The government’s preemployment card program is facing issues over low distribution in the eastern part of Indonesia, as the country continues to reel from the impact of COVID-19 on its workforce, Statistics Indonesia (BPS) data has shown.
BPS data revealed that provinces in eastern Indonesia recorded the lowest rate of participation in the government program. West Papua saw the lowest figure at 0.08 percent of the total number of preemployment card recipients, according to a National Survey on Labor Force (Sakernas) study of 300,000 households in August.
Gorontalo trailed at 0.37 percent, followed by Papua, North Kalimantan and North Maluku.
“The preemployment card program in August appeared to be more popular in urban areas and the western part of Indonesia,” BPS head Suhariyanto said in a virtual briefing on Monday. &l…
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