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| Kathmandu, Tuesday August 19, 2003 Bhadra 02, 2060. |
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Govt
clamps ceiling on Moon Drops’ service fee
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Aug 18 : A
high ranking official at the Ministry of Labour and Transport Management today said that
the government has directed Moon Drops Manpower Services, an authorised agency to supply
Nepali manpower to South Korea, to charge not more than US $ 1,292 (NRs 96,241) in service
fees.
"The government
has directed the Moon Drops not to charge aspirant workers more than US $ 1,292 to send
Nepali youths for South Korean jobs," said the official. Talking to The Kathmandu
Post, the source revealed that the latest ceiling on the service charge follows the
recommendation from South Korean Federation of Small and Medium Business (SKFSMB), the
South Korean employer.
The ceiling on the
service charge on Moon Drops has come before the government’s announcement of
limiting service charge on foreign employment. According to the official, the ministry is
soon to decide on the ceiling for foreign employment fee after various manpower agencies
were alleged of charging exorbitant fees from aspirant workers. Even Moon Drops was
alleged of demanding at least Rs 400,000 from aspirant workers to qualify for the South
Korean jobs.
However, officials at
Moon Drops stated that the ceiling clamped by the government is not adequate to recover
the investment made by the manpower agency. "We would be at loss with the latest
ceiling. We have asked the ministry to rethink over the decision," said Prashida
Rana, Managing Director of Moon Drops. Besides, the agency has already announced the first
list of qualified 800 candidates. The candidates will be flying to South Korea within this
month, according to an official with Moon Drops.
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