Hundreds Poor Families Have Not Received Their Rice Quota

Tuesday, 24 February, 2009 | 16:38 WIB 

TEMPO Interactive, Kediri: The rice allocation for poor families in Kediri is insufficient. Kediri Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) chief, Arief Joko, said there are 11.049 poor families this year. The figure excludes the 644 families earning low incomes. “The number of the region’s poor – 10.375 families -- continues to increase ,” Agus said yesterday. 

The chief of the Kediri Economic Department in charge of Production, Puguh Rahayu, said the number of poor families does not equal the rice allocation for poor people as approved by the governor. Out of the 11.693 poor families, only 10.990 families have been approved to receive the rice distribution. “We must lower the rice allocation so that the distribution can be equitable.” 

HARI TRI WASONO