TRIBUNBATAM.id - At least 900 people lost their jobs in Batam from January to June 2019.
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Both of this foreign investment companies, reportedly closed their operations this year and next.
One company, the workers reaches thousands of people.
The Head of Labor Division or Dinas Tenaga Kerja Batam, Rudi Sakyakirti said, the business sectors from 27 companies are variated.
From the smallest till the biggest, including workshop and others.
"One of this company has the number of workers at least 10 to 20 people," said Rudi, Tuesday (8/27/2019) at Batam Center.
Regarding the cause of the closure, the former Head of Batam City Industry and Trade Office or Kepala Dinas Perindustrian dan Perdagangan Kota Batam said, the dominant of 27 companies are supporting industries in Batam.
On that way, if the parent company is not available or closed, it will also have an impact on supporting businesses.
"If we say that because of the investment climate, it depends on the type of business," he said.
But if their compared to the last year, from existing data, the number of these closed businesses is much reduced.
Disnaker noted that along 2018, there were 60 businesses closed in Batam, impacted thousands of people losing their jobs.
"On the last year, there have been many large companies. In this year, many oh them are small," said Rudi.
Rudi even did not care about that. According to him, although many businesses have closed down, many businesses or companies also have opened or expanded their investments in Batam.
One of them is PT Pegatron Technology Indonesia, located in Batamindo industrial area, Mukakuning, Batam.
This Taiwanese company has been declare, they need a workforce of 800 people until the end of 2019.
"From their report, there are now has nearly 300 workers. While their wait for the equipment to come," he said. (tribunbatam.id/dewi haryati)
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