8000 openings

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By Indika Sri Aravinda

There are some 8000 vacancies in 12 free trade zones including the Katunayaka, Biyagama and Koggala zones, the Additional Director General of the Board of Investment (BOI) A.M. C Kulasekera told Daily Mirror online

He said the vacancies are mostly in the apparel sector and that the board is taking steps to fill the vacancies.

Kulasekera also said that the BOI is concentrating on setting up investment zones away from the main cities.

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Deepal Thursday, 02 September 2010 06:26 PM

There will be more and more "vacancies" when the garment factories start closing down, after the loss of GSP+!

Geronimo Friday, 03 September 2010 01:58 AM

Fodder for the gullible!

Managala Friday, 03 September 2010 06:25 AM

Good For youths looking for jobs.

willows Friday, 03 September 2010 08:37 AM

Really????

lasantha de silva Friday, 03 September 2010 09:13 AM

This simply shows the youth are not interested in working in these factories. Better be unemployed than be exploited.

xlntgson Friday, 03 September 2010 10:23 AM

Mixed results! GSP+ or not, the brain drain and the stigma attached to the garment girls continue!

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