Jakarta – Indonesia is the largest labor supplier contributing 50 per cent to foreign worker requirement in a number of countries, the association of labor suppliers said.

Association chairman Sysferi said a few years ago Indonesia supplied only 10 per cent of workers needed by Singapore, Hongkong, Malaysia and Middle East, but now Indonesia has become the market leader.

Sysferi said Indonesian domination could still be increased with 40 million Indonesians in productive age could not find jobs or lost jobs as a result of the continued malaise in the country.

He said the Indonesian goverment and its parliament have done little to boost the sending of workers abroad although the government earned substantially in levies from every worker sent abroad.