ABOUT SIX PERCENT OF INDONESIAN WORKERS STILL FACING PROBLEMS

Jakarta, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration said about six percent of Indonesian workers (TKIs) are still facing problems in their workplaces.
"The problems they are facing include violence, naughty employers, unpaid salary and cheating at the airport," Director General for Manpower Supervision and Development I Gusti Made Arke said at Soekarno-Airport, Tangerang, Banten, on Thursday.
The government has therefore promised to settle the problems always faced by the Indonesian workers in cooperation with the relevant agencies. "If it is asked whether there are problems faced by the Indonesian workers, the answers is course there are. We are handling millions of workers, so that there must be a problem," he said.
He said he promised to take follow up steps in cooperation with the relevant agencies in order to reduce the number of problems befalling Indonesian workers.
In the meantime, at least 380 Indonesian migrant workers are reportedly facing repatriation in Kuwait. They are now placed at the Indonesian embassy. They are among Indonesian problematic workers in that country.
In order to help their repatriation, Moh Jumhur Hidayat, Head of National Workers Protection and Placement Overseas (BNP2TKI), flew to Kuwait to meet them.
Luckily, the Kuwait Union of Domestic Labor Office (KUODLO) has promised to help repatriate about 380 problematic Indonesian workers now being placed at the Indonesian Embassy.
KUODLO chairman Fadel Mohammed Al Sharaf said it was ready to help. "We are ready to provide assistance," Al Sharaf said in a meeting with Jumhur in Kuwait early this week.
In Malaysia about 300 thousands Indonesian migrant workers will likely lose jobs. According to Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia Dai Bachtiar, about 300 thousand Indonesian workers (TKIs) would likely face layoffs due to the on-going global economic recession. ***4***