Lampung to help idle fishermen

Sat, 02/23/2008 4:44 PM | The Archipelago

ADPARA>BANDARLAMPUNG: Lampung says it will pay fishermen unable to work because of bad weather and high tides.

Governor Sjachroedin Z.P. said the financial assistance for the fishermen would be taken from the province's 2008 budget and distributed through regency and municipal administrations.

"The fishermen are deserving of humanitarian aid because bad weather and high waves are categorized as disasters, and the law requires the government to handle it like disasters in other provinces," he said here recently.

He said regents and majors in the province should submit proposals for the aid after identifying all qualified recipients.

The governor did not say how much financial aid the fishermen would receive, but stressed the policy only would be effective during the rainy season, which is expected to end in March.

Fishermen in other provinces unable to leave port because of bad weather have not received financial aid from their local administrations. --JP

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