Aid for Manado flood victims

Aid for Manado flood victims

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Governor HZB Palaguna, on behalf of
the people of South Sulawesi, handed over Rp 50 million and 20
tons of rice for the flood victims in Manado, North Sulawesi on
Tuesday.

The aid was symbolically given to the head of the North
Sulawesi Environmental Control Agency SA Kidangeng at the Sedona
Hotel in Makassar.

According to Palaguna, the Manado tragedy was also a tragedy
for the people of South Sulawesi. "We are all brothers in
Sulawesi. We express our deepest condolences to all the Manado
people and especially the relatives of the people killed in the
disaster."

Meanwhile reports from Manado said that 14 people were killed
and five others missing in the floods which hit Manado, Bitung
and the regency of Minahasa in North Sulawesi between Nov. 30 and
Dec. 1.

According to the provincial natural disaster management unit
and local police, ten of those killed and three of those missing
are residents of Minahasa. (27/sur)