---------------------------------------------------------- FREE for JOIN Indonesia Daily News Online via EMAIL: go to: http://www.indo-news.com/subscribe.html - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - Please Visit Our Sponsor http://www.indo-news.com/cgi-bin/ads1 ++ Pemilu Online: http://www.indo-news.com/pemilu/ ++ ---------------------------------------------------------- ANTARA, JULY 9 1999 Poverty: New Govt Faces Task of Alleviating Poverty of 12.6 Million Families Jakarta, Jul 08 (ANTARA)- The new government resulting from deliberation in the forthcoming general People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) meeting will have the task of eradicating poverty among 12.6 million families nation-wide, a government official said here. A Mongid, Assistant to the Coordinating Minister of People's Welfare and Poverty Eradication, was giving the press the main conclusion of a meeting of cabinet ministers under supervision of the coordinating minister here Thursday. "Whoever leads the country will have to solve the problem of poverty that now afflicts 12.6 million families," he said. East Timor Mongid said, the poverty eradication movement would also be carried out in East Timor, although the territory would conduct a popular consultation in August. "There are many poor people in East Timor who deserve to be helped and the program will not wait for the results of the popular consultation. Poor people need to be helped soon," he added. Asked about the tendency of money politics in the movement in East Timor -to influence East Timorese to stay with Indonesia- Mongid said, "This is a humanitarian program, there is no political motive." However, if the East Timorese decided to separate from Indonesia, it was up to their government to decide whether the movement would be continued or discontinued, he said. (T.KPU-01/KPU-02/NN-09/INT-AJM-23:35/fn01/23:47/TB06) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 13 Jul 1999 jam 05:56:45 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
