GET JOB IN BUCKINGHAM PALACE TO ATTEND PRINCE WILLIAM'S WEDDING
LONDON, U.K - Queen Elizabeth has placed two job advertisements on her website (www.royal.gov.uk), advertising for a General Assistant (Coffee Room) and a General Assistant (Wash-up). 1,900 people are invited to Prince William's upcoming wedding.Both jobs pay about £14,000 (Dh83,000) a year and the positions are based at the monarch's Buckingham Palace residence in London, although both appointees will have to travel to other royal homes around Britain, as and when required.
- The dish-washer must maintain "the cleanliness of the staff restaurant and wash-up areas" while the other employee will be in a team responsible for arranging trays for tea and coffee and breakfast with "the correct glass and porcelain", the advertisements said.
- If neither of those jobs grabs you, the queen is also looking for someone to earn up to £75,000 a year as Head of Royal Travel, with a brief to ensure that the royal family travels cost-effectively and with an eye on environmental issues.
TO AVERT GROPING, JAKARTA INTRODUCES WOMEN-ONLY TRAIN
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Women-only train carriages were launched this week in Jakarta in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country, in an attempt to avert groping and sexual harassment on packed commuter trains.
Women can choose to board the female-only, orange and pink-seated carriages at the front and rear of trains in Jakarta, the latest in a growing number of cities to offer women-only services.
Female-only carriages on trains were first introduced in the festive, year-end season in Japan in 2000 as a way to stop sexual harassment. These carriages are now offered in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan’s two biggest cities.
Since then the popularity of women-only carriages has spread internationally with countries including India, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brazil also operating women-only carriages.
Source: Reuters
Women can choose to board the female-only, orange and pink-seated carriages at the front and rear of trains in Jakarta, the latest in a growing number of cities to offer women-only services.
The state-owned railway operator, PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI), said it had not received many complaints about sexual harrassment but the company had noticed that many women avoided densely-packed trains.- “The women-only carriages are aimed to make women feel comfortable,” an official at PT KAI told Reuters Television.
- PT KAI is now providing 20 female-only carriages and plans to add more in the next three months.One female commuter headed for Bogor city was pleased with the new carriages.
- “I feel respected. As you may be aware, sexual harassment took place on packed trains,” the commuter, giving her name just as Dennisa, told Reuters Television.
- The trains, manufactured in Japan, are the only fast public transport service between the four city suburbs connecting Jakarta. Women account for almost half of the 500,000 commuters a day.
Female-only carriages on trains were first introduced in the festive, year-end season in Japan in 2000 as a way to stop sexual harassment. These carriages are now offered in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan’s two biggest cities.Since then the popularity of women-only carriages has spread internationally with countries including India, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brazil also operating women-only carriages.
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