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Sarawak premier: State govt to establish special committee to expedite issuance of work permits

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 Sarawak Premier Chief Minister mentioned the state government will rope in the plantation, manufacturing, and construction areas in building a committee to expedite the issuance of work permits to oversea workers. He said the the committee, under Deputy Minister of Labour, Immigration and Project Monitoring Datuk Gerawat Gala, will look into the procedures of work permit approval. “What is happening now is that it takes quite a bit of time to issue work permits because of bureaucracy as it involves the Immigration Department, Labour Department and the Sarawak State Secretary’s Office,” he said at the Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers’ Association (Sheda) annual dinner and award presentation last night. “We have established a common platform or data through the use of one app. The application for work permits can be processed through this app,” he told construction industry players.   He said it is only appropriate that the construction, manufacturing, and plantation sectors a