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The government is open to considering applications for foreign workers specifically for the oil palm plantation sector, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail at a lecture series in Shah Alam on Thursday (Jan 16).

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00:00Our country, especially the five economic sectors, agriculture, mining, building, health,
00:20we need foreign workers to come to our country at this moment.
00:30For oil drilling, for mining, for the construction sector, etc.
00:40If we don't need them, we will ask how many of our young people, Malay, Chinese, Indian,
00:46who are willing to tie the bricks, willing to become crane drivers, willing to plant oil palm trees in the fields.
00:53If we don't plant them, we will suffer tens of billions of pounds in losses.
01:00I must find a solution.
01:02From the point of governance, those who take care of the foundation, set the foundation.
01:07Now, how many of us?
01:09Now, we have closed it.
01:11Since 2019, there are no more foreign workers.
01:16We have closed it.
01:18Is there anyone else?
01:20Is there anyone new?
01:22No.
01:23There are those who say, open it to work in the fields.
01:28There are those who say, it's God's will.
01:30It's God's will, we can't do it.
01:32We will suffer losses in the fields.
01:34So, I said,
01:36ask the field company how much you need.
01:40Then, we will do the laying.
01:42The bricks will be laid.
01:45Then, the oil palm trees will be laid.
01:48Check it first, then we will divide it into sections and give it to them.
01:52There is no more.
01:53We have closed the other sectors.
01:56There is no more.
01:58To clarify,
02:02in the past,
02:04we had to stop the oil palm trees.
02:07You can do it.
02:09That is the history of Rajup Kedahasi,
02:11the most unpopular in the country.

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