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Title MANPOWER MINISTER AWAITS DECISION OVER CHINESE WORKERS
Media Name antaranews.com
Pub. Date 28 Januari 2020
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Jakarta - Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah is awaiting Health Minister Terawan Agus
Putranto's steps over the restrictions on the number of Chinese workers employed in
Indonesia amid the coronavirus outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

"I think we should follow government policy as a whole. Will it apply to foreign
workers or foreign nationals visiting Indonesia? We will follow the Health Ministry,"
Fauziyah said in the Presidential Palace compound in Jakarta Tuesday.

There has been no specific policy restricting the number of Chinese workers to be
employed in Indonesia, the minister said.

The policy needs to urgently respond to the outbreak of coronavirus which was first
detected in Wuhan, she said.

"No, (there has not been policy to that effect)," she added.

Based on statistical data, 32,209 Chinese workers were employed in Indonesia in
2018. Most of them were employed in projects and offices of multinational
companies from China.

Nearly 10 percent or 900 thousand of nine million Indonesian migrant workers
abroad are employed in China, several sources such as the World Bank and the
Central Statistics Agency (BPS) said. (INE) Related news: West Nusa Tenggara sets
up corona cisis center Related news: Transport minister emphasizes application of
preventive measures Related news: 93 Indonesians still living in isolated Wuhan.

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