(Bernama) - The Indonesian government’s demand for RM800 minimum wage for housemaids cannot be implemented as Malaysia does not have a minimum wage structure.

Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S.Subramaniam said this was one of the main reasons why the memorandum of understanding between Malaysia and Indonesia could not be implemented.

“It is difficult to implement as Malaysia does not have a minimun wage structure. We feel that wages should be based on market forces.

“This has been our policy then and now,” he told reporters after opening a motivation and career training programme for Indian youths Saturday.

Subramaniam however agreed that trained Indonesia housemaids should be paid higher wages based on the skills possessed.

Malaysia and Indonesia are still discussing the wage issue at joint committee level led by the Home Ministry secretary-general.

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written by Surand85, August 10, 2010 09:35:02

right juzan, RM800 is high for a maids. but look the ability and the knowledge for the maids first.. Not all the maids must get RM800 wage if no knowledge difference with maids have knowledge.

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written by LimD, August 10, 2010 08:12:47

I totally agree with Juzan comment. Only hire maid when u can afford to pay their salary.

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written by lysa, August 10, 2010 08:12:44

I think nursery should be the best choice.....

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written by LimD, August 10, 2010 08:09:46

The wages should be based on the maids working performance and experience.

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written by LimD, August 10, 2010 08:08:39

I don't think its appropriate to pay RM800 for indon maids. Some maids tend to be lazy. I wouldn't want to pay RM800 to a lazy maid.

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written by Juzan, August 09, 2010 21:29:02

For me maid is for those who afford... so no money no talk, tak perlu berlagak nak orang gaji
Kalau memang tak dapat dielakkan, then thats a different story!!

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written by Juzan, August 09, 2010 21:19:00

But I hope both party can make a wise decision for benefit of all

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written by Juzan, August 09, 2010 21:13:43

Saya setuju gaji harus selari dengan skill individu tapi agak-agak lah juga. huhuhu RM800 tinggi ooo

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written by tanakwagu09, August 09, 2010 17:11:00

adakah rm800/bulan itu termasuk levi dan kos-kos lain seperti insuran etc.? jika rm800/bulan tidak termasuk kos-kos tambahan seperti levi, insuran, kos tambang dll., saya rasa permintaan tersebut adalah keterlaluan. saya rasa rakyat Malaysia hanya mampu memberikan lebih kurang rm400 - rm500/bulan. lebih baik, ibu-ibu yang bekerja berhenti kerja.....ada yang ada ijazah pun sanggup berhenti kerja sekarang ni dan cara penjagaan warga indonesia pun bukannya bagus sangat...lebih baik gaji tersebut bagi pada ibu-ibu tunggal. bukannya marah pada kerajaan indonesia tetapi permintaan tersebut sepatutnya berpada-pada dan tidak keterlaluan...gaji ijazah yang sediaada pun bukannya tinggi sangat. habis bulan lepas tolak ini itu, habis juga dan ditambah lagi dengan kos hidup yang tinggi..

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written by tanakwagu09, August 09, 2010 16:58:24

Tidak perlulah memberi peluang pekerjaan kepada wanita warga asing di negara ini. Rakyat di negara kita sangat memerlukan pelbagai peluang pekerjaan, tambahan peluang pekerjaan lain telah dimonopoli oleh warga asing.

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written by tanakwagu09, August 09, 2010 16:51:23

Lebih baik mengutamakan pekerja tempatan dengan membayar rm800 sebulan daripada mengaji pekerja asing sebagai pegasuh/pembantu rumah.

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written by Andykhai, August 09, 2010 01:25:18

if the govt want to implement a minimum wage, please make sure, priority be given to our Malaysians.
and i agree if we take the Malaysians to be a maids

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written by Surand85, August 09, 2010 01:14:34

discussion malaysia-Indonesia is the important. but, RM800 minimum is high for the maids if all support like living and eat and get RM800 salary. if like that, better if take malaysian worker to be a maids in they own country.

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written by sioponthan, August 09, 2010 00:49:39

If Malaysia has adopted this minimum wages, priority should be given to locals and those Indonesian who are really fit and have a valid travel document.

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written by Andykhai, August 09, 2010 00:20:06

i agree the wages based on the skills...

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written by popuri, August 08, 2010 21:58:06

Our own rakyat does not have minimum wage policy, if Indonesia does not like our policy, they can chose not to send their people over here. Anyway, judging the poor quality of the maids, it's better to do without.

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written by hellosunshine, August 07, 2010 22:14:49

Please tell the Indon gomen to practice what they preach. They should start implementing the law forcing employers to pay their own people the minimum wage in Rupiah equivalent to RM800 first, then come and demand Malaysia does the same. Otherwise, shut the f@&k up!!!

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written by storm62, August 07, 2010 10:12:55

How can?...some Malaysians are only earning less than RM750.00 a month and some are told to live with just RM5.80 a day by the Malaysian law makers....so how can we afford to give Indon maids RM800.00 a month?

So Indonesian Government, if you want RM800.00 a month for your maids here then just help us get rid of your Indon robbers here especially that Toyol and that Najis from Makassar, South Sulawesi and let Pakatan takeover this government then we can assure you that.

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written by Middle Path, August 07, 2010 10:02:32

Very little numbers are really here to work as maids.
Some are here to make employers a fool
Some comes here to attack the employers
Some train to have some nice time with employers
Some wants to be free with the guys that court them.

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written by kksam, August 07, 2010 09:12:14

actually it is good that Indonesia demanded RM800 for their citizen working as maids. a gov who cares for their people abroad, furthermore fight for a minimum wage for their citizen, can the Barisan Najis gov do the same for its rakyat? Another reason is that by giving a minimum of RM800 to Indonesian, it will also lowered the demand for foreign workers, and it might be a good way for locals to get a job easier with higher wages.

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written by Sandy, August 07, 2010 07:55:08

The Indon govt should ask themselves the quality of their maids. They suck to the core. Why should we give in to their demands.

We should get the maids from other countries. They are much better in so many ways.

RM 800 a month minimum wage? Do they worth RM 100 a month in the first place?

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