High dependecy on foreign workers in Malaysian construction project

Many developed and developing countries are experiencing large and growing levels of international migration of labor. In this paper, high dependency on foreign workers in Malaysian construction project will be highlighted. However, dependency on foreign workers is not a new phenomenon in Malaysian industry. Malaysia has depends on foreign workers since the British colony. Most of the factors Malaysian construction project highly dependence on foreign labour because of their availability in construction industry. The aim of this research is to identify high dependency on foreign workers in Malaysia construction project. Furthermore, in this study have found too much intake on foreign labour in Malaysian construction project can bring negative impacts to local workers. As such, in this paper have highlighted new important method that can reduce dependency on foreign workers in Malaysian construction project. The method used was survey to contractor companies grade 7 who are registered with CIDB in order to achieve their perspective towards high dependency on foreign workers in Malaysian construction project. 70 contractor companies have been selected to participate in this research. However, only 55 feedbacks were received from respondents, resulting in a response rate of 79%. The data analysed by using SPSS version 26 to generate descriptive analysis.