City to get 1,994 new employees

City to get 1,994 new employees

JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Home Affairs is allowing the municipal administration to employ all 1,994 applicants, who passed the civil servant examination two years ago.

City Secretary Harun Al Rasyid said yesterday that 200 of them will be accepted as permanent employees, while the remaining 1,794 will be employed under a contract basis.

The city administration decided to employ all of them to help strengthen the workforce at City Hall, Harun said.

The contract workers will have the first priority to become employees of the municipality as soon as there are permanent positions available, he said. (yns)