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        "id": 1326058,
        "msgid": "w-sumatra-loses-rp-14b-to-disasters-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-06-21 00:00:00",
        "title": "W. Sumatra loses Rp 14b to disasters",
        "author": null,
        "source": "ANTARA",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "W. Sumatra loses Rp 14b to disasters PADANG, West Sumatra: A total of 18 natural disasters -- floods, fires, earthquakes and landslides -- from January to April 2003 has cost the West Sumatra administration Rp 14 billion (US$1.7 million) in material losses. Fachril Murad, an official with the administration, said on Friday that the province's topography made it susceptible to natural disasters. West Sumatra is surrounded by two lakes, seven mountains, several valleys and the Mentawai Strait.",
        "content": "<p>W. Sumatra loses Rp 14b to disasters<\/p>\n<p>PADANG, West Sumatra: A total of 18 natural disasters -- <br>\nfloods, fires, earthquakes and landslides -- from January to <br>\nApril 2003 has cost the West Sumatra administration Rp 14 billion <br>\n(US$1.7 million) in material losses.<\/p>\n<p>Fachril Murad, an official with the administration, said on <br>\nFriday that the province's topography made it susceptible to <br>\nnatural disasters. West Sumatra is surrounded by two lakes, seven <br>\nmountains, several valleys and the Mentawai Strait.<\/p>\n<p>Unchecked illegal logging and related activities are other <br>\nfactors that help trigger the disasters.<\/p>\n<p>Fachril said that the administration needed to be able to <br>\ndetect the natural disasters to avoid casualties, and had thus <br>\ndecided to hold a natural disaster management workshop. The <br>\nworkshop will run from June 23 to June 26, and involve 40 <br>\nparticipants from various community and public organizations.<\/p>\n<p>He hoped that the participants would be able to train more <br>\npeople in their respective areas so that they could cope with the <br>\nnatural disasters. -- Antara<\/p>\n<p>;ANTARA;<br>\nANPAa..r..<br>\nAcross-PMI-public-baths<br>\nPMI starts building public baths<br>\nJP\/5\/ACROSS<\/p>\n<p>PMI starts building public baths<\/p>\n<p>BENGKULU CITY, Bengkulu: The Bengkulu chapter of the <br>\nIndonesian Red Cross (PMI) has started building 87 units of <br>\npublic baths and toilets in Sukasari village, Sukaraja district <br>\nwith Rp 450 million (US$54,880) in aid from the Singapore Red <br>\nCross and an additional Rp 250 million from PMI.<\/p>\n<p>Construction on the public baths is expected to be finished in <br>\nfive months.<\/p>\n<p>The head of the PMI provincial chapter, Wahiddun Nurdin <br>\nDjangjaja, said that the Singapore Red Cross had agreed to fund <br>\nthe public bathing facilities after the village was hit by an <br>\nearthquake registering 7.3 on the Richter scale on June 6, 2000.<\/p>\n<p>\"Each unit will be shared by three villagers,\" he said. \"We <br>\nhope the public baths and toilets will improve sanitation in the <br>\nneighborhood and reduce possible cases of diarrhea.\"<\/p>\n<p>A total of 94 people were killed and hundreds of others were <br>\ninjured in the quake that caused Rp 310 billion in material <br>\nlosses. -- Antara<\/p>",
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