01 October 2009
The Star
By A. LETCHUMANAN
PETALING JAYA: The Government will come out with a system to regulate part-time maids if there is a deadlock over the salary issue for maids from Indonesia, Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam said.
He said that the system would take into account salary as well as regulations to protect both the part-time maids and their employers.
Speaking to reporters after presenting certificates to graduates of the ministry's "train and place" programme here Wednesday night, he said the system would be introduced if Indonesia still insisted on a monthly salary of RM600 to RM800 for its maids.
"We will press for a reasonable salary and if there is no agreement, then we would have to think of alternatives, including a system to regulate part-time maids," he said.
Dr Subramaniam said another round of meetings between Malaysia and Indonesia next month is expected to discuss the cost to bring the maids here, as well as their salaries.
He said that employers can also source maids from seven other countries: Thailand, the Philippines, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Sri Lanka and India.
Dr Subramaniam said there were about 280,000 foreign maids in the country, with 90% of them from Indonesia because of their close proximity and similar religion and culture.
"Although the freeze in the recruitment of maids from Indonesia is in force, we are hopeful the situation can be resolved in the next Malaysian-Indonesia meeting," he said.
The Star
By A. LETCHUMANAN
PETALING JAYA: The Government will come out with a system to regulate part-time maids if there is a deadlock over the salary issue for maids from Indonesia, Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam said.
He said that the system would take into account salary as well as regulations to protect both the part-time maids and their employers.
Speaking to reporters after presenting certificates to graduates of the ministry's "train and place" programme here Wednesday night, he said the system would be introduced if Indonesia still insisted on a monthly salary of RM600 to RM800 for its maids.
"We will press for a reasonable salary and if there is no agreement, then we would have to think of alternatives, including a system to regulate part-time maids," he said.
Dr Subramaniam said another round of meetings between Malaysia and Indonesia next month is expected to discuss the cost to bring the maids here, as well as their salaries.
He said that employers can also source maids from seven other countries: Thailand, the Philippines, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Sri Lanka and India.
Dr Subramaniam said there were about 280,000 foreign maids in the country, with 90% of them from Indonesia because of their close proximity and similar religion and culture.
"Although the freeze in the recruitment of maids from Indonesia is in force, we are hopeful the situation can be resolved in the next Malaysian-Indonesia meeting," he said.
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