360 families to be resettled

360 families to be resettled

JEMBER, East Java: About 360 families are awaiting
resettlement in Sulawesi under the state-sponsored transmigration
program.

They will be dispatched in January or February when the
government has completed land clearance and housing construction
in Sulawesi, a spokesman for the Jember office of transmigration
office, Trisunu Prahoro, said yesterday.

He said the farmers would be employed at plantation projects
in Central Sulawesi, Antara reported. (pan)