No money for orphans

No money for orphans

TANGERANG: Members of the Tangerang legislative council
questioned the 2004 budget draft during a session on Tuesday,
asking why it failed to include promised money to send orphans
and poor children to school.

Councillor Samsudin pointed out that the budget draft only
allocate funds for "school development".

Tangerang Regent Ismet Iskandar earlier promised that the
administration would earmark at least Rp 12.7 billion (US$1.49
million) to pay for the schooling of orphans and poor students
starting in January next year.

The head of the local education agency, Mas Iman Kusnandar,
said the funds for this purpose would be taken from the
Administration Development Planning Body's budget.

The proposed sums for elementary and Islamic boarding school
students is Rp 20,000 per year, Rp 60,000 for junior high school
students and Rp 75,000 for high school students. -- JP