Meeting with the Filipino Community (Speech) 9/4/2022

Fairmont Jakarta Hotel, Indonesia
September 4, 2022
On the first day of his State Visit to the Republic of Indonesia, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. meets with the Filipino community in a gathering at the Fairmont Jakarta Hotel in the capital city of Jakarta on September 4, 2022.
The Republic of Indonesia is the first nation to be visited by President Marcos Jr. since his inauguration as the 17th President of the Republic of the Philippines.
The Chief Executive delivers a message to his kababayans who came from all over Indonesia during the community gathering.
In the May 2022 elections, President Marcos Jr. garnered more than 50% of the total votes from overseas Filipinos in Indonesia.
According to Charge d’Affaires, ad interim, Bryan Dexter Lao of the Philippine Embassy in Jakarta, the latest data from the Ministry of Manpower for the first half of 2022 shows that there are approximately 3,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Indonesia. Most Filipinos are based in Jakarta (663), Riau Province (209) and Riau Islands (201), Papua (330), Java (256) and Sumatra (42).
More than 70% of Filipinos in Indonesia are professionals, with nearly 20% employed as consultants by various businesses and companies, as well as teachers, accountants, lawyers, engineers and technical advisers. They are highly respected by their Indonesian and foreign employers, as well as colleagues, for their professionalism and achievements.
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