Nepal receive 3,220 fresh job contracts in Korea

KATHMANDU, MAY 18 -
Nepal has received 3,220 fresh job contracts in South Korea. It's for individuals under the Employment Permit System (EPS) The contracts are for individuals from the list of 2008 and 2010.

With this, the number of individuals in the waiting list has come down to 1,200. A total of 4,096 EPS aspirants from last year’s list and 300 individuals of 2008 were in the waiting list. Since January, some 2,000 have left for Korea after receiving the contract.

Mahesh Acharya, chief of EPS Nepal Office, said they expect an additional 1,200 job contracts. “Individuals in last year’s list in the job roster have started to leave for Korea since January,” he said.

EPS Korea has already started work on hiring Nepali workers under the quota provided for 2011. This time, Korea is taking 7,100 workers from Nepal. A total of 57,751 individuals had applied for the Korean Language Test conducted recently.

Taxi fare goes up17 percent

KATHMANDU, MAY 18-
The government Of Nepal hiked the taxi fare on Tuesday. Acording to the government officals taxi fare by 17 percent following pressure from taxi entrepreneurs and a rise in fuel prices.

Now, the public will have to pay Rs 27 per kilometers. It's up from the Rs 23 per km earlier.

The Department of Transport took the decision after receiving approval from the Ministry of Labour and Transport Management. The department said the new fare will come into effect from Tuesday.

The government already increase the pub vehical last month.