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Malaysia welcomes maids from Timor Leste
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Operators of maid agencies in Malaysia feel their services are still needed for smooth recruitment and orientation of foreign helpers. (EPA via The Star/-)
Agencies and employers are viewing with optimism Timor Leste’s proposal to send domestic helpers to Malaysia.
With the supply of maids from Indonesia, Cambodia, the Philippines and other source countries remaining scarce, some hoped the Government would look into allowing a new source for maids.
Malaysian Association of Foreign Maid Agencies (Papa) president Jeffrey Foo said Malaysia should look into the possibility of opening up the market for Timor Leste maids.
He was asked to comment on the report that Timor Leste was prepared to send its women to work as domestic maids in Malaysia if Indonesia stopped doing so.
Timor Leste’s ambassador to Malaysia, Jose Antonio Amorim Dias, said the republic could provide up to 50,000 people, to be sent in stages, to Malaysia to work as domestic maids.
Malaysian Association of Foreign Maid Agencies said there were about 300,000 registered domestic maids six or seven years ago and 80 percent of them were Indonesians.
This has dropped to less than 200,000, of which 50,000 came from Indonesia.
