Rp 2.2b project for Irian

Wed, 24 Sep 1997, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

FAKFAK, Irian Jaya: A Rp 2.2 billion (US$745,000) coastal
reclamation project to expand the Irian Jaya town of Fakfak will
start this month, Antara reported yesterday.

Head of the public works agency here, Sujarwo, said the
project, scheduled to finish next March, would extend a two-
kilometer stretch along the town's shore 125 meters further into
the sea.

But the project is not without its critics.

Yacob Mutika of the World Wide Fund for Nature said he doubted
the project's economic and esthetics benefits.

"There are still many public needs that need to be immediately
addressed (rather than having this project)," Yacob was quoted as
saying. (aan)

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