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Recruitment centre for jobs in Malaysia to be opened
Wednesday, 13 December 2006 - 9:38 PM SL Time

In view of the growing employment opportunities available in Malaysia for Sri Lankans, a separate employment centre to recruit workers for Malaysia is to be set up in Colombo. Minister of Foreign Employent Promotion Rohitha Abeygunawardena revealed thisat a recent ceremony, held at the Ministry, to mark the departure of 1,000 youth for employment in Malaysia. In line with this the Minister also said that steps would be taken to establish such employment centres for the purpose of sending youth to Japan and the USA too.

At least a single member from a Samurdhi Social Welfare family would be absorbed for foreign employment, the Minister said and added that female labour employed in the Middle East was bringing significant monetary gains to the country.

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• Associated Press

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