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Subject: Timor-Leste International and Local Media Monitoring Jan 30,
2004
Timor-Leste Local Media Monitoring Jan 30, 2004
Timor Post
PM makes surprise visit to school in Becora
The Prime Minister, Dr Mari Alktiri, has made a surprise visit to a
pre-secondary school to find out first-hand what difficulties the school
is confronting. He said that the community in the surrounding area also
needs to support the school. Dr Alkatiri said that community support is
vital to prevent people from destroying schools that the Government has
rehabilitated. Dr Alkatiri said that the students in the pre-secondary
school had requested chairs, tables, doors and windows that are not
available as well as a library.
RESPECT financed projects in Dili District
The Vice-Minister for Development and Environment, Abel Ximenes, said
that next month RESPECT will give financial support of USD100.000 to the
Dili District Administrator for projects in agriculture, forestry and
infrastructure. Mr Ximenes said that some districts have not received
support from RESPECT because they were late in submitting their project
papers.
STL
Expensive to hire a tractor
A farmer in the District of Maliana, Jose da Conceicao, said that due
to the high price demanded for hiring a tractor, farmers cannot plough
their rice fields. He said that the private business are asking between
$50 to $60 to plough a hectare of land, and farmers cannot afford it.
Bobonaro community are paying their electricity bills
The District Coordinator for EDTL in the District of Bobonaro, Antonio
de Carvalho, said that the 334 consumers in Bobonaro have started paying
their electricity bills an averga amount of 3 dollars per household per
month. Mr de Carvalho said that the community is very happy with the
financial support given by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) that allowed
them to acquire a generator and electrical cables.
Ermera has 20 patients with leprosy
A District Coordinator of Health for the Clinic of Virgin Mary of
Fatima, Florindo Araujo, said that 20 people from the Sucos Lete Foho and
Lauana have contracted leprosy. He said they have not received any medical
assistance. Mr Araujo said that the clinic has also registered 125 cases
of tuberculosis in Ermera last year. He added that with the rainy season,
the clinic sees 50 to 70 patients a day seeking treatment for lung
infection and malaria.
Jose Filipe External Affairs World Bank, Dili Office Ph: 723 3110 Tel:
332 4649 Email: ffilipe@worldbank.org Email: maubere07@yahoo.com.au
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