Minister launches poverty program
TANGERANG: In conjunction with the commemoration of the National Social Solidarity Day for Friends, Minister of Social Affairs Bachtiar Chamsyah launched a nationwide poverty alleviation program in Tegal Kunir Lor village in Mauk district of Tangerang regency on Tuesday.
The program, called the Poor Village Adoption (ADEM), was inspired by the child adoption program, he said.
Under the new program, any commercial institution managed either by the private sector or the government is expected to adopt poor villagers.
It is being conducted in cooperation with the Community Empowerment Center at National University in South Jakarta.
Tangerang regent Ismet Iskandar said that there were five villages that were chosen for the pilot project in the regency -- Tegal Kunir Lor, Tegal Kunir Kidul, Gunung Sari, Rajeg Mulya and Suka Sari.--JP
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S. Korea helps agricultural project
BOGOR: The regency administration held a joint project with South Korea government to convert around 10 hectares of dry soil in Tenjo area into a farming land.
Bogor administration secretary, Yuyun Muslihat, explained that the South Korea government will provide equipments, vehicles, and crop seeds, as well as trainings for farmers on which crop can grow well on dry soil.
"We hope that such technology assistance from South Korea government can help the crops growing productively," he said after a plenary session at the Bogor legislative council on Tuesday.
He added that the land in Tenjo area is originally a model for dry-soil agriculture, where only particular crops which can be harvested after one year or seasonal were planted.
No information on details of the project was available. Facilities for the project executors had been built in the area, while the project is about to started, Yuyun said.
The project is a government-to-government cooperation in which Bogor was chosen as the venue because the regency is the closest to Jakarta. -- JP
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IPB to develop assets
BOGOR: The Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) plans to develop 17 of its assets, mostly former campuses, in an effort to finance the education budget, which this year amounts to some Rp 450 billion.
IPB rector Ahmad Ansori Mattjik said on Monday the institute would generate money from the development of the assets so that it would not burden students too much. The cost of educating a student was some Rp 18 million per year, he said.
He added IPB had set up a team that would be tasked to take a close look at the 17 assets, located outside the main campus at Darmaga, Bogor.
He said that three former IPB campuses, at Baranangsiang, Taman Kencana and Gunung Gede had potential to make money.
According to Ahmad, the former Taman Kencana campus would be used to build a luxury hospital, while Baranangsiang campus would be used for a special program for business executives, and other commercial activities like a convention center and an agribusiness center.
IPB also plans to build a shopping mall, guest house and other commercial developments. --JP