Transmigrants seek jobs<\/p>\n
PALU, Central Sulawesi: Tens of transmigrant families at the
\nSidera resettlement sites have been forced to seek jobs 10
\nkilometers away in Palu because their allotted land is not yet
\nproductive, Antara reported Monday.<\/p>\n
The resettlers from Central Java and East Nusa Tenggara said
\nthey had to survive as their land had not produced anything while
\ntheir food supplies dwindled and the government refused to
\nrestock them.<\/p>\n
The families at the Sidera resettlement sites in the Sigi
\nBiromaru district, Donggala regency, have been forced to work in
\nPalu on rice fields or for housing projects.<\/p>\n
Resettlers Agustinus, 30, Nicolas, 30 and Samsiar, a mother of
\nfour children, said they were paid Rp 5,000 a day in Palu.<\/p>\n
The families have been resettling at the sites since January
\n1996. In return they received 15 kilograms of rice and Rp 50,400.<\/p>\n
Their land was expected to be productive within a year, but it
\nhas lacked irrigation since two pumps broke down.<\/p>\n
Minister of Transmigration Siswono Yudohusodo, who recently
\ncampaigned at the Central Sulawesi site, did not know about the
\nirrigation problems, Antara reported. (sur)<\/p>",
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