E. Timor to build more houses

E. Timor to build more houses

DILI, East Timor: The provincial administration here is striving to complete the construction of 1,500 low-cost houses for its civil servants, Antara reported.

Spokesman Rajakarina Brahmana said that, so far, only 125 houses have been completed. Most of the houses will be provided to civil servants residing in the three regencies of Dili, Liquisa and Ermera.

Brahmana said the second stage of the administration's plan to provide low-cost houses for civil servants in the other 10 regencies will start after all of the 1,500 houses have been finished.

"We need to carry out the plan in stages because of the limited funds of the developers appointed for the project," he said.

There are currently 13,000 civil servants in East Timor. (swe)