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May 15, 2011 Indonesian maid influx expected in Malaysia Indonesian labour agents expect to despatch 1,000 domestic workers every month to Malaysia after the republic lifts the two-year moratorium. -- PHOTO: AP JAKARTA - INDONESIAN labour agents expect to despatch 1,000 domestic workers every month to Malaysia after the republic lifts the two-year moratorium. Association of Indonesian Labour Exporters chairman Yunus Yamani said recruitment agencies had been training workers over the past two months in anticipation of the lifting of the ban. He said many Indonesian maids still preferred to work in Malaysia due to language and cultural similarities. 'Some (workers) went to Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong and Taiwan but ended up returning to their villages to wait for the ban (on Malaysia to be lifted) or to find work nearer home. 'Before the ban, some 3,000 Indonesians entered Malaysia to work as domestic workers,' he told The Star in an interview. Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta have signed a Letter of Intent to give a new dimension to the employment of domestic workers in Malaysia and the two countries agreed on revised terms. -- THE STAR/ANN [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
