Rp 4.4b in aid for Maluku education
Rp 4.4b in aid for Maluku education
JAKARTA: The World Bank has provided a total of Rp 4.4 billion
for educational development in Maluku since 2001.
Project officer Jansen Leunupun said the aid had been used to
build 19 state elementary schools and Islamic junior high schools
across the neighboring regencies of Southeast Maluku (Malra) and
Western Malra.
During the first phase, the project focused on the
construction of school buildings in remote or isolated areas. The
following phase was to help repair existing school buildings and
equip them with up-to-date educational facilities.
Jansen said that, so far, 11 buildings were nearing
completion.
The World Bank, according to Jansen, has also recruited some
40 part-time teachers to serve at state and Islamic junior high
schools in the regencies. The recruits will work based on
contracts of between three and four years and receive a monthly
salary of Rp 300,000.
Maluku has been hit by three years of communal clashes, which
has left thousands of people dead and many buildings damaged. --
Antara
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Medan woman urges tougher sentence for Singaporean employer
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Tougher sentence for employer sought
JAKARTA: A ten-month jail term handed down to Singaporean
teacher Heng Kwee Huang for abusing her Indonesian maid was too
lenient and should be appealed to a higher court, an activist
said.
"The sentence is too light and should not be accepted without
any effort to file an appeal to that country's court," Maya
Manurung SH, an activist for women's affairs from Medan, was
quoted as saying by Antara on Saturday.
On Thursday a Singapore court sentenced Huang to ten months in
jail and fined her 3,000 Singaporean dollars (US$ 1,760) for
abusing Yunmarni, 24, by punching and then pouring hot water on
the latter's face.
According to Maya, Indonesia needed to prepare some lawyers
for this case on the grounds that Yunmarni's employer had treated
her in an inhuman way.
"Yunmarni should actually file an appeal to that country's
higher court, as the sentence was too light," she said.
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RI prepares int'l research center
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RI prepares int'l research center
JAKARTA: The office of the state ministry for research and
technology was currently preparing a plan for an international
joint research project dealing with maritime, biotechnology and
information technology as well as manufacturing, a cabinet
minister said.
The proposed international research center has won the backing
of Germany and some members of the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN), State Minister for Research and Technology Hatta
Rajasa said at the opening of the Best of British Week exhibit
featuring British education, technology and business.
"We hope in the near future, Indonesian and British
researchers can carry out joint projects in the field of science
and technology," the minister said.
He said the cost of research activities would be shared by
participating countries.
Hatta also said that his office would establish science and
technology exhibition centers throughout the country. His office
is currently putting up science and technology exhibition centers
in Bandung, Semarang, Yogyakarta and Malang, East Java.1