Brunei’s Unemployed Could Bring Future Problems Says Minister

Bandar Seri Begawan - Based on the latest statistics, there is less than 80,000 domestic workforce in Brunei, at the very same time, there are 8,000 people who are within the working age group who are jobless, reports Radio Television Brunei (RTB).

Unemployment rate which is higher than 6% sets the alarm in those countries where the foreign labour forces are not required. Higher unemployment means lower domestic growth.

In Brunei however, a large number of foreign workers, better living conditions in the country and a caring government's excellent social welfare system have not set off the alarm, the report says.

Yet unemployment is a “resting virus” in any society, it is the root of many domestic problems and a very negative trend, the news item warns.

To solve the problem of unemployment, enormous effort from various sectors are much needed, it adds. The report quotes Pehin Dato Awang Haji Suyoi Bin Haji Osman, the Deputy Minister of Education as saying how his ministry is not only educating the people, but also helping the nation to solve its one of the critical matter, unemployment.

He says the ministry is therefore doing far beyond just educating the youngsters.

Unemployment is not just a problem of those who are unemployed it also burdens the government.

In the end, employed population of the country has to shoulder the unemployed population in order to keep social balance or else its effects on the social system and economy could seriously affect the future generation.  -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei

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