Ex-prostitutes may work overseas

Wed, 15 Aug 2001, 00:00 WIB | Source: ANTARA

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: The local office of the
Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) has endorsed ex-prostitutes to
work overseas, as long as they are repentant.

"Many ex-prostitutes who have completed their vocational
training program with Budi Rini Social Rehabilitation Center have
no idea where to find employment," Hazmi Hamzar, secretary of
the West Nusa Tenggara MUI office, told Antara news agency.

The social rehabilitation center offers a three-year
vocational training program. Many of its participants have been
sent to work in the Middle East, South Korea and Singapore.

West Nusa Tenggara sends some 20,000 workers abroad every
year, making it one of Indonesia's biggest labor exporters. The
workers send home about Rp 300 billion a year.

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