Recruit scandals
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The increasing number of migrant workers in Asia has created a lucrative recruitment industry in the region. The Philippines has 679 licensed recruitment agencies, which posted earnings of $100 million to $400 million in 1991. While these agencies can charge processing fees of up to 5,000 pesos only, illegal recruiters earn more by charging from 10,000 pesos to 150,000 pesos. Most illegal recruiters take the applicants' money and then disappear. Indonesia's recruitment agencies, on the other hand, charge as much as $99 to $223 per head so that employers opt for illegal migrant workers.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1992
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Faith and favourites
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A number of evangelicals or born-again Christians are running for office in the 1992 Philippine elections, including four for the Senate, 12 for the House of Representatives, 15 for mayor and four for governor. The statistics seem to show that evangelicals are growing as a political force, which is a consequence of their growing numbers in the predominantly Roman Catholic country. However, it remains to be seen whether the various denominations of born-again Christian groups can unite to form a voting bloc big enough to influence the outcome of the elections.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1992
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Growth from Asian markets
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Indonesia aims to gain foreign-exchange earnings of $1.98 billion to $2.8 billion from 2.2 to 2.93 million tourists in 1992. A plan, which is an extension of its Visit Indonesia Year in 1991, targets Asian tourists instead of the usual American, Australian and European travelers. The country, however, has to deal with problems of hotel occupancy in Bali and Jakarta. The competition from its Asean neighbors, which offer the same kind of tourist attractions, also poses a threat to Indonesia's tourism industry during the 1992 Visit Asean Year.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1992
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