Unemployment in C. Java higher

SEMARANG: Mayor H. Soetrisno Suharto reported yesterday that the number of people unemployed in the provincial capital has reached more than 160,000.

The mayor said in a meeting here with local business representatives that 70 percent of the unemployed are high school and university graduates, most of whom are seeking employment in the private sector.

The rest, Soetrisno told Antara, are expected to apply for government jobs.

"If these people remain jobless they will become a social problem," he said. (16)