PUTTING on their black uniforms that had training written on the sleeves, 20 new female workers were lined up in front of the machine that manufactures DVD players, which works on an automatic basis. Full of concentration, they appeared to be very careful as they inserted components. They carried out checks and packaged DVD players at Samsungs factory in Cikarang, West Java, last week.

They are just some of hundreds of new contract workers recrui