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SOME 1.6 MILLION INDONESIANS EMPLOYED IN 43 COUNTRIES
Tasikmalaya, West Java, Dec 20 (ANTARA) - At least 1.6 million Indonesian formal workers are currently employed as domestic helpers and in other sectors in 43 countries, a manpower official said.
"There are many Indonesians working in foreign countries. But the number is still small," the chief of the National Agency for Indonesian Workers Placement and Protection (BNP2TKI), Moh Jumhur Hidayat. said here on Saturday.
Jumhur said the placement of workers in foreign countries was still small compared to that of the United States and European countries which had sent tens of millions of workers to foreign countries.
According to him, job opportunities in foreign countries was quite big. But many of the countries needed professional and skilled workers.
He took as an example Kuwait which had employed around three million foreign workers, while its population was only 800,000.
With many job opportunities available in foreign countries, Indonesia should prepare the workers to be employed in foreign countries in the future, he said.
However, he did not recommend the Indonesian job seekers to work as domestic helpers, but to work in various industrial sectors such as oil or big industries in need of skilled and professional workers.
The number of Indonesians working in foreign countries as domestic helpers was only 10 percent, while the rest were employed as skilled workers in the industrial sector, hospitals or at senior citizens' homes.
He further added that Japan, for example, needed 600,000 workers to be employed in senior citizens' homes, while Indonesia could only send around 1000 workers to that country.
Jumhur saw that many job opportunities in foreign countries offering a salary of about Rp12 million to be employed in senior citizen homes.
"Our step now is how to prepare more workers to be sent abroad for employment," he said.
"There are many Indonesians working in foreign countries. But the number is still small," the chief of the National Agency for Indonesian Workers Placement and Protection (BNP2TKI), Moh Jumhur Hidayat. said here on Saturday.
Jumhur said the placement of workers in foreign countries was still small compared to that of the United States and European countries which had sent tens of millions of workers to foreign countries.
According to him, job opportunities in foreign countries was quite big. But many of the countries needed professional and skilled workers.
He took as an example Kuwait which had employed around three million foreign workers, while its population was only 800,000.
With many job opportunities available in foreign countries, Indonesia should prepare the workers to be employed in foreign countries in the future, he said.
However, he did not recommend the Indonesian job seekers to work as domestic helpers, but to work in various industrial sectors such as oil or big industries in need of skilled and professional workers.
The number of Indonesians working in foreign countries as domestic helpers was only 10 percent, while the rest were employed as skilled workers in the industrial sector, hospitals or at senior citizens' homes.
He further added that Japan, for example, needed 600,000 workers to be employed in senior citizens' homes, while Indonesia could only send around 1000 workers to that country.
Jumhur saw that many job opportunities in foreign countries offering a salary of about Rp12 million to be employed in senior citizen homes.
"Our step now is how to prepare more workers to be sent abroad for employment," he said.
