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BPS warns govt of foreign worker influx
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In a hurry: An expatriate wearing batik in observance of National Batik Day, runs to catch a train at Duku Atas train station in Jakarta. BPS recorded a 73.46 percent increase in foreign worker arrivals in January. (JP/P.J. Leo)
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he Central Statistics Agency (BPS) warned the government to anticipate an influx of foreign workers following a drastic increase in January.
BPS recorded the arrival of 25,238 foreign part-time employees, representing a 73.46 percent increase compared to December figures. There were 14,907 part-time foreign employee arrivals in January, 2015.
The part-time foreign employee, as defined by BPS, is a self-employed person staying in the country for a short period of time in order to provide services such as the installation of equipment, repair, consultancy, and so forth.
“The government needs to anticipate an influx. This is basic data that can be linked [to the implementation] of the ASEAN Economic Community,” BPS head Suryamin said on Tuesday.
Suryamin said his agency would cooperate with the Tourism Ministry and other related institutions in order to expand research in connection with the status of foreign workers living in Indonesia.
The agency did not mention the origin countries of the employees. “We still have no details about their nationalities. What we have is just the raw material,” he said. (sha/bbn)
