Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Majority of foreign workers in Kazakhstan are Chinese
With a population of 17.4 million people, Kazakhstan attracts around 30,000 foreign workers annually. “Most foreign employees come from China – 9,600 people (31 percent), Turkey – 6,100 (20 percent), India – 2,300 (8 percent), Italy – 1,500 (5 percent), Uzbekistan – 1,100 (4 percent),” Vice Minister of Health and Social Development of Kazakhstan Daulet Argandykov said,akipress.org reports referring to tengrinews.
As of January 1, 2015, 30,728 foreign work permits were issued, he said. Foreign work permits are granted to four categories of foreign workers: chief executives and their deputies, senior managers and head of structural subdivisions, skilled professionals and skilled workers.
Of them, the majority of foreign labor migrants in Kazakhstan are skilled professionals - 42.9 percent, followed by skilled workers who constitute 28.2 percent. The third largest group of foreign workers are senior managers of structural subdivisions (20.6 percent), whereas 6.5 percent of the foreign personnel are chief executives and their deputies and 1.7 percent are seasonal workers.
INC News, 17/02/2015 - via AK ZHAIK
KAZAKHSTAN - Former commander of military unit in Almaty region commits suicide - Defence Ministry
In Almaty region former commander of the military unit number 55065 Abai Myrzabekov has committed suicide, the press service of the Ministry of Defense reports. "Today in a village of Boraldai former commander of the military unit number 55065 Colonel Abai Myrzabekov has committed suicide," the statement reads. The deceased left a suicide note which content is not disclosed in the interests of the investigation, infrom.kz reports.
Information about the circumstances of the death will be announced after the completion of the investigation.
INC News, 17/02/2015 - via AK ZHAIK
SAUDI ARABIA - Saudi cleric says Earth doesn’t revolve around sun
A Saudi cleric has appeared in a video rejecting that Earth revolves around the sun, claiming instead that it is “stationary.” His statements have incited a fiery response on social media. When questioned by a student about whether the Earth was stationary or moving, Sheikh Bandar al-Khaibari responded with “stationary and does not move,” Saudi-owned broadcaster Al-Arabia reported.
This clips created a very hard reaction in twitter, where several students and not only where astonished in listening this.
INC News, 17/02/2015 - via RT
BREAKING NEWS FROM JAPAN - BREAKING NEWS FROM JAPAN
Tsunami & evacuation warnings after M6.9 offshore quake in Japan.
An earthquake measuring at 6.9 magnitude has struck off Honshu island in northern Japan, the US Geological Survey said. A tsunami warning has been issued for Iwate Prefecture.
The quake was recorded at around 8 am local time at a depth of approximately 10 kilometers. The epicenter was located off the Sanriku Coast, extending from southern Aomori prefecture, through Iwate prefecture and northern Miyagi prefecture.
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