Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Governor of Central Java Pranowo reward ask the government to be open regarding the use of foreign workers (TKA) if you do not want to be the months of the opposite party.
According to Ganjar, there is nothing to cover up. The public deserves complete information regarding the use of foreign workers in the country.
“When it comes to foreign workers, the social, communication, and political factors, in my opinion, must be addressed.disclose, must be open. If you want to enter this, what do you want to enter? The public must be given a good explanation with a good narration because otherwise it will become a month for months,” he explained at the 2021 Investor Daily Summit discussion, Tuesday (13/7).
Seeing his experience in overseeing investment in industrial areas in Central Java, Ganjar said, investors usually bring technology as well as workers to Indonesia.
Even so, he claimed that the workers who were allowed to enter were workers with certain skills that local workers could not afford. In fact, Ganjar said that he was ready to disclose data on the use of foreign workers if necessary.
“Me firm really facing this problem, because we have the data and the data can be used by us share (open),” he said.
The use of foreign workers is often in the public spotlight. One incident that had become a concern was the arrival of Chinese foreign workers to Bantaeng, South Sulawesi on Saturday (3/7) night.
The arrival of the 20 foreign workers invited criticism in the midst of the Emergency PPKM policy due to the surge in domestic Covid-19 cases.
The Chinese TKA company, namely PT Huadi Nickel Alloy, reasoned that their arrival was to accelerate the construction of a smelter plant which will operate in November 2021.
Head of the Health Handling Division of the Covid-19 Task Force (Satgas) Alexander K Ginting said the 20 foreign workers from China were workers in the essential industrial sector. Other considerations are financial factors, diplomacy, and emergencies.
(wel/one)
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