Friday, August 05, 2011

Migrant Workers(Documented) 2010 - 1,817,817 from Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Burma...

Appreciation to Senator Ramakrishnan, who have send me recent statistics on migrant workers in Malaysia, that was obtained as a response to a Parliamentary question raised. The answer is in Bahasa Melayu - and the rough English Translations are mine.

Like Senator Rama, I do hope that other Members of Parliaments(MPs), Senators and State Assembly Persons will also share the information to the general public when they get it from the government through Parliamentary questions and other means. If it concerns human rights, workers and migrants, just send it to me at chef@tm.net.my and/or easytocall@yahoo.com, and I will certainly help make this information public by highlighting it in my blog, etc..

We still need to fight for all written questions and their answers to be made available to the public on the Parliamentary Website - now it is not, and this is an improvement we should have towards greater transparency and accountability. Too many answers given by the government to elected people's reps end up in files - and the information just do not reach the public. Use your blogs MPs, Senators, ADUN - sent it out to people who will get it out to the public... Pakatan Rakyat can also compile and publish all written questions and answers...


PEMBERITAHUAN PERTANYAAN DEWAN NEGARA SESI JULAI 2011
 Notice of Question in the Malaysian Senate's session July 2011

PERTANYAAN        : BERTULIS
Question                 : Written

DARIPADA               : Y.B. SENATOR DR. S. RAMAKRISHNAN
 From

Soalan/Question

Dr. S. Ramakrishnan minta MENTERI DALAM NEGERI menyatakan:
Dr S. Ramakrishnan asks the Home Minister to state:-

(a)         statistik pekerja asing mengikut negara asal mereka dan sektor pekerjaan kerana terdapat pendatang asing ini yang menyalahgunakan pas pelajar dan pas lawatan sosial dengan melakukan pekerjaan yang tidak bermoral seperti pelacur dan pengemis; dan
          statistics of migrant workers according to their country of origin and sector of work as there are foreign migrants that abuse their student passes and social visit passes by doing immoral work like prostitutes and beggars, and

(b)        apakah tindakan kerajaan untuk membanteras perniagaan secara haram yang dilakukan oleh pendatang asing ini di negara kita.
what is the government action to curb illegal businesses done by foreign migrant in our country

Jawapan
Answer
Saya mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Yang Berhormat Senator di atas soalan yang dikemukakan.
I wish to thank the Senator for the question that has been submitted
Mengikut statistik daripada Jabatan Imegresen Malaysia, bermula dari 1 Januari 2010 sehingga 31 Disember 2010, terdapat seramai1,817,817 warganegara asing yang memegang Pas Lawatan Kerja Sementara (PLKS) yang aktif.
According to the statistics obtained by the Malaysian Immigration Department, begining 1 January 2010 until 31 December 2010, there are 1,817,817 foreign nationals that are holding Social Visit (Temporary Employment) Passes that are active.

Warganegara asing hanya dibenarkan bekerja dalam enam (6) sektor seperti berikut:
Foreign nationals are only permitted to work in six(6) sectors as follows:
i.               Pembantu rumah [Domestic Worker]
ii.             Pembinaan [Construction]
iii.           Pembuatan [Manufacturing]
iv.          Perkhidmatan [Services]
v.            Perladangan [Plantations]
vi.          Pertanian [Agriculture]

Lima buah negara sumber yang mempunyai pekerja asing paling ramai di Malaysia dari 1 Januari 2010 sehingga 31 Disember 2010 adalah seperti berikut:
Five(5) source countried that have the most number of migrant workers in Malaysia as from 1 January 2010 until 31 December 2010 are as follows:-

            Negara
Sektor
INDONESIA
BANGLADESH
NEPAL
MYANMAR
INDIA
Pembantu rumah
189,391
64
63
114
497
Pembinaan
151,333
50,303
3,050
12,221
3,488
Pembuatan
127,127
144,332
209,446
116,478
7,982
Perkhidmatan
28,587
22,002
26,502
19,368
38,648
Perladangan
214,594
20,480
2,032
3,462
16,954
Pertanian
81,777
82,294
10,323
8,861
27,543
Jumlah
792,809
319,475
251,416
160,504
95,112

 
 English table
            Country Sector
INDONESIA
BANGLADESH
NEPAL
MYANMAR
INDIA
Domestic Workers
89,391
64
63
114
497
Construction
151,333
50,303
3,050
12,221
3,488
Manufacturing
127,127
144,332
209,446
116,478
7,982
Services
28,587
22,002
26,502
19,368
38,648
Plantations
214,594
20,480
2,032
3,462
16,954
Agriculture
81,777
82,294
10,323
8,861
27,543
Total
792,809
319,475
251,416
160,504
95,112

Berhubung dengan tindakan untuk membanteras perniagaan secara haram oleh pendatang asing di negara kita, perkara ini adalah di bawah bidang kuasa Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan yang mengeluarkan lesen untuk sesuatu perniagaan.
With regard the actions to curb illegal businesses by foreign migrants in our country, this is under the jurisdiction of the Housing and Local Government Ministry that issues licences for a particular business.

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