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        "id": 1249387,
        "msgid": "batam-to-get-rp-25b-for-labor-training-1447893297",
        "date": "2002-01-08 00:00:00",
        "title": "Batam to get Rp 2.5b for labor training",
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        "source": "JP",
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        "summary": "Batam to get Rp 2.5b for labor training Fadli The Jakarta Post Batam The mayoralty of Batam in the province of Riau will receive Rp 2.5 billion in financial assistance from the central government to train unskilled workers, including members of the indigenous Malay community. Arifin, head of Batam's manpower and transmigration office, said here on Monday that the money, called the Guidance Fund for Workers' Skills (DPKK), was collected from fees paid yearly by expatriates working in the country.",
        "content": "<p>Batam to get Rp 2.5b for labor training<\/p>\n<p>Fadli<br>\nThe Jakarta Post<br>\nBatam<\/p>\n<p>The mayoralty of Batam in the province of Riau will receive Rp <br>\n2.5 billion in financial assistance from the central government <br>\nto train unskilled workers, including members of the indigenous <br>\nMalay community.<\/p>\n<p>Arifin, head of Batam's manpower and transmigration office, <br>\nsaid here on Monday that the money, called the Guidance Fund for <br>\nWorkers' Skills (DPKK), was collected from fees paid yearly by <br>\nexpatriates working in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The fund will be used to finance training programs for migrant <br>\njobseekers and jobless locals, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are the only municipality that has obtained the fund from <br>\nthe central government. The money is usually provided to the <br>\nprovinces,\" Arifin told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n<p>He said the fund was a response to his office's proposal <br>\nsubmitted to Jakarta for labor training funds. Under the <br>\nproposal, Arifin had designed 14 training programs, in which 60 <br>\npercent of the participants would be migrant jobseekers and 40 <br>\npercent would be jobless locals.<\/p>\n<p>Data shows that at least 2,055 foreigners working in Batam <br>\ncontribute a grand total of US$1,200 as part of their annual fees <br>\npaid to the local manpower and transmigration office.<\/p>\n<p>Arifin said the assistance fund for Batam would be reimbursed <br>\nby March at the latest. \"All technical requirements have been <br>\ncompleted and we are waiting for reimbursement.\"<\/p>\n<p>He said he hoped that the money would help improve the <br>\nvocational skills of local people, particularly the indigenous <br>\nMalay people.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of the Batam-based Indonesian Prosperity Trade Union <br>\n(SBSI) Yudi Kurnaen urged the administration to use the fund <br>\neffectively by gradually improving the skills of locals, so that <br>\nlocal workers would be able to compete with expatriates in the <br>\nfuture.<\/p>\n<p>\"We hope the DPKK money from the central government will <br>\nlessen the gap in skills among local workers,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Batam only received Rp 300 million in regular <br>\ntraining funds from the central government.<\/p>\n<p>Netty Herawaty, who heads the Batam branch of the All-<br>\nIndonesia Workers Union Federation (FSPSI), said the aid showed <br>\nJakarta's commitment to developing human resources among <br>\nindigenous people.<\/p>\n<p>\"The important point is not the amount of money, but the fact <br>\nthat Batam is the only city to receive the fund,\" she said.<\/p>\n<p>So far, Batam has only one labor training center, which is <br>\npoorly equipped, located in the Batu Aji area.<\/p>",
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