Rp 12b of projects to be officiated

Rp 12b of projects to be officiated

MAUMERE, East Nusa Tenggara: President Soeharto is due to
inaugurate three government projects worth over Rp 12 billion
($1.5 million) in the near future, an official said yesterday.

Deputy Governor Piter Alexander Tallo said the projects in the
Sikka regency comprise legislative council offices worth Rp 1
billion, a market, Rp 2.3 billion, and a hospital, Rp 9.4
billion.

The hospital project in Maumere will replace the hospital
destroyed in a December 1992 earthquake, which killed over 2,000
people and destroy thousands of houses.

Built on a five hectare plot of land, it is designed to be the
largest and most modern hospital on the Flores island.

Tallo said the local government was training medical personnel
and administrative workers for the hospital. (yac)