Transmigration target set

Transmigration target set

SEMARANG, Central Java: Head of the provincial office of the
Ministry of Transmigration Dyah Paramawartiningsih said that it
planned to relocate 12,050 families to outlying islands during
the 1998/1999 financial year.

Dyah expressed confidence that the target could be reached if
selected families were given proper guidance and fully understood
the program and the opportunities it presented for families to
improve their welfare.

Central Java was quite successful in meeting its
transmigration target in the last financial year. A total of
8,192 from an initial target of 8,207 families were relocated,
Antara reported.

Almost all migrants are sent to locations in the eastern part
of Indonesia.