UNICEF to help garbage management<\/p>\n
AMBON, Maluku: A team from UNICEF will assist the Ambon
\nadministration in managing garbage by providing relevant training
\nand technology to solve the city's waste disposal problem in
\nFebruary.<\/p>\n
According to Ambon mayor Jopi Papilaja, the garbage dump in
\nthe city, originally located in Air Kuning, Sirimau district, had
\nnot functioned since the development of settlements in the area
\nfollowing three years of sectarian fighting n the Maluku islands.<\/p>\n
He said Steven Allen, chief representative of the UN
\nChildren's Fund (UNICEF) in Indonesia, had also agreed to help
\novercome the educational quality gap in Ambon by developing
\nintegrated programs in several parts of Nusaniwe district.<\/p>\n
\"Four elementary schools, a secondary school and a high school
\nin the district will receive students from communities in each
\nother's areas to bridge the gap,\" added the mayor. --Antara<\/p>\n
Planting of 10m trees starts in Bima<\/p>\n
MATARAM, Lombok: The planting of 10 million trees as part of an
\nenvironmental conservation movement started at Kamunti village in
\nBima regency, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), on Monday.<\/p>\n
The movement was sponsored by the Lombok Post daily newspaper,
\nbased in the NTB capital, Mataram.<\/p>\n
\"No less than 1,714 teak seedlings contributed by local
\ncommunities and agencies are to be planted in Kamunti today
\n(Monday), with Bima Regent Zainul Arifin declaring the start of
\nthis movement,\" committee chairman Haris Andi Baso Ence said in
\nMataram.<\/p>\n
The tree planting started from Bima regency in the eastern tip
\nof West Nusa Tenggara and would continue to several parts of
\nLombok island in the west, for five years, to improve the
\nenvironment of at least 300,000 hectares of land.<\/p>\n
So far, 10,623 teak seedlings worth Rp 159.3 million had been
\ncollected for this purpose, he said.<\/p>\n
However, the total was still too small compared with the 1.8
\nmillion hectares of dry land that needed replanting in West Nusa
\nTenggara,\" Haris added. --Antara<\/p>\n
Access road to support fishery<\/p>\n
GORONTALO, Gorontalo: The regency of Boalemo, Gorontalo, will
\nsoon build an access road worth Rp 7 billion in a joint
\ninvestment with the central government to support development of
\nthe region's fisheries.<\/p>\n
\"The Ministry of Transportation will construct a port terminal
\nand the regency is undertaking the road project to provide access
\nto its fishery port as well as agricultural areas,\" Boalemo
\nRegent Iwan Bokings said on Monday.<\/p>\n
The building of Dulupi port in Boalemo, according to him,
\nwould follow the access road to bolster the function of Tabulo as
\nthe regency's main port, which would facilitate the
\ntransportation of fishery products.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the regency administration would strive to boost
\nits economic growth by proposing the expansion of
\ntelecommunications facilities in Boalemo to the government, in
\nview of the region's limited telephone connections. --Antara<\/p>\n
Priest to face trial soon<\/p>\n
PALU, Central Sulawesi: The Central Sulawesi prosecutor's office
\nsaid on Monday it would submit the dossier of Christian priest
\nReinaldy Damanik to court later this month.<\/p>\n
Damanik is being detained on a charge of illegally possessing
\nfirearms and ammunitions near the troubled town of Poso, Central
\nSulawesi, where some 2,000 people have been killed in sectarian
\nfighting since 2000.<\/p>\n
Firdaus Yahya, spokesman for the province's prosecutor's
\noffice, said the case would be taken to court before Damanik's
\ndetention period ended on Jan. 28, 2003.<\/p>\n
The suspect was arrested after security forces found him
\ncarrying 11 firearms and 144 rounds of ammunition in his car
\nduring a raid at Peleru village, Morowali district, adjacent to
\nPoso, on Aug. 17, 2002.<\/p>\n
The car was one of four heading from Damanik's hometown of
\nTentena, which was stopped during the raid.<\/p>\n
However, Damanik denied all charges laid against him during
\ninterrogation. --Antara<\/p>",
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