On February 15th, the government introduced an E-kad programme for illegal foreign workers with valid employers to register and legalise their employment. Listen to the debate between Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan, Executive Director of the Malaysian Employers Federation, who thinks this initiative will benefit the economy, and Abdul Halim Mansor, President of the Malaysian Trade Union Congress, who believes this programme harms Malaysian workers.

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Tags:  The Bigger Picture,  Live and Learn,  E-Kad,  Migrant Worker,  Foreign Worker,  Construction,  Illegal Worker,  Immigration,  Low Skilled,  Manual Labour