Rp 1t allocated for labor projects<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Manpower has allocated almost Rp
\n1 trillion (US$125 million) to employ jobless people in labor
\nintensive programs in all 27 provinces.<\/p>\n
Minister of Manpower Theo L. Sambuaga said here yesterday that
\nthe funds, taken from the 1998\/1999 state budget, would be used
\nto finance projects focused on alleviating the impact of drought
\nand unemployment in urban and rural areas, and another to address
\nthe dismissal of skilled workers in 18 provinces.<\/p>\n
\"About Rp 598 billion is being allocated to employ about
\n116,000 unskilled workers every day in labor-intensive projects
\nin 215 regencies and mayoralties, while the remaining Rp 399
\nbillion has been allocated to employ about 65,000 skilled workers
\nevery day in various jobs,\" he said.<\/p>\n
With the projects, about 181,000 job opportunities will be
\nopen every day for jobless people in all the provinces, he said.<\/p>\n
Theo said unskilled workers who were unemployed because of the
\nprolonged drought would be employed in numerous projects such as
\nthe upgrading of traditional markets, constructing irrigation
\nsystems, road development and in agribusiness.<\/p>\n
\"Skilled workers, dismissed because of the monetary crisis,
\nwill be employed as consultants and administrative staff in rural
\ncooperatives and small-scale enterprises,\" he said. (rms)<\/p>",
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