Qatar to become Nepal's most favoured labour destination
Xinhua, Kathmandu
Qatar may soon replace Malaysia as the most favoured labour destination of Nepali workers, according to statistics of Department of Labour and Employment Promotion released Saturday.The statistics reveal that the total number of workers leaving for Qatar on employment purpose increased by 70 percent in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (starting on July 2005) to 39,397, compared to 23,125 of the same period of last fiscal year. Although the figure is still way below Malaysia's 60,541, growing inclination of workers toward accepting employment in Qatar indicates that Nepali workers have started to prefer going to Qatar. The statistics show that from Feb. 13 to March 13, a total of 7,578 people left for the destination, up by around 204 percent compared to that of same month last year. The number of workers leaving for Malaysia stood at 7,149 during the month.
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