N. Sumatra village has no cemetery
N. Sumatra village has no cemetery
MEDAN, North Sumatra: Unlike other villages in North Sumatra,
Klambir V has no public cemetery.
Villagers say they have frequently asked the Hamparan Perak
subdistrict administration to provide them with land to bury
their dead, but have received no response.
"This is the only village in the province without a public
cemetery. Residents have no other choice but to bury their dead
in their yards," said Arbain, head of the village with a
population of 1,097. --Antara
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Maluku to have new governor
AMBON, Maluku: Home Minister Hari Sabarno is scheduled to
swear in Brig. Gen. (ret) Karel Ralahalu as governor and Mohammad
Abdullah Latuconsina as deputy governor on Sept. 15.
Cak Saimima, a public administration assistant to the
governor, said here on Saturday that acting governor Sinyo
Sarundayang has been asked to coordinate with the provincial
legislative council to make necessary preparations for the
swearing-in ceremony.
Sarundayang has been acting governor for ten months, since
former governor Saleh Latuconsina's term of office expired on
Dec. 11, 2002. The gubernatorial election was delayed because of
the unstable political conditions in the province, due to the
prolonged sectarian conflict in which more than 6,000 people have
been killed between 1999 and 2002.
Karel and his running mate, Abdullah, won a major victory in
the gubernatorial election held on Aug. 16. -- JP
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Govt to repair Sumatra east coast highway
JAMBI CITY, Jambi: The central government will immediately
disburse Rp 54 billion (US$6.3 million) to repair a 105-kilometer
section of the Sumatra east coast highway -- between Muara
Tembesi and Sarolangun.
Rijal Jalil, a member of the House of Representatives, said
here on Saturday that the funds for the repair project came from
the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD),
the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the 2003 state budget.
"The highway has been damaged by overloaded trucks, because of
the lack of supervision by local authorities," he said.
He added the highway was vital in the province's economic
development. --JP
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200 Papuan TB patients in dire need of treatment
JAYAPURA, Papua: At least 200 tuberculosis (TB) patients in
the mountainous regency of Bintang, Papua, are in desperate need
of medical treatment, a local official has said.
The patients -- both adults and children -- were in a serious
condition since they had suffered from the infectious disease for
some time, head of the district's health office, Paulus Sumino
said here Saturday.
"Despite several calls for help, no medical assistance has
come, either from the central government or the provincial
administration, while the condition of the patients is
increasingly getting worse," he said.
Apart from TB, he said, a large number of children in the
district -- under 10 years old -- are also suffering from yaws,
an infectious tropical disease caused by the spirochete bacteria.
Bintang is one of 13 new regencies, officiated by Home
Minister Hari Sabarno in April.
Due to its treacherous terrain, the new regency can be reached
only by air transportation. --Antara
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Reforestation program under threat
KOTABARU TOWN, South Kalimantan: A reforestation program for
83-hectares of deforested area in Kotabaru and Tanah Bumbu
regencies is under threat, since the teakwood seedlings that were
planted in the two barren areas have died due to the prolonged
drought.
Amang, a resident of Gedambaan village in Kotabaru regency,
said people living in the two regencies appreciated the Rp 484
million reforestation program "but we are dissatisfied with the
poor condition of the newly planted seedlings."
Another resident, Arpan, blamed the plant's poor condition on
the local administration because the plants were abandoned after
they were planted.
"Villagers would volunteer to take care of the plants during
the drought if they were asked to, because the reforestation
program will also benefit them," he said.
Meanwhile, head of the local forestry office Hasbi Thawab said
the reforestation program had been suspended until the rainy
season. -- JP