Institute of Malaysian and International Studies

INSTITUTE OF MALAYSIAN AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

Expert-led workshop on Foreign Investment and Labour Standards in Malaysia, China and Japan

Institut Kajian Malaysia & Antarabangsa (IKMAS) dengan kerjasama Asia-Japan Research Institute and the Institute of International Relations and Area Studies, Ritsumeikan University, Jepun telah mengadakan satu bengkel tertutup (closed-door, expert-led workshop) bertajuk “Foreign Investment and Labour Standards in Malaysia, China and Japan” pada 26 Februari 2026 (Khamis). 
 
Bengkel yang diadakan di Bilik Latihan, Bangunan Tun Fatimah Hashim, Akademik-UKM Bangi ini diadakan bagi perluaskan lagi kefahaman terhadap impak pelaburan asing terhadap piawaian dan amalan perburuhan di Malaysia. 
 
Peserta bengkel tertutup ini terdiri daripada wakil Ritsumeikan University, Jepun; City University of Hong Kong, China; North-South Initiative (NSI); Indonesian Migrant Domestic Workers Association in Malaysia (PERTIMIG); Alliance of Chin Refugees in Malaysia (ACR) dan  Rohingya Society in Malaysia (RSM). Turut hadir adalah siswzah IKMAS.
 

The Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS), in collaboration with the Asia-Japan Research Institute and the Institute of International Relations and Area Studies, Ritsumeikan University, Japan, organised a closed-door, expert-led workshop titled “Foreign Investment and Labour Standards in Malaysia, China and Japan” on 26 February 2026 (Thursday).

The workshop, held at the Training Room, Tun Fatimah Hashim Building, Akademik UKM Bangi, aimed to exchange knowledge, practices and lived experiences pertaining to the impacts of foreign investment on labour standards and practices in Malaysia.

Participants included representatives from Ritsumeikan University, Japan; City University of Hong Kong, China; North-South Initiative (NSI); Indonesian Migrant Domestic Workers Association in Malaysia (PERTIMIG); Alliance of Chin Refugees in Malaysia (ACR); and Rohingya Society in Malaysia (RSM). IKMAS postgraduate students also attended.