| Subject: UNMISET Daily Media Review 31
March 2005
UNMISET Daily Press Review
Compiled by the Public Information Office from national and
international sources
Daily Media Review Thursday, 31 March 2005
Timor-Leste to send workers to South Korea
Timor-Leste is set to send 200 workers to South Korea in its first-ever
deal to supply labour to another country. Timor-Leste’s Vice Minister of
Labour, Arsenio Bano, says the deal is good news for the country’s large
number of unemployed people. Bano added that the Ministry of Labour and
Solidarity has been lobbying Asian countries for two years to recruit
Timorese workers. It’s not yet known what kind of work they will be
doing. (ABC, AFP, Timor Post)
Government to use security forces in fight against Dengue
Police and defence forces are being drafted to assist authorities in
Timor-Leste to combat a two-month Dengue fever epidemic, which has claimed
the lives of more than 40 people, mainly children. According to Health
Minister Rui Araújo the involvement of the nation’s security forces was
one of the measures proposed by the National Commission for the Combat of
Dengue, created yesterday by the government.
The new body consists of representatives of various government
departments, but its activities will be carried out in partnership with
non-governmental organizations and church bodies.
Improving Timor-Leste’s poor sanitation, a rife breeding ground for
mosquitoes, will be a lynchpin in the fight against Dengue, said the
Minister, noting that this strategy will also have a positive impact in
reducing other infectious diseases, such as malaria. (Lusa, AFP)
American marines disappointed at condition of National Hospital
Visiting American marines providing medical assistance at the National
Hospital in Dili have expressed concern about the condition of the
hospital, in particular, the size and number of rooms. According to one of
the marines, the number of patients requiring medical assistance at the
hospital means that the rooms themselves should be larger. They also
believe there should be separate rooms for different illnesses so that
disease does not spread, particularly in the case of sick children. (STL)
Police and MPs receive certificates
President of the National Parliament, Francisco Guterres, and Portugal’s
Ambassador to Timor-Leste, Joao N. Ramos Pinto, presented Portuguese
language certificates to 19 government servants in a ceremony yesterday.
The certificates certify that the staff members, including five Members of
Parliament and three members of the National Police force, have completed
stage one of the three-month Portuguese language course run by the
Institute Camoes. MP Joaquim Amaral, who received a certificate, said that
he was very pleased to be able to enrich himself with knowledge of
Portuguese, which is still considered a difficult language for this
generation of Timorese. (STL, Timor Post)
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