Pedicab drivers want transmigration

Pedicab drivers want transmigration

PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: About 500 families of pedicab
drivers in Palembang, South Sumatra, wanted to enter the
government-sponsored transmigration program for a better life and
improved prosperity, a representative said.

Edi Catur, chairman of the Palembang Pedicab Drivers
Association, said on Monday that the success story of 64 families
that had migrated to Bertak village, Rimau island district, Banyu
Asin regency, South Sumatra, had inspired the pedicab drivers to
join the program.

He said that the demands from pedicab drivers were still being
discussed with the provincial administration as it could not
accommodate more than 76 families. --Antara