1,100 Pakistani workers arrive in Malaysia

12 May, 2005

Around 1,100 Pakistani workers have arrived in Malaysia, the first batch of an estimated 100,000 Pakistanis scheduled to stream into the country to fill a labour shortage caused by the departure and expulsion of Indonesian workers, a news report said on Wednesday. The New Straits Times daily said 1,100 Pakistanis have started working in the manufacturing sector and the rest will take up jobs in stages.

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