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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 13740654" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQmmnXPAmW4Q1NGy10lCH0gdTbhRbCU645qQTciBNtCFViutkCBGMb4uw" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Australia is all set to woo highly skilled population from the region  including in Sri Lanka in a bid to create an educated, productive work  force to boost its economy, the PTI reported.According to minister for Immigration and Citizenship Chris Bowen, the  government in its 'Asian Century White Paper' released yesterday, has  highlighted the opportunities for the nation's growth by building deeper  and stronger links with Asian region. "Even with the government's unprecedented investment in tertiary  education and up-skilling Australians, we need migrants who bring their  specialist skills to Australia," he said. Seven of the top 10 source countries in Australia's 2011-12 migration  programme are in the Asian region: India, China, the Philippines, Sri  Lanka, Malaysia, South Korea and Vietnam. The Indian sub-continent is Australia's largest source region of  migrants, providing 23 per cent of the migration program, while 18.3 per  cent of migrants come from the north of Asia. "More than a quarter of our nation's migrants were born in an Asian  nation and nearly 1.5 million Australians are fluent in one or more  Asian languages, including Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Hindi,  Punjabi, Indonesian, Korean, Tagalog and Japanese," Bowen said. "This means that Australia is uniquely placed to strengthen ties with  Asian nations." So the country is "increasingly looking to Asia for  skilled migrants who are crucial to the nation's economy and the  development of business opportunities in the region", he said.PTI</blockquote>

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