Quake-struck Liwa rebuilt

Quake-struck Liwa rebuilt

JAKARTA: Funding for the reconstruction of nine private
schools and three markets, affected by an earthquake last year,
was handed over to the local government by funding agencies
yesterday.

The reconstruction of traditional markets was funded by the
United Nations Development Program and Australia, while the
schools by Britain, Norway and New Zealand, through the Geneva-
based UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs.

The ceremony was attended by local officials, the development
program's deputy resident representative Anders O. Frismark and
representatives from the embassies of the donor countries.

The earth quake claimed more than 200 lives, destroyed over
10,000 buildings and caused extensive damage to vital
infrastructures. (pan)