Unicef pledges US$1.5 million for Papua<\/p>\n
MANOKWARI, Papua: The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef)
\npledged on Saturday some US$1.5 million in financial assistance
\nfor Papua province in the 2003 fiscal year.<\/p>\n
\"The fund will support the provincial administration's
\nprograms on health, education, and the protection of mothers and
\nchildren,\" Antara quoted Unicef staffer Jeanne Rini P as saying
\nin Manokwari, Papua, on Saturday.<\/p>\n
According to Jeanne, the funds would be used to continue
\nhumanitarian activities in the districts of Sorong, Manokwari,
\nBiak Numfor and Jayawijaya, which are intended to cover 45
\npercent of 170,000 Papuan children aged 17 years and below.<\/p>\n
The programs include seminars and training courses for medical
\nstaff in hospitals, health centers and village health posts, as
\nwell as training courses on AIDS prevention for teachers in the
\nprovince, she said. --Antara<\/p>\n
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\nAcross-navy-illegal logs
\nNavy nab ship carrying illegal logs
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Navy arrests ships carrying illegal logs<\/p>\n
PEKANBARU, Riau: A Navy patrol arrested on Thursday two ships
\nsuspected of carrying 100 tons of illegal logs in Dumai, Riau
\nprovince, Antara reported on Saturday.<\/p>\n
It was not immediately clear if the ships, which were not
\nidentified, were trying to smuggle the logs out of the country.<\/p>\n
Navy personnel arrested the ships after their crews failed to
\nproduce the necessary documents for the logs. The ships were then
\nbrought to Bengkalis port in Dumai, Riau province, where they are
\nbeing held for further investigation.<\/p>\n
Commenting on the arrests, Dumai Naval Base commander Lt. Col.
\nDaniel Majid said on Saturday that the Navy would continue
\nsafeguarding the country's natural resources even though there
\nwere those who were intent on smuggling them out the country.
\n--Antara<\/p>\n
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\nAcross-reboisation-merapi
\n2,500 residents plant trees on Merapi volcano
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2,500 people plant trees on Merapi slopes<\/p>\n
YOGYAKARTA: About 2,500 civil servants, military and police
\npersonnel, party activists, members of charitable organizations,
\nand local residents of Sleman regency, Yogyakarta, planted a wide
\nvariety of trees on the southern slopes of Mt. Merapi on
\nSaturday.<\/p>\n
The reforestation campaign was focused on the so-called third
\nsquare slope -- the highest in the Turgo mountain range -- which
\nis now completely deforested due to fires during last year's dry
\nseason.<\/p>\n
The trees planted on Saturday included mahogany, acacia,
\ndamar, suren, and salam trees, which were provided by the Sleman
\nregental administration.<\/p>\n
Sleman regent Ibnu Subiyanto, who led the reforestation drive,
\nsaid the move was part of efforts to save the Merapi area, which
\nhad suffered severe deforestation due to fires and landslides.<\/p>\n
He also said that the mountains in the area had been neglected
\nover the past six years.<\/p>\n
\"For the past six years, no attempts have been made to plant
\ntrees on the mountains. So, it is not at all surprising that the
\narea has been completely deforested,\" Ibnu was quoted by Antara
\nas saying on Saturday. --Antara<\/p>\n
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\nAcross-aceh-scholarship
\nChildren of fishermen want scholarship
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Children count on Thai boats for schooling<\/p>\n
BANDA ACEH: Thousands of children of traditional fishermen in
\nAceh are counting on scholarships to enable them to continue
\ntheir schooling.<\/p>\n
Aceh Cultural and Marine Law Council secretary Adli Abdullah
\nsaid on Saturday that the children were promised scholarships to
\nbe paid for out of the proceeds raised by the auctioning of Thai
\nfishing boats confiscated in Aceh waters earlier.<\/p>\n
Adli, however, said his council was able to provide
\nscholarships to only 535 students due to the limited funds
\navailable.<\/p>\n
The Aceh administration earned a total of Rp 11. 5 billion
\nfrom the auctioning off 35 Thai boats confiscated for poaching in
\nIndonesian waters.<\/p>\n
Most of the funds, however, went into the coffers of the
\nprovincial administration.<\/p>\n
\"If all the proceeds of the sale of the Thai boats were
\nallotted for sending the children of traditional fishermen to
\nschool, it would help thousands of children from poor,
\ntraditional fishing families,\" Adli explained.<\/p>\n
He said each child would receive between Rp 40,000 and Rp
\n100,000 a month, depending on the educational level concerned.<\/p>\n
An elementary school student would receive Rp 40,000 a month,
\njunior high school student Rp 55,000, senior high school student
\nRp 70,000 and a university or other high learning institute
\nstudent Rp 100,000. -- Antara<\/p>\n
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\nAcross-petra-Australia
\nPetra opens Australian study center
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Petra opens Australian study center<\/p>\n
SURABAYA: The English department of the Petra Christian
\nUniversity's (UKP) faculty of letters in Surabaya, East Java, is
\nplanning to open an Australian Study Center, an academician said
\nSaturday.<\/p>\n
The Australian Study Center will be launched during \"Aussie
\nWeek\" from Feb. 25 through Feb. 28, said Aylanda Nugroho of the
\nUKP's faculty of letters.<\/p>\n
\"The embryo of the Australian Study Center actually came into
\nexistence in 1999 as part of a subject in the university's
\nEnglish department,\" Nugroho said.<\/p>\n
He said the Australian Study Center would be launched by the
\nuniversity's rector Paul Nugraha, and would be attended by
\nBeverly Mercer, cultural counselor at the Australian embassy in
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
According to Nugroho, Aussie Week would begin with seminars on
\nEast Java's \"competitiveness\" in Indonesian-Australian bilateral
\nrelations, and a lecture on Australian study to be delivered by
\nAustralian journalist Duncan Graham.<\/p>\n
Other events to mark Aussie Week are a public speaking contest
\non \"How to Improve Indonesian-Australian Relations\", an education
\nfair and a food festival. --Antara<\/p>",
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