Workers find jobs in West Malaysia

Workers find jobs in West Malaysia

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Labor export company PT Indosima
Mahkota Indah has received an order from West Malaysia for at
least 4,000 Indonesian workers from West Nusa Tenggara province.

"Since June, we have already sent 2,000 workers to West
Malaysia," head of the company's office here, I Putu Ersan
Sugiartha, said yesterday.

The workers, mostly from Lombok island, have been given two-
year contracts to work on oil palm estates, he said, adding that
there was a preference for workers from Lombok in West Malaysia
because they were considered to be hardworking, tough and
undemanding.

Antara reported that the workers would be paid a daily rate of
15 Malaysian ringgit (US$3.5) during a three-month probation
period, which would later be raised to between 50 and 75
Malaysian ringgit a day.