The Human Resources Ministry will introduce a new system – an identity card by sector – to address the problem of foreign workers in the country who are reported to have switched to other sectors arbitrarily.

Human Resources Minister M Saravanan (above) said the high demand in the plantation sector, following the increase in oil palm prices, caused plantation owners to be willing to pay more, resulting in workers who switched to the sector.

“This has caused some workers to switch to the sector so now we are trying to resolve this...