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| Sunday, 5 December 2004 |
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Korean jobs thrown wide open by Ananda Kannangara The Training Division of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment yesterday confirmed that 33 Sri Lankans, including two women will leave for Korea tomorrow, December 6. The women will be employed on a three-year contract with the approval of the Korean Government under its newly implemented Employment Providing Program for Expatriate Workers (EPPEW). Each worker will be paid a monthly salary equivalent to Sri Lankan Rs. 60,000 in addition to food and lodging. According to Korean labour laws, the workers will be compelled to renew their job contracts each year. Chairman, Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) Karunasena Hettiarachchi said that 158 workers have already left for Korea in four batches under the scheme. He said on receiving the job confirmation letters and visas from the Human Resource Development Service of Korea, the workers were given an 18-day vocational training in the fields of technical, lathe, electrical, farming and agriculture at three vocational training institutes in Pannipitiya, Bandaragama and Ratmalana. In addition they were also offered a special Korean Language course. 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, electrical and construction. He said under this program the Korean Government has granted nearly 8500 jobs for seven countries including Malaysia, India, Mongolia, Philippines, Nepal and Sri Lanka for the year ending December 31, 2004. A senior official of the South Korean Embassy in Sri Lanka said that a team of Korean labour officials had arrived in the Island few months ago to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Labour Minister Athauda Seneviratna, promising that number of jobs would be granted to Sri Lanka in the coming years. The workers will also be covered with an insurance policy, granted by the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation in addition to medical and welfare benefits, provided by the SLBFE. |
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