Bitung's project delayed<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The North Sulawesi administration has appealed
\nto the government not to delay the building of a fishing port in
\nthe province's Bitung district.<\/p>\n
The head of North Sulawesi Investment Coordinating Office,
\nWempi Punuh, was quoted by Antara as saying in Manado over the
\nweekend that the province's governor, E.E. Mangindaan, had sent a
\nletter to the National Development Planning Board asking a for a
\ntimely construction schedule for the project.<\/p>\n
The fishing port was initially planned for the 1997\/98 fiscal
\nyear but was delayed until next fiscal year for unclear reasons.<\/p>\n
The fishing port, which will cost about Rp 80 billion (US$33.2
\nmillion), is to be financed by loans from Japan.<\/p>\n
The fishing port was important for North Sulawesi's fishing
\nindustry, Punuh said.<\/p>\n
Only 20 percent of Indonesia's 341,000-square-kilometer
\nExclusive Economic Zone in the area has been utilized because of
\npoor infrastructure.<\/p>\n
Punuh said the port would improve Bitung's fish supply.<\/p>\n
Besides fishing, agro-industry, tourism, mining, energy and
\nhuman resources are North Sulawesi's five prime sectors. (icn)<\/p>",
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