1m Indonesians still isolated

Mon, 21 Jul 1997, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

BENGKULU, Bengkulu: More than one million Indonesians still
live in isolation, the Home Ministry's Director General for
Regional Development Feisal Tamin said over the weekend.

An estimated 1.05 million live in isolation in 295 locations
spread throughout 18 provinces. Most of them belong to remote
tribes who are difficult to reach.

Governor Adjis Ahmad said that in Bengkulu 1,700 people live
in the distant island of Enggano. "This area is considered
isolated because it can only be reached by sea and even that
takes about 10 days."

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