Indonesian gov't to build 500,000 houses in Aceh
18/1/2005 15:05
The Indonesian government will build 500,000 houses to provide shelters for
victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami in Aceh, a senior official has said. "The
government is still assessing infrastructural losses in Aceh... But one thing is
for sure that the government is focusing on the construction of houses for the
Aceh people," State Minister for National Development Planning Sri Mulyani
Indrawati was quoted Tuesday by Jakarta-based Kompas newspaper as saying. She
said the program is estimated to cost some 3 trillion rupiah (US$333.3
million). More than 600,000 Aceh residents have been made homeless by the
tsunami, which claimed more than 110,000 lives in the province.
Xinhua
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