Resettlers neglected

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)