Transmigrants successful in Timor

Transmigrants successful in Timor

JAKARTA (JP): Most people resettled in East Timor under the
state-sponsored transmigration program are able to improve their
living standards.

"Most of the transmigrants in 11 relocation areas are more
prosperous than they were in their homes of origin," Head of the
East Timor Chapter of the Ministry of Transmigration, L. Madyo,
said Thursday.

He said only a few of them failed to improve their living
standards because the land provided by the government was not as
productive as expected, Antara reported. (imn)