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        "id": 1443711,
        "msgid": "laid-off-workers-look-abroad-1447893297",
        "date": "1999-04-14 00:00:00",
        "title": "Laid off workers look abroad",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Laid off workers look abroad SURABAYA: Hundreds of redundant workers across East Java have sought new jobs abroad in the past few months, an immigration official said here on Tuesday. \"Applications for passports have reached between 300 and 400 per day in the past few months, mostly coming from people who lost their jobs in the prolonged economic adversity,\" Suyono of the Surabaya immigration office said.",
        "content": "<p>Laid off workers look abroad<\/p>\n<p>SURABAYA: Hundreds of redundant workers across East Java have<br>\nsought new jobs abroad in the past few months, an immigration<br>\nofficial said here on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\"Applications for passports have reached between 300 and 400<br>\nper day in the past few months, mostly coming from people who<br>\nlost their jobs in the prolonged economic adversity,\" Suyono of<br>\nthe Surabaya immigration office said.<\/p>\n<p>Antara reported on Tuesday that many people were waiting at<br>\nthe immigration office an hour before it opened at 8 a.m. Most of<br>\nthem were youths seeking work in Middle East, Hong Kong, Malaysia<br>\nand Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>The news agency said the applicants were not put off by the<br>\nwhopping Rp 300,000 (US$34) demanded by the authorities for an<br>\napplication. This is almost triple the official rate of Rp<br>\n110,000.<\/p>\n<p>\"Working abroad will earn me between Rp 3 million and Rp 5<br>\nmillion per month. That's more than enough,\" Aruman, a migrant<br>\nworker hopeful from Sidoarjo, said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/laid-off-workers-look-abroad-1447893297",
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