DILI, 29 september 2023 (TATOLI) – Over 1,500 Timorese workers have been sent to Australia from january to the end of september 2023 by the Timorese’ government through the Secretary State for Vocational Training and Employment (SEFOPE).
Secretary of State for Local Development Mateus dos Santos Talo appreciated the program of SEFOPE, which had sent many Timorese to work in Australia during this time.
“With the program of Building a Prosperous Timor-Leste through Labor Mobility, many workers had benefited from this program, and through the Pacific Australia Labor Mobility (PALM), many Timorese workers also had success in improving their lives by opening new businesses to diversify the growth of the economy in Timor-Leste,” Mateus dos Santos Talo told reporters at Timor-Lodge Kampung Baru, Dili, when he briefed 85 Timorese workers before leaving Timor-Leste to Australia on october 1.
In this opportunity, Talo appealed to Timorese workers to obey all the regulations that are implemented in Australia, work with discipline, and do not leave the system to do another job illegally.
“On behalf of the government, through SEFOPE, I asked all of you to work discipline, obey the all regulation, respect your employer and do not out from the system to do the another work illegally,” Talo said.
In addition, he also asks the Timorese workers to learn the new experiences to implement in Timor-Leste when they return home and to save money to open a new business to improve the life and diversity of the economy in Timor-Leste.
Meanwhile, the Representative of Timorese Workers, Domingos dos Santos, thanked SEFOPE, which had made efforts to send Timorese workers to Australia.
“We thanked to the SEFOPE and will take this opportunity to work hard, obey all the regulations that are implemented in Australia, and commit to opening a new business after returning home to diversify the growth of the economy in Timor-Leste in the future,” he concluded.
According to the plan, Australia will receive 8,000 Timorese workers every year; therefore, SEFOPE appealed to young Timorese to prepare themselves by taking care of their health and learning the English language prior to working in Australia.
Journalist: Camilio de Sousa
Editor: Rafael Ximenes de A. Belo
