Schools unrepaired after 1992 quake

Schools unrepaired after 1992 quake

MAUMERE, East Nusa Tenggara: Many schools in East Flores
regency, damaged by the 1992 earthquake, have not been repaired
for lack of funding, the regent said last week.

Hendrikus Henky Mukin said that scores of students at the
Ledalero Catholic School of Philosophy had to study in the
makeshift tents which they had erected after the quake.

More than 2,000 people were reportedly killed and thousands
lost their homes in the quake which measured seven on the Richter
scale.

The Ledalero school's rector Kondrad Kebung Beoang said the
school was raising money to renovate or rebuild buildings,
including the campus' church.

A reliable source said that much of the Rp 7 billion (US$2.8
million) in relief funds from the central government and donors
had gone unaccounted for.

The funds were used to build community buildings in Patihau,
Wuring and other towns. But promised scholarships have not been
granted. (yac)