Canberra aid targets E. Indonesia<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Australian Minister for Administrative Services
\nFrank Walker yesterday affirmed his country's intention of
\nhelping development in Indonesia's eastern region.<\/p>\n
\"Australia thinks (the region) is important because it is
\nclosest to Australia... It is also where development is most
\nneeded and where some of the country's poorest people live,\" he
\nsaid during a press conference.<\/p>\n
He said feasibility studies for a large hydropower plant were
\ncurrently being carried out in the Mamberamo Valley in Irian Jaya
\nand for low-cost housing in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara.<\/p>\n
Other projects currently being studied include those related
\nto satellite remote sensing and aero-mapping surveys.<\/p>\n
Australia, he said, was also interested in the tourism
\nindustry and plans assist in the expansion of the smaller
\nairports in many parts of the region.<\/p>\n
Walker, who has been traveling to parts of eastern Indonesia
\nfor the last nine days, said the value of the projects and their
\nprerequisites would be settled after the feasibility studies. He
\nsaid the studies are expected to be completed in May next year.<\/p>\n
At that time, Indonesian State Minister of Research and
\nTechnology B.J. Habibie is expected to visit Australia, during
\nwhich a deal on the implementation of the projects will most
\nlikely be signed as well, he said.(pwn)<\/p>",
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