Indonesia to distribute pre-employment cards in March

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): The government will move up the distribution of the much-vaunted pre-employment cards to March in a bid to mitigate the adverse effects of the coronavirus outbreak on the country’s economy, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has said.

“Rp10 trillion [US$719.57 million] has been allocated for 2 million people to receive the pre-employment cards and to begin vocational training, ” said Sri Mulyani in Jakarta on Wednesday (Feb 26).