| Subject: JP: Garbage adds refugee problems
THE JAKARTA POST January 23, 2001 Garbage adds refugee problems ATAMBUA, East Nusa Tenggara: As if East Timorese refugees in camps across Belu regency did not have enough problems already, they now have a new menacing problem -- what to do with mountains of garbage. Atambua's chairman of Uni Timor Aswain (UNTAS) Agustinho Pinto said UNTAS was coordinating with local government officials to overcome the problem. "The garbage has mounted and really affects the health of refugees especially at this time during the rainy season," he said as quoted by Antara. Atambua's subdistrict head Bria Seran admitted that the garbage problem has yet to be handled. "But in a meeting with (Belu) regent Marsellus Bere, we have decided to establish a City Parks and Cleaning Agency soon. But until then, we will have to coordinate with the Public Works Agency to handle the garbage," he said. January Menu Note: For those who would like to fax "the powers that be" - CallCenter is a Native 32-bit Voice Telephony software application integrated with fax and data communications... and it's free of charge! Download from http://www.v3inc.com/ |