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Govt aims for 4 million transmigrants in five years
Villages, Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration Minister Marwan Jafar is targeting the placement of four million transmigrants in five years to bolster employment opportunities and create new villages in Indonesia
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illages, Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration Minister Marwan Jafar is targeting the placement of four million transmigrants in five years to bolster employment opportunities and create new villages in Indonesia.
Marwan said that the target was feasible as it had helped the establishment of two new autonomous areas in North Kalimantan and West Sulawesi provinces.
'The government hopes governors and regents of areas that have the potential for absorbing transmigrants take proactive steps to encourage people to move there,' Marwan said on Saturday as quoted by Antara news agency.
He added that any promotional efforts made by regional administrations would be strategic as the transmigration program had been on a downward trend since the end of the Soeharto dictatorship.
Despite this, Marwan said that public interest in transmigration was still high, in line with the increasing difficulty of obtaining access to farmland. Regional administrations, he went on, must also give support to transmigrants by preparing suitable land.
'The transmigration program in several disadvantaged regions and border areas can help improve the health and electricity infrastructure as well as improve education and access to clean water,' he added.(dyl/nvn)(+++)
