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Cirebon (ANTARA News) - The money tranferred by Indonesian workers overseas through Western Union to the post offices in their hometowns West Java had reached more than Rp900 billion.

Head of state postal company PT. Pos Indonesia in West Java Dasuki said here on Wednesday that the workers` contribution to the state`s foreign exchange revenue in West Java was quite big.

The amount was only the money sent through Western Union to PT. Pos Indonesia, and not to mention the money sent through other financial institutions, Dasuki said.

According to him, the biggest amount sent by the migrant Indonesian workers mostly went to Indramayu district, followed by Subang and Cirebon districts.

The total of the transferred money from Indonesian migrant workers hailing from Indramayu district in the first quarter of 2008 were sent through 33,628 transactions with a nominal value of Rp99.8 billion or 68 percent of the money transferred to West Java totalling more than Rp130 billion.

"The money transfer usually skyrockets in the fasting month, or shortly before this month of Ramadhan," he said.

The big amounts of money transferred to Indramayu was due to the fact that the Indonesian migrant employed in the Middle East mainly came from this district.

Data obtained from the Indramayu Social and Manpower office showed that the total of money transferred sent to the district in 2007 reached more than Rp600 billion.

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