The process involving workers from Bangladesh has been completed," he said.

"The recruitment of workers from Indonesia involves procedures between the Ministry of Manpower and a related agency in the neighbouring country.

"The only one thing that I have not done finalising is Malaysia's agreement with Cambodia to bring in Muslim maids," he also added.

It was reported that the lack of workers is causing many Malaysian businesses, including restaurants, from operating 24 hours despite being able to do so after the country entered the transition to the endemic phase.

In this regard, the Malaysian Human Resources Ministry decided to make some changes in terms of the implementation of the recruitment of foreign workers for employers, including quarantine, standard operating procedures, quarters, training, labour rights and others.

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