23 women apply as busway drivers

Tue, 01 Feb 2005, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: TransJakarta Busway Management said on Monday it had
received applications from 23 women hoping to be hired as busway
drivers.

"Two of the candidates are university graduates, seven
received associate degrees and the rest graduated from high
school," the management's head, Irzal Z. Djamal, said in a press
statement on Monday.

Irzal said he hoped the new recruits would represent the
busway as well as the current drivers.

He said the candidates had diverse backgrounds, including
driving trucks and taxis.

The management plans to hire 15 women to drive buses on the
busway route between Blok M in South Jakarta and Kota in West
Jakarta. They will earn a monthly salary of about Rp 2 million
(US$225), plus meals and housing. --JP.

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