20,000 people jobless in Pekalongan<\/p>\n
PEKALONGAN, Central Java: At least 20,000 people, or some 10
\npercent of the total population here, are now jobless due to
\nunfavorable economic conditions, an official has said.<\/p>\n
Sofyan Adnan, the head of Pekalongan municipality's manpower
\noffice, said on Wednesday that business in the municipality had
\nbeen slow since the economic crisis of 1997.<\/p>\n
Due to the poor business environment, firms in Pekalongan were
\nunable to absorb school and university graduates, he said.<\/p>\n
Several major textile and fish processing firms in the
\nmunicipality had laid off employees recently to avoid going
\nbankrupt, thus adding to the city's unemployment problem, he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Adnan hoped that people would not rely only on the government
\nand formal sector for work, but would instead embrace
\nentrepreneurship and create job opportunities for themselves and
\nothers.<\/p>\n
Data from the Central Statistics Agency shows that Pekalongan
\nhad a population of 263,190 population in 2001. -- Antara<\/p>",
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