[Kabar-indonesia] Japan focuses assistance on eight Indonesia's eastern provinces

[Joyo at aol.com]

Japan focuses assistance on eight Indonesia's eastern provinces

Makassar (Antara, Sept. 1, 2006) - The Japanese government has focused its 
assistance through the Official Development Assistance (ODA) Task Force on six 
Indonesia's eastern provinces, comprising six provinces in Sulawesi and two 
others in Maluku.

The head of the Indonesian office of the Japan International Cooperation 
Agency (JICA), Nobuhiko Hanazato, disclosed here Thursday the eight provinces to 
be given priority consist of North Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, Southeast 
Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, Gorontalo, Maluku and North Maluku.

Japan`s assistance program for poverty alleviation in South Sulawesi has been 
implemented after the signing a memorandum of understanding between ODA Task 
Force and the South Sulawesi administration here on May 2006.

The implementation of the poverty alleviation program supported by Japan`s 
assistance is under the coordination the National Development Planning Board 
(Bappenas).

Hanazato was visiting here in connection with the plan for the construction 
of Trans-Sulawesi highway from Maros regency to Parepare regency in the 
province, which was proposed by the the Public Works Ministry in 2005, and the 
development of Mamminasata (Maros, Makassar, Sungguminasa, Takalar) metropolitan 
region.

The development of the Mamminasata metropolitan region, including the 
construction of a road network, which has been underway since 2005, is part of the 
poverty alleviation program in South Sulawesi.

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Joyo Indonesia News Service
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