102,000 jobless employed

102,000 jobless employed

BOGOR (JP): Labor intensive projects, designed to temporarily
provide work for jobless people during the economic crisis, have
employed 102,000 workers, an official from the Bogor Mayoralty
said yesterday.

"At least 1,700 workers have been employed daily," Hari
Harsono, the mayoralty spokesman, said.

The project, which cost Rp 765 million, has dealt mainly with
cleaning and repairing rivers and drains, constructing new roads
and planting trees.

A new subdistrict office was also built under the auspices of
the project in Situgede village, Bogor Barat district. "The new
office provides subdistrict officers with a permanent office.
They used to rent a house owned by a local resident," he added.
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