Media centers to be set up in 10 provinces

Pangkalpinang, Bangka Belitung (ANTARA News) - Some 10 provinces in Indonesia will get media center facilities in connection with the implementation of the law on information openness which is being finalized by the parliament, a communication official said.

"Among the 10 provinces will be North Sumatra, Bangka Belitung, Central Java, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), Maluku, East Kalimantan and Papua," the head of the Public Information Agency of the Ministry for Communication and Informatics, Suparwoto, said here on Monday.

He said the facilities to be provided for the centers were computers, servers, facsimiles and scanners that could be used by reporters in doing their jobs.

The media centers would help media reporters to perform their tasks.

He said all the public services would be on-line by 2012 when the law on information openness was enacted.

Bangka Belitung Deputy Governor Syamsudin Besari meawhile said the provincial administration would provide a special room for the center.

The Communication and Informatics Ministry would allocate Rp115 milion in assistance funds, a car and communication equipment for each media center as well as Rp223 million worth of computers, he said.