Poor get Rp 13.5b in funding

BOGOR (JP): Forty-five villages and subdistricts in six districts in Bogor are set to receive Rp 13.5 billion in funding for poverty alleviation programs.

Chief of the Bogor regional development agency Dedi S. Hamdan said on Wednesday that the fund, allocated from the Bogor mayoralty's 2000-2001 budget, would be channeled through each subdistrict.

"The fund, to be distributed in soft loans, will be used to develop small-scale industries and create job opportunities for the people.

"I have ordered all subdistrict chiefs to accurately list the names of prospective recipients. I want only the needy parties to receive the funds," Bogor Mayor Iswara Natanegara said on Wednesday. (21/edt)