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BKK POST: Deadline extended for ex



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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