Two villages given computer facilities

Two villages given computer facilities

YOGYAKARTA: To provide local farmers with access to world
markets, the Sleman administration installed communications
facilities in two villages here on Tuesday in observance of
National Technology Day.

The project was initiated in cooperation with the Yogyakarta
office of state-owned company PT Telkom.

The communications facilities, including computers, were
handed over to the two villages, Trumpon and Turi, by Sleman
Regent Ibnu Subiyanto. Both are known for their salak fruit
production, which offers attractive agro-tourism possibilities in
Yogyakarta.

The regent said that, as part of a greater communications
network, the villages would have more chances to market their
products.

Sleman plans to set up similar facilities in the hamlet of
Brajan in Sendangarum village, Mingir subdistrict, which is known
as a tourist area as well as a production center of bamboo-made
handicrafts and furniture. --JP