Acting rich: every household has a maid

Malaysian generally live in luxury: many own expensive cars,many own more than one car,and according to local newspaper there are 250,000 domestic helpers to assist them in their lifestyle. This figure represent only the maids that are legally registered with the immigration dept.

If you go to richer countries like Australia, US, UK or any European country, you either can't afford it or the govt will not allow the luxury of importing these kind of labours.

In three months time, it was reported, the Human Resource Ministry will set up training program to train locally source domestic helpers and put them in a more organised labour market. This is a long overdue measure and at the same time the govt must discourage the employment of foreign domestic help by Malaysians. This will save the country huge foreign exchange leakage and in the process help strenghten our economy. Malaysians themselves must change their lifestyle: live in houses that is easier to maintain, send kids to neighbourhood schools, organised better day care nurseries (perhaps employers and govt could collaborate on its establishment).

In three months time, it was reported, the Human Resource Ministry will set up training program to train locally source domestic helpers and put them in a more organised labour market. This is a long overdue measure and at the same time the govt must discourage the employment of foreign domestic help by Malaysians. This will save the country huge foreign exchange leakage and in the process help strenghten our economy. Malaysians themselves must change their lifestyle: live in houses that is easier to maintain, send kids to neighbourhood schools, organised better day care nurseries (perhaps employers and govt could collaborate on its establishment).
It is also time to slow down our construction driven economy so that we can get rid of many foreign construction workers. The govt plan introduction of prefab houses to reduce dependency on foreign labour is also a timely move.