Govt sets aside Rp 9b for the needy

BOGOR: The Bogor city administration allotted over Rp 9 billion in its 2005 budget to eradicate poverty, an official said on Wednesday.

An official at the Bogor information office, Zaenal Arifin, said the fund was partly being used to finance the registration of poor families and to provide free ID cards for them.

Over Rp 4 billion was allocated to provide health services, education and rice as well as micro credit and job training to develop their front yard or empty land into a sustainable business, he added.

"We will also allocate Rp 860 million from the fund to renovate their houses." -- Antara