Businesses need safety guarantee<\/p>\n
SURABAYA: East Javanese and South Korean businessmen
\nseparately called for better security guarantees for the their
\nbusiness activities here on Wednesday amid the rising number of
\nlabor demonstrations in the province.<\/p>\n
Leading a delegation of South Korean businessmen to a meeting
\nwith East Java Governor Imam Utomo, South Korean Ambassador Kim
\nJae-sup, voiced his concern over possible labor actions that
\ncould disrupt activities of South Korean partnerships in the
\nprovince.<\/p>\n
According to Kim, there were 40 Korean companies based in East
\nJava and about 700 Korean citizens who needed protection.<\/p>\n
\"We only ask the governor to maintain security while laborers
\nconduct demonstrations,\" Kim said to reporters.<\/p>\n
Separately, 15 East Javanese businessmen met with the governor
\nto voice the same concerns.<\/p>\n
Included in the group were president of Maspion Group Alim
\nMarkus whose company employs some 30,000 laborers, president of
\ncigarette company PT Gudang Garam Bintoro Tanjung who employs
\nabout 40,000 laborers, CEO of PT Bogasari Flour Mills Herman
\nDjuhar and East Java-based Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and
\nIndustry (Kadin) Erlangga Satriagung.<\/p>\n
Governor Imam Utomo admitted that labor issues had given him
\nquite a headache: \"We have imposed a standard regional minimum
\nwage for the laborers, but their demands do not seem to stop,\" he
\nsaid. (nur)<\/p>",
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