Japan extends grant assistance

Japan extends grant assistance

JAKARTA: The government of Japan extended grant aid worth
US$47.4 million to Indonesia on Monday.

The grants are to help fund four projects related respectively
to the counterterrorism effort, the provision of safe drinking
water, power supply system improvements and biodiversity
conservation.

About $6.91 million of the money will be used to procure
security equipment for major airports and ports, while some $2.06
million will be spent on the rural water supply systems in the
provinces of West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara.

The rest of the grant aid is earmarked for the rehabilitation
of the Gresik power plant in East Java, and the establishment of
research facilities for biodiversity conservation and
utilization. --JP