PETALING JAYA, March 30 (Bernama) -- The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) is still awaiting a response from the government on its request to defer the implementation of a double levy on foreign workers as announced in the recent mini-budget.

Its president, Datuk Mustafa Mansur said the implementation of the double levy would also put manufacturers in jeopardy.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) -- Malaysia and Bangladesh today reached an understanding to tighten legislation to ensure that Bangladeshi workers for the Malaysian manufacturing and plantation sectors are not recruited without the availability of jobs for them.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 (Bernama) -- The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) is urging the government to review the recent changes to the the foreign workers policy and defer their implementation until economic conditions in the country improve.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 (Bernama) -- Human Resource Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam will bring up to the Cabinet the issue of increase in levy on foreign workers faced by employers.

However, he said, the proposal to increase the levy did not come from his ministry, adding that the government had no intention of disrupting or forcing the closure of employers' operations by hiking the levy.