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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/157873/1/.html Foreign workers to be tested on language to land job in Indonesia JAKARTA : Indonesia will from next year require foreigners who want to work in the country to pass a test on the national language, reports say. Manpower Minister Fahmi Idris said the move was partly aimed at reducing the flow of foreign workers and protecting jobs for Indonesians, according to the Jakarta Post. "Foreign workers must master the Indonesian language before they can work here," just as Indonesians have to master English before working abroad, Idris was quoted as saying by the Post. "This is to ensure that jobs that could be carried out by Indonesians don't fall to foreigners." Indonesia is to start allowing job seekers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) next year and those from outside ASEAN in 2008 as part of trade liberalisation required by the World Trade Organisation. The proposal to r

http://www.pikiran-rakyat.com/cetak/2005/0705/10/0107.htm Jelantah Gantikan Solar, Kucing pun Senang TIDAK usah heran kalau suatu waktu melihat bagian pembuangan mobil atau knalpot tengah dikerubuti kucing. Binatang itu tampak asyik menciumi knalpot. Memang mobil itu bukanlah kendaraan biasa yang memakai bahan bakar konvensional melainkan jenis sumber energi baru. Uniknya teknologi ini merupakan karya anak bangsa guna mencari sumber energi alternatif pengganti solar. Penelitian ini dirasakan sangat pas di tengah krisis kelangkaan bahan bakar minyak (BMM) yang melanda Indonesia. Masyarakat di beberapa daerah pun sempat panik, termasuk Jawa Barat. Betapa tidak, karena peranan BBM saat ini sebagai sumber energi yang vital. Hampir seluruh sektor baik transportasi, industri, juga sebagian pembangkit listrik masih mengandalkan energi tersebut. Namun begitu, sebena