Ujungpandang pilot project

UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi: Mayor Malik B. Masry has disclosed that the city has been chosen for a pilot project in regional autonomy at the provincial capital level.

The project will begin in April, Masry said after meeting with legislative council members to discuss the plan, Antara reported yesterday.

The central government would entrust the municipality to autonomously handle seven affairs: forestry, public works, the mining and excavation of certain minerals, tourism, traffic and road transportation and manpower and housing, he said.