BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Mar 11 (NNN-ANN) – A total of 60,293 foreigners worked in Brunei with valid work permits, in Nov, 2022, said Haji Ahmaddin, the country’s minister of home affairs, at the ongoing 19th Legislative Council meeting.
According to the local daily, Borneo Bulletin, yesterday, the minister said, in response to a Legislative Council member’s queries that, 16,444 foreigners worked in the construction sector, 12,191 in wholesale, retail and vehicle maintenance sector, and 8,386 in the accommodation and catering sector.
Quoting a Labour Department census last year, the minister said that, most foreign workers (30,612) were between 30 and 40 years old.
Meanwhile, in terms of education, 50,643 were at or below the secondary, technical and vocational levels.
“Statistically speaking, there is room for local youth to fill job vacancies. The question now is whether they are willing to do so,” he said.
The most employed foreign workers were Indonesian, Bangladeshi and Filipino nationals, the minister added.
Brunei had about 440,000 total population up to 2021.– NNN-ANN
