Resettlers neglected

BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: At least 40 families resettled here from other provinces have been living in uncertainty in Banjar since the company which brought them failed to give them employment as promised.

The families have been in the Trans Liang Anggang resettlement site, about 25 kilometers north of here, since March this year. They were promised jobs in a small-scale industrial estate.

They are skilled workers brought in by a Jakarta-based company. About 60 workshops built in the resettlement site remain idle, Antara reported.

Yanci, one of the resettlers, said he was promised employment in a garment factory in Liang Anggang but the businessman who made the promise has never turned up. (pan)