Batam Needs Thousands of Workers
TEMPO Interactive, Batam: Companies in Batam need thousands of workers as the area including Batam, Bintan, and Karimun has been named as a free trade zone.
Former Chairman of the Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) for the Riau Islands, Abidin Hasibuan, said yesterday (15/10) that currently entrepreneurs who are members of Apindo in Batam needed 36,000 workers.
It is predicted that Batam will need 80,000 workers by 2010.
Head of the Batam Manpower Department, Rudi Sakyakirti, confirmed that many industries in Batam need more workers.
He also mentioned that 18,499 people in Batam were still unemployed. The job fair in Batam on October 13-15 absorbed 5,000 workers.
RUMBADI DALLE
Former Chairman of the Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) for the Riau Islands, Abidin Hasibuan, said yesterday (15/10) that currently entrepreneurs who are members of Apindo in Batam needed 36,000 workers.
It is predicted that Batam will need 80,000 workers by 2010.
Head of the Batam Manpower Department, Rudi Sakyakirti, confirmed that many industries in Batam need more workers.
He also mentioned that 18,499 people in Batam were still unemployed. The job fair in Batam on October 13-15 absorbed 5,000 workers.
RUMBADI DALLE