41.   The search for South Asian domestics came amid some loud thinking here over the need to lessen dependance on foreign labour.

42.   The Singapore labour ministry has been cracking down on illegal foreign labour, vowing to seek more jail sentences againt people who willfully employ such workers.

43.   The workers were protesting against the use of imported foreign labour when local unemployment rates were so high.

44.   The use of foreign labour could not be regarded as a solution to the labour crunch, Mahathir said.

45.   Trade unionists have repeatedly denounced the presence of cheap and illegal foreign labour in Lebanon, never daring to speak of Syrian workers.

46.   Malaysia is to tighten requirements for hiring foreign labour and will place Indonesian workers last on the list of desirable entrants after a violent riot, reports said Saturday.

47.   Malaysia has said it would tighten requirements for hiring foreign labour and place Indonesian workers last on the list of desirable entrants after the riot.

48.   Malaysia has since said it would tighten requirements for hiring foreign labour and place Indonesian workers last on the list of desirable entrants after the riot.

49.   Malaysia has since said it would tighten requirements for hiring foreign labour.

50.   Mohammed al-Badi said the Gulf country was planning to draw up a strategy to increase the number of native workers and ease reliance on foreign labour.