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- Subject: Bkk Post -Plan to train Thai worker
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- Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 06:40:00
Subject: Bkk Post -Plan to train Thai workers backfires
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Bangkok post - jan 08, 20000
THAI-BURMESE RELATIONS
Plan to train Thai workers backfires
Wut told aliens too difficult to replace
Supamart Kasem
The plan to train Thai workers to replace illegal Burmese factory =
labour has failed, Labour Minister Wut Sukosol was told yesterday.
About 80% of the locals who applied for jobs resigned before they =
finished training, Suchart Visuwan, president of the Tak Industrial =
Council, said.
Many of those who completed the course and began work quit within =
two or three weeks, complaining about the hard work even though they =
were paid full wages and overtime pay.
The minister was told about 30 factories had closed down since =
last August when the government began pushing illegal migrants back to =
Burma in order to make room for the unemployed Thais.
Some operators had moved their machinery to Bangkok or other =
provinces far from the border and set up business by once again hiring =
illegal foreign workers.
Panithi Tangpati, president of the Tak Chamber of Commerce, =
estimated losses to the local industrial sector stood at around four =
billion baht.
In the agricultural sector, the damage was around one billion =
baht, he said. Huge crops of vegetables, roses and other products had =
been left to rot because there were no labourers to work the fields.
Mr Panithi said the private sector in the province agreed in =
principle with the government's policy to repatriate illegal Burmese =
workers. However, the government should allow some leeway so businesses =
could hire Burmese workers as well as local labour at a ratio to be =
worked out.
The Burmese could be issued border passes so they could cross into =
Thailand each day to work and return home at night.
He understood the Burmese authorities tended to favour the border =
pass arrangement.
The labour minister said the government's concern about the =
security threat posed by the large presence of illegal workers from =
Burma was justified but sympathised with local businesses and promised =
to raise their problems with the cabinet.
An estimated one million illegal migrants from Burma worked in =
Thailand before the forced repatriation began, including about 30,000 in =
Tak alone as either farm hands or garment factory workers. Only about =
100,000 were officially allowed to remain, working in 18 categories of =
business in 37 provinces.
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<P><FONT color=3D#000000><!--BYLINE--><B><FONT size=3D3>Supamart=20
Kasem</FONT></B><BR>
<P><FONT size=3D+2><B>T</B></FONT>he plan to train Thai workers to =
replace=20
illegal Burmese factory labour has failed, Labour Minister Wut =
Sukosol was=20
told yesterday.</P>
<P>About 80% of the locals who applied for jobs resigned before =
they=20
finished training, Suchart Visuwan, president of the Tak =
Industrial=20
Council, said.</P>
<P>Many of those who completed the course and began work quit =
within two=20
or three weeks, complaining about the hard work even though they =
were paid=20
full wages and overtime pay.</P>
<P>The minister was told about 30 factories had closed down since =
last=20
August when the government began pushing illegal migrants back to =
Burma in=20
order to make room for the unemployed Thais.</P>
<P>Some operators had moved their machinery to Bangkok or other =
provinces=20
far from the border and set up business by once again hiring =
illegal=20
foreign workers.</P>
<P>Panithi Tangpati, president of the Tak Chamber of Commerce, =
estimated=20
losses to the local industrial sector stood at around four billion =
baht.</P>
<P>In the agricultural sector, the damage was around one billion =
baht, he=20
said. Huge crops of vegetables, roses and other products had been =
left to=20
rot because there were no labourers to work the fields.</P>
<P>Mr Panithi said the private sector in the province agreed in =
principle=20
with the government's policy to repatriate illegal Burmese =
workers.=20
However, the government should allow some leeway so businesses =
could hire=20
Burmese workers as well as local labour at a ratio to be worked =
out.</P>
<P>The Burmese could be issued border passes so they could cross =
into=20
Thailand each day to work and return home at night.</P>
<P>He understood the Burmese authorities tended to favour the =
border pass=20
arrangement.</P>
<P>The labour minister said the government's concern about the =
security=20
threat posed by the large presence of illegal workers from Burma =
was=20
justified but sympathised with local businesses and promised to =
raise=20
their problems with the cabinet.</P>
<P>An estimated one million illegal migrants from Burma worked in =
Thailand=20
before the forced repatriation began, including about 30,000 in =
Tak alone=20
as either farm hands or garment factory workers. Only about =
100,000 were=20
officially allowed to remain, working in 18 categories of business =
in 37=20
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