111,807 applications for foreign workers received

The Human Resources Ministry has received 111,807 applications for foreign workers since it was opened last Feb 15 until yesterday.

Minister M Saravanan (above) said of the total, 77,848 applications were for workers in the manufacturing sector, followed by plantation (13,119), service (10,611), construction (8,530) and agriculture (1,699).

“I do not deny that at the early stage when…