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BKK POST: Deadline extended for ex
- Subject: BKK POST: Deadline extended for ex
- From: suriya@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 00:14:00
April 30, 1998
EMPLOYMENT
Deadline extended
for expulsion of
illegal workers
30 days granted to study labour supply
The deadline for repatriation of foreigners working for rice mills,
quarries and rubber plantations will be extended from tomorrow
for another 30 days.
Deputy Prime Minister Bhichai Rattakul, who chairs a national
committee to solve foreign labour problems, said the panel had
agreed to give the Employment Department 30 more days after
May 1 to find if there was a shortage of labour in rice mills,
quarries and rubber plantations as stated by some entrepreneurs
before deciding whether to send foreign workers of these
workplaces back home.
The Chuan Leekpai administration has a policy to repatriate
about 300,000 foreign workers this year to find more jobs for
Thais and set May 1 as the deadline to send a number of them
back home.
According to Mr Bhichai, a total of 191,050 foreign workers
including 33,495 from the service sector, 8,399 from the
transport sector, 20,506 from the commercial sector, 19,995
from the garment industry, 46,773 from the food industry, 8,983
from heavy industry, 4,914 from the chemical industry, 10,539
from the wood-related industry, and 2,326 from the paper and
printing industry already went home.
Under the April 28 cabinet resolution, Burmese, Cambodian and
Laotian workers have been allowed to continue working in 13
border provinces but cannot stay overnight in Thailand.
These people can also seek Thai authorities' permission to work
for the fisheries industry and other related industries in 22
provinces for another year.
Some 40 representatives from the Rice Mills Association of
Thailand asked Mr Bhichai to ensure that concerned officials will
not take action against millers who continue to employ foreigners
after the May 1 deadline.
Meanwhile, director-general of the Employment Department
Som Supanakhon said the department was expected to reach a
conclusion on demands for foreign labour by rice mills, quarries,
rubber plantations and animal farms within two weeks.
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