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