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Comment: Domestic workers

Tough women: This file photo taken on Feb

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Thu, June 30, 2011 Published on Jun. 30, 2011 Published on 2011-06-30T08:00:00+07:00

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span class="caption">Tough women: This file photo taken on Feb. 23, 2009 shows a number of domestic workers waiting in a lobby at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Tangerang, Banten, for their departure to workplaces in Middle East countries.JP/Arief Suhardiman

We learned our lessons; let us punish all those concerned with sending unskilled workers.

Let us invest in short courses for our potential domestic workers abroad.

The Manpower and Transmigration Ministry shouldn’t allow workers without diplomas to work abroad.

These all show how poorly led our people are. Where have all those allocated funds gone?

Moeljono Adikoesoemo
Jakarta

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