Jakarta, June 20 -- Minister of Manpower (Menaker) Yassierli stated that industrial zones could serve as a key driver of national economic growth, especially by creating broader and higher-quality job opportunities.

"We hope that industrial zones can truly become a catalyst for creating quality jobs," Menaker said, as quoted from an official statement in Jakarta on Friday.

Yassierli explained that the Ministry of Manpower has three main strategies to support the sustainability of the national industry.

These three strategies encompass strengthening workforce competence and productivity, transforming industrial relations, and enforcing labor standards and occupational health and safety (K3) norms.

For the first strategy, the Ministry o...