51.   More than half the maids work for native families, which have been criticised by officials for their heavy reliance on foreign labour.

52.   Other Gulf states have ruled out taxes fearing they could scare off skilled foreign labour.

53.   Subcontractors hire illegal workers to avoid paying hefty levies imposed to prevent excessive reliance on foreign labour and encourage more automation and pre-fabrication at construction sites.

54.   Subcontractors hire illegal workers to avoid paying the hefty levies imposed to prevent excessive reliance on foreign labour and encourage more automation and pre-fabrication at construction sites.

55.   Taiwan may prevent new workers coming from Indonesia and Thailand next year if the two countries continue to reject pay cuts for foreign labour, an official said Friday.

56.   The campaigns include literacy and training programmes, incentives for native manpower and sacking of unskilled foreign labour.

57.   The new health ruling for foreign workers was decided on Thursday by a cabinet panel on foreign labour headed by deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim.