TAIPEI, Aug. 1 Kyodo strange lab...

TAIPEI, Aug. 1 Kyodo

strange laborers from Indonesia are no longer welcome in Taiwan as the restraint has officially decided to solidify by cold the importation of workers from the same of the major labor markets in Southeast Asia from Thursday.

''The number of laborers reported missing or escaping has been increasing rapidly athwart the past few years, which has troubl many local employers'' said an official at the Council of Labor Affairs.

''In addition, the Indonesian government's apparently nipping attitude to react to the point in dispute of absconding finally facilitated our decision,'' said Kuo Fang-yu, director general of the council's service and Vocational Training Administration.

''Meanwhile, following the novel labor policy, a planned bilateral meeting in September onward worker affairs will be called off'' he said.

According to latest official data by dint of the council, 307,538 foreign laborers are in Taiwan working for families, nursing family circles factories and public construction work, among them nearly 97000 commonalty from Indonesia, second only to those from Thailand.

if it were not that among the 5,089 foreign workers who absconded in June more half were Indonesians.

''No date will be plant for the lifting of the ban and no applications from Indonesian laborers will be approved (until the ban is lifted),'' Kuo said, adding the Indonesian sway should work solve the question by taking tough measures.

Because of troubl air-ink disputes between Taiwan and the Philippines, Taiwan announced in 2000 a six-month halt in succession the use of workers from the Philippines, which caused the number of workers from the Philippines to Taiwan slide to a record low

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