Sanggau to have pulp plant

Sanggau to have pulp plant

JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Forestry is inviting private
companies to help set up a US$2 billion pulp factory in Sanggau,
West Kalimantan, an official said.

Director General of Forest Utilization Titus Sariyanto told
Antara in Senggau on Wednesday that the ministry would assign
state-owned PT Inhutani III and other state-owned forestry
enterprises to build the factory in cooperation with private
firms.

Titus said a state-owned forestry company had a 14,000 hectare
timber estate in Sanggau which would be expanded to 120,000
hectares to support the planned pulp factory.

The timber estate expansion would involve local people,
especially Sanggau Dayak tribespeople, who would be trained in
state-owned forestry companies and provided with two to four
hectares, he said.

Locals participating in the timber estate development under a
nucleus estate and smallholder scheme would also get an allowance
of Rp 60,000 (US$24.55) each for processing land certificates and
loans, he said.

Titus said 200 Sanggau youths were being trained in PT
Inhutani III and other state-owned companies. (13)