Young apprentices prepare for Japan

Young apprentices prepare for Japan

BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: Dozens of local youths will soon go to Lembang, West Java, for three months of training, which will include a Japanese language course, before leaving for Japan on an apprenticeship program.

Spokesman of the local office of the Ministry of Manpower Bahruddin Noor told Antara yesterday that the 28 youths are the first to join the program set up recently by the government in cooperation with several Japanese companies.

Most of the apprentices-to-be are local senior high school graduates. "Hopefully they will act as Oriental people do: be gentle, guard the image of the country, and be cooperative," Bahruddin said. (swe)