Foreign employment increases by 44.9 percent

May 4, 2006
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At a time when the economic condition of the country is dire due to political instability and Maoist insurgency resulting in limited job opportunities, the number of foreign job seekers went up considerably in recent days.
The number of people leaving the country for employment purposes surged by 44.9 percent during the first nine months of the current fiscal year as compared to the same period of last year.

According to the statistics of Department of Labor and Employment Promotion (DoLEP), a total of 136,131 people left the country for several labor destinations in the Gulf and countries such as Malaysia, between mid-July 2005 and mid-April 2006, compared to 93,942 for the similar period last fiscal year.

The statistic shows that most of the job aspirants had left for Malaysia during the period, followed by Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE).

According to the data, a total of 65,216 workers had accepted employment in Malaysia in the first nine months of the current fiscal year, compared to 45,569 for the similar period last year.

The number of people leaving for Qatar also increased by a remarkable 60.6 percent in the current fiscal year as compared to same period of last fiscal year. A total of 44,367 workers left for Qatar this year, compared to 27,624 of the similar period last fiscal year, according to reports.

Meanwhile, the number of women leaving the country for employment recorded an increment of 110 percent. Statistics show that a total of 863 women left the country for various labor destinations such as Israel, Hong Kong, Maldives, South Korea, UAE, Qatar and Malaysia during the review period compared to 410 for the similar period last fiscal year.