Govt to run labor intensive program

Govt to run labor intensive program

JAKARTA: Fighting chronic unemployment, the government will
run a labor intensive employment program next month.

The program will be implemented in 40 regencies in Central,
West and East Java provinces, said Kirnadi, director general for
domestic job placement at the Ministry of Manpower and
Transmigration, on Tuesday.

He said the program was aimed at reducing the social impact of
unemployment and the current prolonged drought. Some 38 million
Indonesians are currently jobless.

Kirnadi said the government had earmarked Rp 6 billion
(US$750,000) to finance the program. The labor intensive program
will include the repair of markets and roads. -- Antara