Govt introduces workers export quota<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The government effective Jan. 1 will enforce a
\nquota system on the number of persons a manpower supplier company
\ncan send as part of its scheme to phase out the sending of
\nunskilled workers.<\/p>\n
Minister of Manpower Abdul Latief told reporters that the
\nministerial decree regulating the quota has already been signed
\nand approved by President Soeharto.<\/p>\n
He said under the quota system, at least export 20 percent of
\nthe total workers sent abroad must be skilled workers.<\/p>\n
This means that if a company pledges to send 100 skilled
\nworkers in 1995, it could send 400 unskilled workers.<\/p>\n
In 1996, the proportion of skilled workers will be raised to
\n40 percent. "Eventually, only skilled workers are allowed to seek
\njobs overseas," he said yesterday after briefing President
\nSoeharto about his action.<\/p>\n
The decree sets the minimum monthly salary for each skilled
\nworker at US$400, he said.<\/p>\n
He called on manpower suppliers to cooperate with vocational
\ntraining centers both at home and abroad to improve their
\nrecruits' skills.<\/p>\n
Indonesia, with population of 190 million people, is a major
\nmanpower supplier to Malaysia and Middle East countries. The
\ngovernment has been under pressure to stop sending unskilled
\nlaborers abroad to shed its derogatory image as a "maid
\nexporter".<\/p>\n
Latief said that the government had taken action against
\ndelinquent manpower suppliers widely believed to have been
\nresponsible for many of labor export problems.<\/p>\n
Of the 300 registered manpower supply companies, only about
\n130 currently operates, he said. "The rest have failed to re-
\nregister and many turned out to be non-existent," he added.<\/p>\n
Of those 130 still operating, only 92 can meet the
\ngovernment's requirements, he said. The remaining will be given a
\ngrace period and will be dropped from the list if they fail to
\nmeet the requirements, he added. (pan)<\/p>",
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