Claims Japanese Citizens Like Indonesian Workers Because They Are Friendly And Disciplined, Deputy Governor Uu Ruzhanul Asks Manpower And Transmigration Office To Open Opportunities

Deputy Governor of West Java Uu Ruzhanul Ulum when giving a speech at the Follow-up activity of Foreign Cooperation between the West Java Provincial Government / Via ANTARA

BANDUNG - Deputy Governor of West Java Uu Ruzhanul Ulum asked the Department of Manpower and Transmigration (Disnakertrans) and the West Java Education Office to take advantage of opportunities to work in Japan for high school/vocational graduates who want to try working abroad.

"Through the opportunity to work in Japan, it can be a step to reduce the unemployment rate in West Java," said Deputy Governor of West Java Uu Ruzhanul Ulum in Bandung, Antara, Friday, July 29.

The Deputy Governor reported the results of his working visit to Japan some time ago, one of which is that the opportunities for West Java residents to work in Japan are increasingly open. Therefore, he hopes that high school/vocational high school graduates in West Java can take advantage of these opportunities.

The percentage of workers from Indonesia in Japan is still lower than workers from other countries. Japan opens up opportunities for West Java residents who want to work there.

"I was assigned by the Governor to Japan, it turns out that in Japan they need Indonesian workers, which so far have only 40,000, while there are around 160,000 workers from abroad in Japan. Workers from Indonesia are friendly, neat, polite, disciplined, they (Japanese people) like it," he said.

Deputy Governor Uu also appealed to the Manpower and Transmigration Office and West Java Education Office to facilitate and simplify the preparation process for sending high school/vocational high school graduates to Japan.

"I ask the Manpower and Transmigration Office and Education Office to collaborate on how to take advantage of this opportunity in Japan. Encourage high school and vocational high school graduates to work in Japan, so that there will be less unemployment in West Java.

We simplify the bureaucracy, the important thing is that West Java people can work in Japan," he said.

Deputy Governor Uu also stated that in West Java itself, there are already available Vocational Schools with a qualified concentration of education, such as vocational schools in agriculture, automotive, aviation, and marine science, so that this opportunity can be followed up through cooperation agreements (MoUs) with companies in Japan. .

In order to monitor these opportunities, Mr. Uu asked the Head of the Education Branch Office (KCD) in West Java to convey this information back to the principals of SMA/SMK schools, and help with the preparations.

"I ask that this activity there is progress, at least in the next two to three months each school is ready to send its graduates to Japan.

In August or September I want the KCD to have progress after today's meeting, convey the information obtained to the principals, then prepare everything. Report to me the progress," he continued.