Jakarta, June 21 -- The Ministry of Manpower has assured that wage subsidy assistance (BSU) will be disbursed soon and asked workers eligible for the assistance to be patient.

"It will be disbursed. Thus, for workers, please be patient because this is a manifestation of the government's care," head of the ministry's public relations bureau, Sunardi Manampiar Sinaga, said after the "Double-Check" discussion in Jakarta on Saturday.

He informed that the disbursement of the aid experienced delays because the data validation process had not been completed. However, now, the process has been completed and entered the finalization stage.

The assistance, amounting to Rp300 thousand (around US$18.28) per month, will be disbursed at once for Jun...