GOOD NEWS OR BAD NEWS BELOW? PLS SAJHAITES GIVE YOUR THOUGHTS!!! from GORKHAPATRA today. Last Updated: 07:00 AM NST Kathmandu - May 16, 2005 ?Jestha 2, 2062 ??epal Sambat 1125 Bachhalathow Astami ?Monday UAE to provide 1 million jobs to Nepalese workers By Our Correspondent KATHMANDU, May 15: United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be providing up to one million jobs in the coming few years, Ministry of Labour and Transport Management sources said. the UAE government has instructed all private and government companies to give high priority to Nepalese because there are comparatively fewer Nepalese in UAE than from other countries and they are known for their hard work and sincerity,?official at the Labour Ministry told The Rising Nepal Sunday. He said that His Majesty Government had also given high priority in sending Nepalese to UAE because of the climate, which is mild, and other situations. Nepal has been the source country for labour for the UAE since 2000 and about 100,000 Nepalese have gone there in the last five years. The average income of Nepalese in UAE is Rs. 20,000. After Malaysia and Qatar, the UAE is the third country where increasing number of Nepalese are going for foreign employment. Every day about 500 Nepalese workers are going abroad and 100 of them head for UAE. Acting Secretary of Ministry of Labour and Transport Management Purushottam Ojha said this is good for Nepal. The government also wants to send Nepalese workers to any country that offers good prospect. Ojha said the Ministry was also informed about the significant increase in the quota for Nepalese workers in UAE. He said making contacts and bringing jobs is the work of the private sector and the government knows about it only after the quotas are confirmed. But he said that there are about 100,000 Nepalese who are waiting to go to UAE this year alone. Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Agencies (NAFEA) also said that it was easier striking business deals with UAE. Nirmal Gurung, president of NAFEA said that the UAE was willing to take in as many as one million Nepalese and those who are graduate and fluent in English can get high-paying jobs. Gurung said about 80 per cent of workers in UAE are foreigners. There are about 4.3 million people in that country of which 1.3 million are Indians, 700,000 Pakistanis, 200,000 Bangladeshis, 200,000 Iranians and 100,000 Britons. Gurung also said that the UAE government instructed the private companies to give high priority to Nepalese workers. The manpower agencies at UAE could have their registrations cancelled if they do not give priority to the Nepalese, he said. The NAFEA president said that if the UAE opens its resident embassy in Nepal, it would make things easier. Gurung said that the government should take initiative to sign a labour agreement with UAE.