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Korean jobs: First batch flies next month by Ananda Kannangara The Training Division of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE), Nawala on Friday confirmed that the first batch of 250 Sri Lankans, including six females will leave for employment in South Korea during the first week of next month. The jobs were offered by the South Korean government under its newly implemented Employment Providing Program for Expatriate Workers (EPPEW). The job confirmation letters and the visas of selected workers were received by the Bureau from the Human Resource Development Service of Korea. Accordingly, the SLBFE has commenced a three-week indoor and outdoor training program for workers at a special training institution, located at Pannipitiya under the supervision of the National Institute of Technical Education. SLBFE Chairman, Karunasena Hettiarachchi said that the batch was selected by the Korean authorities through a specially installed data base after a careful study of the experience, gained by the applicants on various fields. The jobs are available in the fields of textile, agriculture and hotel and construction. Hettiarachchi added that the Korean Government has offered around 8,500 jobs for people from seven countries including Malaysia, India, Mongolia, Philippines, Nepal and Sri Lanka for the year ending December 31, 2004. Sri Lanka was granted nearly 4,000 jobs following a request made by Labour Relations and Foreign Employment Minister Athauda Seneviratna during his recent visit to South Korea. He said that out of the 23,100 applications, 5,000 selected applicants will be entered into the Bureau data base to enable South Korean labour officials to select suitable applicants in the future. "The workers will proceed to Korea in batches", he said. He said each employee would receive a monthly salary equivalent to Sri Lankan Rs. 80,000 in addition to food and lodging which will be provided by the employers. Counsellor, South Korean Embassy in Sri Lanka G.W. Aehn said that a team of Korean officials had arrived last month to sign an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Lankan Labour Ministry. The workers will also be covered with an insurance policy, granted by the Sri Lanka Insurance in addition to medical and welfare benefits, provided by the SLBFE. |
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