Jobs to be given to Acehnese first: Mayor<\/p>\n
Fadli and Ridwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh<\/p>\n
Future reconstruction efforts in Aceh, involving many local and
\nforeign agencies and requiring millions of workers, should
\nprioritize Acehnese people, particularly those affected by the
\ndisaster, local officials say.<\/p>\n
Banda Aceh Mayor Mawardy Nurdin and Aceh Besar Regent Rusli
\nMuhammad said here on Monday that the Dec. 26 earthquake and
\ntsunamis, which devastated the province and a small part of North
\nSumatra, have left hundreds of thousands of Acehnese people
\nunemployed.<\/p>\n
They said that the Aceh provincial administration had
\nimplemented a labor policy that gives priority to displaced
\nAcehnese people in all jobs related to the rehabilitation
\nprojects.<\/p>\n
Mawardy acknowledged the crucial role of outsiders during the
\nemergency period, which saw foreign military troops and
\nvolunteers, and Indonesian volunteers carrying out humanitarian
\nrelief work.<\/p>\n
\"But, now, the mourning and emergency period is over. Most
\nsurvivors have begun to wake up from their deep shock to resume
\ntheir daily activities. Almost all survivors have been left
\njobless because they have lost their houses and businesses.<\/p>\n
\"We are making an inventory of survivors left without jobs due
\nto the tsunami and the conditions created by it. The unemployed
\nwill be channeled to all companies and agencies involved in all
\nreconstruction projects in the province,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Rusli said that in line with the departure of foreign military
\nforces to their home countries, volunteers would be sent back to
\ntheir hometowns in time, to allow the government, local
\nauthorities and international agencies to carry out
\nreconstruction work.<\/p>\n
He said the four state-owned enterprises appointed to
\nconstruct the 800 barracks for displaced persons had been asked
\nto employ displaced people to empower them and help them recover
\nfrom the shock of the tragedy.<\/p>\n
\"The local manpower and transmigration office is still
\nenlisting prospective workers from the refugees to be channeled
\nto international and UN agencies involved in reconstruction
\nefforts in the province,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He added that state enterprises, non-governmental
\norganizations and foreign agencies were allowed to recruit
\noutsiders in the reconstruction work as long as they are
\nprofessionals not found in Aceh.<\/p>\n
A number of foreign agencies and NGOs such as USAID, the World
\nFood Program (WFP) and Save the Children have recruited Acehnese
\npeople as local staff members to support their operation during
\nthe emergency period.<\/p>\n
United Nations headquarters in New York recently revealed its
\nplan to create around 500,000 jobs during its operation in the
\nprovince.<\/p>\n
Mawardy also confirmed that the Malaysian and Thai governments
\nhad committed to participating in the rehabilitation of Banda
\nAceh.<\/p>\n
\"The Malaysian government will help make a new design of the
\ncity with Islamic nuances while the Thai government will help
\nsupervise the development of quake-proof buildings,\" he said,
\nciting that the development of the blueprint for the new city
\nplan was ongoing.<\/p>",
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