Residents demand employment

Residents demand employment

TANGERANG: Residents of Pakualan village, Serpong district,
Tangerang, where the proposed Plaza Serpong is under
construction, have asked the plaza management to allocate 60
percent of vacant jobs to local residents once it is in
operation, an official said on Friday.

Village chief Sulaeman said the demand was delivered by
residents who were still jobless. Most of them were senior high
school graduates, but some had university degrees.

"The management has been hiring many unskilled locals for the
construction of the plaza, but the village also has some educated
workers," he said, while citing that the villagers met the
requirement to fill positions for sanitary workers, parking
attendants, security officers and even managerial posts.

He revealed that the plaza management had agreed to hire local
residents during a recent meeting with the village officials and
residents.

"We hope the management will not renege on its promise and
therefore help reduce unemployment problems here," he said.--JP