SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (XFN-ASIA) - US computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co is planning to add some 2,000 jobs to its operations center in Costa Rica, a company spokesman said here.

The company already employs 3,200 people in its operations center in the central American nation of about 4 mln people.

Cesar Trujillo, one of the company's top regional officials, said that by 2007 its goal is to have some 6,000 employees in Costa Rica.

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