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)