President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono states that unemployment has declined, as shown by employment statistics in the country.
Yudhoyono said based on data from the Indonesian Central Statistics Agency, as of Aug. 10, 2010, the Indonesian labor force reached 116.5 million people of a population of 237 million people.
“This means the labor force has increased by 2.7 million people compared to the previous year,” the President stated during his speech at the tripartite and regional tripartite institution consultation meeting at the State Palace on Wednesday.
Yudhoyono added that the number of employed people stood at 108.2 million people, or up by 3.3 million people compared to the previous year.
“Thus, from the 2.7 million increase, as many as 3.3 million have been absorbed. This means that unemployment has declined. We must continue this trend,” he said as reported by tribunnews.com.
He said the industrial, agricultural and service sectors must absorb a majority of the unemployed.
He added that the central government and administrations must ensure the number of workers absorbed was larger than the number of educational institution graduates.
