System to halve foreign labour
KUALA LUMPUR: The government expects to halve the construction sector's dependence on foreign labour when the Industrialised Building System (IBS) is fully adopted by 2010.
Works Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Zin Mohamed said the new system would reduce manual labour needs by up to 80 per cent and at the same time boost demand for skilled workers.
"There are 320,000 foreign workers with green cards but once we fully migrate to the IBS we are confident we can bring it down to at least 160,000," he said after the launch of the national IBS conference here yesterday.