Creating jobs to benefit RI<\/p>\n
With respect to your front page article on May 19 regarding
\nthe government's intensified push to find employment for
\nIndonesian workers abroad, it has always amazed me why the
\ngovernment has not made greater efforts to promote work for these
\npeople in Indonesia as opposed to abroad.<\/p>\n
Case in point: My parents are in their late 70s and could do
\nwith home help in the form of servants to assist them in their
\ndaily lives. Due to the cost of property in the United Kingdom,
\nthey are unable to afford to maintain the space required to house
\nany full-time help.<\/p>\n
So my question is: Why does the government not do more to
\nattract people like my parents to move to Indonesia to continue
\ntheir retirement in a \"help friendly\" environment? If my parents
\nmoved to Indonesia to live out the rest of their lives, they
\nwould most likely employ one driver, one cook, two cleaners, two
\nsecurity guards and a gardener, so seven people or more. And they
\nwould be contributing to the Indonesian economy by buying
\nhousing, paying PLN electricity and food bills, banking, paying
\nfor telephone services, doctors, shopping, etc.<\/p>\n
The point is that job creation and consequent wealth creation
\nwould be much greater for Indonesia if the jobs for Indonesians
\nwere to remain in country as opposed to being exported.<\/p>\n
ROBERT ESKAPA
\nPresident Director
\nIzzi Pizza
\nJakarta<\/p>",
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