2010/02/01
GEORGE TOWN: The freeze on the supply of Indonesian maids to Malaysia is expected to be lifted this month.
Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam is hopeful a meeting with Indonesia this month will resolve the issue. He said Malaysians could hire Indonesian maids when their salary packages were finalised."Our aim is to reduce the salaries Malaysians have to pay for the maids.
We have held two meetings with them and hope to reach an amicable solution soon," Dr Subramaniam said.Indonesian maids account for 80 per cent of the 280,000 foreign domestic helpers in the country. They receive a salary of between RM500 and RM600 a month.Indonesia stopped the supply of maids to Malaysia in June last year in a move to obtain higher pay for them.
Subramaniam was speaking after attending the opening of the state MIC service centre at Jalan Datuk Keramat and the launch of the state MIC website here yesterday.
