DILI, 06 may 2022 (TATOLI) – Prime Minister, Taur Matan Ruak, and the Ambassador of South Korea in Timor-Leste, Kim Jeong Ho, urged Timorese workers to maintain discipline while working in South Korea.
Ruak called on the 87 young Timorese who will be departing for South Korea, next week, to behave well, and maintain discipline in their workplace.
“You need to adapt yourself to the South Korean way of life and culture to learn new experiences,” Ruak made the comments in a pre-departure ceremony briefing held at Timor Lodge Hall, in Comoro, in Dili, today.
Ruak said many of those Timorese people who had been working in South Korea since 2009 showed their effective cultural adaption, especially to the Korean Culture.
“You will experience a new atmosphere like meeting new people, eating new food, and experiencing a new culture. These experiences will change your life forever,” Ruak said.
Ruak wished the 87 workers all the very best with their job in a new environment.
“You are not alone. We will keep supporting and accompanying you. If you are committed to working hard then you will have a significant transformation in a short period. Here is a motto from your brothers and sisters who are still working in South Korea ‘Go to bed late, wake up early, show up early to work every day, and be diligent. The companies and Timorese ambassador in South Korea will look after you,” said Ruak.
Ruak thanked Timorese workers for leaving their families and loved ones to work in South Korea: “You’re the new heroes of Timor-Leste as you are supporting your family’s economic hardship in the country.”
He called on workers’ families to save the money and invest it in the education of the young ones.
“I thanked the Ambassador of South Korea, Kim Jeong Ho, and the South Korean Government for taking more Timorese workers to South Korea,” he said.
Kim Jeong Ho revealed that the government of Timor-Leste and South Korea had planned to send 500 workers every year: “But saying in the first four months of 2022, more than 500 workers had been sent to Seoul.”
“Despite Covid-19, I believe that we will send more than 1.000 workers to South Korea in 2022. Thus, again I would like to call on the Timorese workers to behave like Korean people once stepping their feet in Korea,” Kim Jeong Ho said.
Since 2019, the Government of Timor-Leste had been sending 4.444 workers to South Korea.
Journalist: Filomeno Martins
Editor: Nelia Borges Rosario
