| Subject: Indon govt to build 1,200 houses
for East Timorese refugees
Jakarta Post [online] October 22, 2001 Govt to build 1,200 houses for East Timorese refugees JAKARTA (JP): The government, through the Ministry of Resettlement and Regional Infrastructure, will build 1,200 houses in East Nusa Tenggara province in the current fiscal year to accommodate East Timorese refugees wishing to stay in Indonesia, said an official on Monday. "These houses will be built in three districts -- Belu, Timor Tengah Utara and Sumba Barat," head of the East Nusa Tenggara office of the Ministry of Resettlement and Regional Infrastructure, Piet Djami Rebo, was quoted by Antara as saying in the East Nusa Tenggara provincial capital of Kupang. He said the government had allocated Rp 15 billion (US$1.5 million) in cash from the state budget to build the resettlement sites, which would have roads, potable water facilities, a school and a health center. Construction had yet to begin, pending the readiness of the locations in the three districts, he added. The ratio of refugees to local people at the resettlement sites would be 40:60 or 50:50, depending upon the agreement between the refugees and the local people, he said. Last year, the government also built 2,300 houses in the districts of Belu, Timor Tengah Selatan and Timor Tengah Utara. Back to October 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/ |