Morotai district head Sukemi Sahab said in Ternate on Wednesday that the houses of around 1,000 local residents would be fixed to serve as home-stay accommodations for guests and participants of the international marine event.
Sukemi admitted that thousands of houses of the local community would be fixed by the local government to accommodate the guests who would come to watch Sail Morotai as part of Sail Indonesia 2012.
"We will do this to anticipate the explosion of guests and participants during the event that will be utilized optimally to step up the local people`s welfare," Sukemi said.
Therefore he expressed hope that the international marine event would be beneficial for the local people.
"We have made various preparations, and one of them is a home-stay program because it is beneficial for the local community," Sukemi said.
This year the local government will also build three docks in Morotai district for the upcoming Sail Morotai 2012.
"We will focus on the construction of three docks in Morotai because the new district is located in a border area where Sail Morotai will take place in 2012," North Maluku provincial administration spokesman Umar Hasan said in Ternate over the weekend.
According to him, the new district of Morotai got a special attention from central government.
Umar said the construction of three docks in Morotai would receive funds amounting Rp2.1 billion from 2011 regional budget, and also from state budget, focused on supporting the public activity through sea transportation.
According to him the the docks would be used to support the international marine event of Sail Morotai and to step up the local community`s economy and welfare.
(Uu.O001/HAJM)
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