Unemployment Bomb Threatens Pasigala

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THE IMPACT
Of natural disasters, tsunami, earthquakes and liquefaction in Palu,
Sigi and Donggala (Pasigala) will face the threat of unemployment bombs. Even
predicted, in December 2018 the three regions will experience an increase in
poverty due to high unemployment.

According to data and facts, in Palu, a number of hotels, restaurants, and
shopping businesses are businesses that have been affected so much. As a
result, many of their employees were laid off.

’’If the average hotel could hold one hundred
employees and the mall, too. Can you imagine how many thousands of people are
unemployed?” said the Central Sulawesi economic social observer to Kaili
Post.

If each former employee has a family, then the
purchasing power is ascertained due to the absence of work.
’That is the unemployment bomb determines the
increase in poverty rates in Pasigala. The effect is to the overall Central
Sulawesi, ‘he said again.

Meanwhile, Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) of
Central Sulawesi on Monday (5/11/2018) admitted that before the natural
disasters, until August 2018, the number of workers in Central Sulawesi had
increased by 2.38 percent from August 2017. Or 7,084 people. The total
population of Central Sulawesi working in 2017 is 1,374,214 which increased to
1,451,491 people in 2018.

Meanwhile, for Central Sulawesi residents who are
in working age, there are 2,161,870 people. The community labor force, as many
as 1,509,972. Working as many as 1,451,495. Unemployment as many as 51,481
people. Not a workforce of 698,899, such as URT, schools and others.

In the working level, it is divided into three
categories. Like full work 905,462, part-time 293,462 and half-unemployed as
many as 152,052 people.

Central Sulawesi’s economic growth before the natural
disasters, or in the first quarter to third quarter 2018 rose to 6.42 percent
compared to 2017. Its growth occurred in all economic sectors. The highest
growth occurred in the electricity and gas procurement sector, amounting to
11.13 percent, accommodation and food and beverage providers (trade) 9.74
percent, mining and quarrying 9.47 percent.

The highest source of growth was influenced by the
agriculture, forestry, fisheries sector of 1.38 percent, mining and excavation
of 1.38 percent and processing industry of 0.99 percent.

Head of BPS Central Sulawesi, in his statement, Faisal revealed that the data
was summarized before a natural disaster struck Central Sulawesi. For the
developments in the fourth quarter of 2018, or post-disaster, Faisal said that
the impact of this would automatically occur. But the optimism to get back up
must still be there.
“The effects of natural disasters on all sectors remain, but
Central Sulawesi must rise,” he said.
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