War veterans needs housing

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Most ex-servicemen in the province have yet to obtain housing facilities from the government, according to an official.

"Up to now only 27 percent of almost 1,600 ex-servicemen have got housing from the Ministry of Defense and Security," Oemar Haroen, chairman of the local chapter of the Association of Indonesian Veterans (Pepabri) said here yesterday.

For the 1994/95 fiscal year, the ministry is to provide only 80 houses for ex-servicemen in this province, he was quoted by Antara as saying.

The local chapter of Pepabri called on the government to increase the budget for veteran housing. (rms)