KUCHING, May 23 -- The Sarawak government has been urged to reduce red tape for the recruitment of foreign workers to help the business sector recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

In making this call, Chong Chieng Jen (DAP-Padungan) said he been told that the state government was adding on several additional red tapes to make the recruitment of foreign workers more difficult for employers.

"There are red tapes for the application of permit for foreign workers. In Sarawak, I was told that instead of helping to ease the procedures, the state government is adding on several additional red tapes to make the application process more difficult for employers to employ foreign workers.

"Some of them (employers) have to wait for months for the a...