Education, poverty Susilo's concerns

Education, poverty Susilo's concerns

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Presidential candidate Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told Kupang residents on Friday that if he were elected, he would pay attention to poverty and education in the East Nusa Tenggara province.

He asserted that both sectors had to be addressed as the province still lacked 18,000 teachers and some 28 percent of its total four million residents were still living in dire poverty.

In the campaign, which was attended by some 5,000 residents, Susilo, a retired four-star general, also promised that he would raise the budget for the Indonesian Military and National Police, if he were elected president. -- JP