Labor Ministry aims to send 100,000 Thai workers overseas

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Labor aims to send 100,000 Thai workers overseas this fiscal year, which officially began on Oct 1.

 

Labor Minister Suchart Chomklin said about 89,000 people were sent overseas by brokers or Thai employers for temporary jobs or training programs, and under the ministry’s labor export agreements.

 

He said a further 11,000 people secured jobs in South Korea, Japan, Israel and Taiwan as arranged by the Department of Employment.

 

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That will help the Thai economy a lot

Good news something left to export ????

Picking fruit and vegetables or giving Thai massages? Or both?

Stealing jobs from locals?

Hope they have their work permits in order ????

Whilst shipping in 300,000 Myanmar workers.....mmmmm?

The first 50:

 

Their family members.

 

Overseas:

 

The Maldives.

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Labor aims to send 100,000 Thai workers overseas this fiscal year, which officially began on Oct 1.

great, that will add another 200,000 to the tourist figures as they go out and come back in again !

3 hours ago, Surelynot said:

Whilst shipping in 300,000 Myanmar workers.....mmmmm?

Thais working offshore legally get far more in wages than the miserable pittance that the Myanmar workers will get. The illegal workers get less than that.

12 hours ago, billd766 said:

Thais working offshore legally get far more in wages than the miserable pittance that the Myanmar workers will get. The illegal workers get less than that.

But allowing these workers into the country, legal or illegal, is the driving force behind bring wage rates down....what a pity people cannot remain and work in their own country, but cannot afford to because of the greed of unprincipled business owners and politicians who don't care..

9 hours ago, Surelynot said:

But allowing these workers into the country, legal or illegal, is the driving force behind bring wage rates down....what a pity people cannot remain and work in their own country, but cannot afford to because of the greed of unprincipled business owners and politicians who don't care..

I and many other people worked offshore. I did for nearly 20 years bringing particular skills to countries that had nobody trained or qualified to do the job. Part of my job was to train in country staff to take over from us.

 

I spent 4 months in Thailand in 1993 working on the AIS network and came back in 1994 to 97 doing the same for DTAC. I came back in 2001 for 18 months building the BKFT digital network and stayed another 9 months helping to relocate cell sites for DTAC. I did the same in about 20 other countries for Motorola and again as a self employed contractor. As the countries got more knowledgeable the jobs became fewer and the rates dropped for us.

 

I have a couple of Aussie mates who are underground explosive mining experts who are FIFO in Thailand.

 

The reason that Thailand accepts both legal and (blind eye) illegals, are because many Thais don't want to do some of the jobs, and certainly not for the money that they would be offered.