Home minister cites 3.5 million foreigners as reason to stop automatic citizenship for permanent residents’ kids, insists won’t make them stateless
Its deputy minister, Liew Chin Tong, quoted the quarterly statistical report issued by the Malaysian Bureau of Labour Statistics, Department of Statistics Malaysia , which reported 49,500 vacancies for high-skilled positions in the manufacturing sector in the second quarter of 2023 . “Looking at this data, the production of graduates in Malaysia can be considered sufficient to meet the demand from industries.“However, most of them choose to work abroad due to better salary offers and working environments or engage in the gig economy,” he said.