15,058 people apply for jobs

DILI, East Timor: About 15,058 job seekers took the civil service test conducted in 13 regencies.

Sebastio Dias Ximenes, chief of the human resources agency of the provincial administration, said yesterday that the 15,058 people, included 13,126 high school graduates, 1,402 university graduates and 530 under-graduates, were competing for 2,000 positions.

He told Antara news agency that the provincial administration has positions for only 1,500 high school graduates and 500 university graduates this year.

According to Sebastio, local people will get priority. He said that only 15 percent of the positions are allocated to those coming from other provinces. (05)