In a Pickle
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
WITH 10 million officially unemployed and a total of 40 million hidden joblessness, the Minister for Manpower & Transmigration is in a tight spot. At the moment, the post is held by the colorful Jacob Nuwa Wea, who hails from Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, where people speak bluntly about what is on their minds. He is a big man with a loud voice. Understandably, the occasional clash and controversies are bound to occur.
He has never tri
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