Islamic center ready in 1994

UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi: The new Islamic Center Mosque which is being built here should be ready by next March, according its chief financier.

Gen. (ret.) M. Jusuf, who had the idea of building the mosque, said that the center's building itself will be able to accommodate up to 10,000 people. A total of 40,000 people could be accommodated if the surrounding fields are included, he said as reported by the Antara news agency in a dispatch from Jakarta.

Jusuf was formerly chief of the Armed Forces and chairman of the Supreme Audit Agency before retiring from public office in 1993. He hails from South Sulawesi.

Built in the town's center on a nine-hectare plot, the center's complex will also offer complete education facilities from kindergarten to high education.

Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad and Minister of Public Works Radinal Moochtar sit on the board which overseas the construction plan. (emb)