Provinces get grant

Provinces get grant

JAKARTA: Japan, through its embassy here, has granted 877
million yen (Rp 17.5 billion) to four provinces in eastern
Indonesia.

The grant for East Nusa Tenggara, North Sulawesi, Southeast
Sulawesi and Irian Jaya was presented here Thursday by Japanese
Ambassador to Indonesia Taizo Watanabe to the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs' director general for foreign economy, Soemadi DM
Brotodiningrat.

The grant is the sixth of its kind for fiscal year 1996-1997.
Soemadi added that it would come in the form of irrigation
machinery and drinking water facilities. (swe)