Japan's loan for power project

Japan's loan for power project

SURABAYA, E Java (Antara): The Japanese government has
extended US$75,868 for the development of a small-scale
electricity network in Sebamban Baru village in Banjarmasin
district, South Kalimantan province.

The memorandum of understanding on the financial assistance
was signed by Japanese Consul General in Surabaya, Minoru Ishida,
in Banjarmasin on Friday.

Present at the ceremony was the provincial chairman of the
Kalimantan Berseri non-governmental organization, Muhammad
Soekamto, the person responsible for the project.

Ishida said the electricity network would help the villagers
expand their small-scale industries, and give them light in their
homes and public facilities.

Sebamban is occupied by about 380 families, who have resettled
from the islands of Java, Madura and Bali to the village in the
past 20 years.