Poor get Rp 13.5b in funding

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)