Govt to Relaunch Transmigration Program

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Minggu, 16 Agustus 2015 00:00 WIB

Newly opened transmigration area in Tinauka Village, South Sulawesi. ANTARA/Basri Marzuki

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Minister of Village, Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration Marwan Jafar said that the government planned to revive the transmigration program.


According to him, the program is considered appropriate considering that Indonesia has a ‘demographic bonus’ thanks to is large area.


"Transmigration is an important effort to spread the population evenly because Indonesia has a big demographic bonus," he said on Saturday, August 15.


Marwan also said that transmigration is one of the ways to spread the country’s population evenly and to improve the economy. Therefore, he called on regional leaders to cooperate to support the program.


"I call on regional leaders whose regions become transmigration destinations to make this program a success,” he concluded.


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