THE new cost structure for the hiring of Indonesia’s domestic workers in Malaysia will only be announced after both countries sign the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the matter next month. 

Deputy Human Resources Minister Awang Hashim said the government was not ruling out the possibility there could be a cost hike. 

“It may or may not increase, we will review it from time to time.”

“The RM7,800 cost structure stated before is based on the previous cost agreed to by the 9th Working Group in Sept 2013 under an MoU which expired in 2016,” he told reporters after a visit to the project site of the Pendang Hospital in Pendang.

Present were Kedah Public Works Department director Ibrahim Ahmad and State Health director Dr Othman Warijo.

Awang who is also Pendang MP, said construction of the new Pendang Hospital, located in Kampung Banggol Pauh, is 95% complete.

He said once operational, the hospital will be able to provide medical services to over 100,000 residents from the district and its surrounding areas. – Bernama, March 27, 2022.