Batam jobs only for single women

Batam jobs only for single women

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: The provincial government will send 600 young, unmarried female job seekers to work with companies on rapidly growing Batam Island this year.

To achieve the target, the local government has decided to dispatch 100 job seekers this month, chief of the local office of manpower Sukirno said yesterday.

Sukirno said the job opportunities were closed to widows and divorcees on the grounds that they might tell the young unmarried women about their marital experiences, "which could have a negative impact".

The job seekers are required to participate in vocational training courses in western Lombok before going to Batam. Among the companies planning to employ the women are PT Vatra Battery, a Singaporean electronics firm, and PT Simano, a Japanese bicycle assembling plant.

The workers will be accommodated in dormitories, he said as quoted by Antara. (pan)