Aid for villages

Aid for villages

From Media Indonesia

President Soeharto set up a special program, Inpres, which
allocates aid to the least developed villages in Indonesia, a
program aimed at enhancing the welfare and prosperity of the
people. According to information, the aid amounts to Rp 20
million for each village. And for Buru island, particularly east
North Buru district, Central Maluku, there are ten villages that
are listed as the least developed villages. If that is true, the
ten villages should receive a total of Rp 200 million between
them. However, on Dec. 5, 1994, the local government presented
only Rp 100 million to the ten villages. No mention was made
whether it was the first installment of the Rp 200 million or
what happened to the remaining half.

In this context, a village chief asked me to enquire about the
matter to the concerned authority and find out the true amount of
aid allocated to the ten villages.

ABDUL HALIK

Jakarta