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  1. Dave_Hounddriver

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    And I respect them for it. When I lived in Canada there were too many young people sitting home on welfare or unemployment because there were no 'good paying' jobs and they did not want to move to where the jobs are. Good for the filipinos for going where the jobs are instead of expecting the jobs to come to them.
     
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    Dave_Hounddriver, Feb 27, 2016
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    The Philippines is one of the fastest growing economies in Asia - but there aren't enough jobs to go around. So every year the government teaches thousands of people the skills they need to get jobs abroad.

    When I arrive at the state-run Housemaids Academy in Manila morning exercises are well under way. A squad of uniformed cleaners is poking feather dusters into all corners of the sitting room. In the kitchen trainee cooks are immersed in the finer points of salad preparation.
    The academy has the feel of a soap-opera set - each room meticulously dressed to ape the reality of a grand residence. Below stairs is a classroom filled with old fashioned school desks. Here, I'm told, the trainee house servants take lessons in hygiene, respect and personal finance.
    The Philippines government schools tens of thousands of maids, chauffeurs, mechanics and gardeners every year, with the express purpose of launching them into long-term service abroad.
    For the state it's a win-win. These economic exiles - there are are currently some 10 million of them - send back foreign currency which is the lifeblood of the Filipino economy. And the extraordinary exodus of labour acts as a safety valve in a country struggling to provide home-grown jobs for a population rising by more than two million every year. The country training people to leave - BBC News
     
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    Completely reliant on the economic stability of the middle east....great idea. :rolleyes:
     
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    Rye83, Feb 27, 2016
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