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of the 1456 workers, 90 in the factory
- 1456 workers divided among 1006 HH 
-acc. to management, workers begin at age 18 and work till pensium age of 55; probably covering up child labor 
-wages on govn plantations better than private; R.B. pays 940-1100 Rp a day (compared w/ 650 at Patuhawattee)
-in response to a Q as to why workers on private plant. don't leave and seek jobs on govn. plants' where wages higher, replied that is an agreement that govn. plants' will not steal workers from private 
-acc. to managem. amt. of tea available to pick need not drop too drastically in dry season if scientific cultivation techniques used 
on R.B. only a 10-15% drop compared to more than 50% drop on more backward private plantations
     R.B. figures (they claim) are 35-40k a day in good season, 29-32 in dry 
     compares w/ private where in dry 
     drops down to 5-7 or even 2K 
on R.B. one large [[penitipan??]] bayi which cares for 150 bayi are also 2 taman kanak which care for 

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75 each 
we did not have a chance to inspect any of these 
are 2 coops on R.B. - each headed by "staf" assisted by "ibu" management suggests that we carryout a handicraft project for the women at pensium age the workers "kembali kampung"; again we can ask whether they all have a kampung and whether this isn't just a euphemism
in response to a Q whether tea workers given individual veg. plots, say are given 10 square meters each 
in addition may plant in areas not used for tea, but only small amts. of land are actually planted in this way ((is flower- farming a project possibility)) 
-mngm. claims all children graduate from grade school + 60-75% go on to SMP 
R.B. owns an SMP dormitory (mess) in a nearby town and a SMA dormitory in Bandung 
claim only 10-15% of the workers, "just the older ones" are illiterate 
-of the total of 1456 workers, 655. or 45% are under 30 yrs of age (of these younger workers 355 or 54% are women)