Tangerang fears job-seekers influx<\/p>\n
Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang<\/p>\n
It is the time of year, as in previous years, that the Tangerang
\nregency and municipal administrations have to deal with the
\ninflux of would-be job seekers hailing from various regions in
\nJava and Sumatra.<\/p>\n
As home to some 3,000 industrial firms, Tangerang attracts
\nthousands of people wishing to work at the factories.<\/p>\n
\"Little do they know that many of the firms have closed down
\nand have dismissed their workers due to financial constraints. We
\ncurrently have 20,000 unemployed residents,\" head of Tangerang
\nregency Manpower Agency Apon Suryana said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
He argued that the problem continues because the city and the
\nregency has yet to set regulations to restrict job seekers from
\nentering Tangerang.<\/p>\n
Apon said that the administration had repeatedly called on
\nfactory workers, who returned to their hometowns for the Idul
\nFitri holidays, not to bring their unemployed relatives to
\nTangerang.<\/p>\n
\"But such calls have been unsuccessful ... We will always face
\ndifficulties in controlling newcomers, who mostly target
\nindustrial districts such as Pasar Kemis, Cikupa, Balaraja, and
\nJatiuwung,\" Apon said.<\/p>\n
Separately, head of the Tangerang municipal Manpower Agency,
\nAdang Turwana, said that many firms that produced textiles, shoes
\nand leather products had closed their businesses because their
\nbuyers had placed orders to Vietnam due to security issues.<\/p>\n
Nainggolan, a staff member of a cable industry in Cikupa,
\nconcurred with Adang, said that many industrial firms were closed
\ndown because currently they depended on limited orders from other
\nindustrial firms, such as producing raw materials for the textile
\nindustry.<\/p>",
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