Govt to build 4,600 houses<\/p>\n
SEMARANG: The government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
\nhas set a target of building 4,600 houses within its first 100
\ndays in office, a minister says.<\/p>\n
Minister of Public Housing Muhammad Yusuf Asy'ari said the
\nprogram was a continuation of the previous government's plan to
\nconstruct one million houses. Only 70,000 modest houses had been
\nbuilt when the transfer of power took place on Oct. 20.<\/p>\n
\"We will try to meet the target of 200,000 houses in 2005,
\nwith the full support of stakeholders,\" Yusuf said during his
\nvisit to a housing complex for civil servants and military and
\npolice personnel here.<\/p>\n
He said his office would facilitate bank credits and building
\nlicenses for developers, which would help the government provide
\nhousing for middle- and low-income groups. The government will
\nalso ask banks to extend terms of credit. -- JP<\/p>\n
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\nScene-debts-unpaid
\nCredit for farmers, SME unpaid
\nJP\/4\/SCENE<\/p>\n
Credit for farmers,
\nSMEs unpaid<\/p>\n
SURAKARTA, Central Java: Bad debts among farmers and small-
\nand medium-scale enterprises (SME) have reached Rp 8.7 trillion
\n(US$966 million), State Minister of Cooperatives and Small and
\nMedium Enterprises Suryadharma Ali said.<\/p>\n
Suryadharma said the government could not just write off the
\ndebts as there were many debtors who had consistently paid their
\nmonthly installments.<\/p>\n
\"I have learned that some people are regularly paying their
\nloans in credit, some can no longer afford to pay and the rest
\ndeliberately evade their responsibilities,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said he would find a solution to the bad debts within his
\nfirst 100 days in office. -- Antara<\/p>\n
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\nScene-Poso-military
\nRights group wants reshuffle in Poso
\nJP\/4\/SCENE<\/p>\n
Rights groups want
\nreshuffle in Poso<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: In response to the continuing violence in Poso,
\nCentral Sulawesi, rights groups called on the government to
\nreplace the military commander and police chief in the province,
\non the grounds that they had failed to ease the tension there.<\/p>\n
The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence
\n(Kontras) and human rights watch Imparsial also demanded the
\nwithdrawal of 3,900 security personnel deployed in the restive
\narea to prevent them from being mired in the protracted conflict.<\/p>\n
Two people have been killed in mysterious circumstances in the
\npast week.<\/p>\n
The rights groups also demanded the thorough investigation of
\nanyone implicated in the violence. -- JP<\/p>\n
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\nScene-Marine-commande
\nMarine corps gets new commander
\nJP\/4\/MARINE<\/p>\n
Marine corps gets
\nnew commander<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Navy Chief of Staff Adm. Bernard Kent Sondakh
\ninstalled on Tuesday Maj. Gen. Safzen Noerdin as the new Marine
\ncorps commander, replacing Maj. Gen. Achmad Rifai.<\/p>\n
Safzen, a 1975 graduate of the Navy Academy, served as the
\ndeputy commander of military operations in Aceh during martial
\nlaw in the province, between May 2003 and May 2004.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Achmad, a 1972 graduate of the Navy Academy, has
\nbeen appointed as the Navy's inspector general. -- JP.<\/p>\n
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\nScene-Golkar-Akbar
\nAkbar set to contest leadership election
\nJP\/4\/GOLKAR<\/p>\n
Akbar ready to
\ncontest election<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: In response to the recent challenge posed by his
\ndeputy, Golkar Party leader Akbar Tandjung said on Tuesday he was
\nready to contest the party's leadership election next month.<\/p>\n
\"I leave the matter to the party, but if the majority want me
\nto run, I'm ready,\" Akbar said.<\/p>\n
Akbar won his first five-year term at the party's helm in
\n1999, beating former military commander Gen. (ret) Eddie
\nSudrajat.<\/p>\n
On Monday, Golkar deputy leader Marwah Daud Ibrahim said she
\nwould challenge Akbar in the election and insisted that Vice
\nPresident Jusuf Kalla -- who is a Golkar patron -- be allowed to
\njoin the race. -- JP.<\/p>",
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