Island Regions Asked to Construct Oil Depots

Tempo Interactive, Monday, 14 December, 2009 | 15:25 WIB

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The central government has given permission to island regional governments to build oil depots.

According to the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Hatta Rajasa, this measure is being taken to anticipate lack of energy and petrol in the high wave season.

”Regional governments are allowed to build depots,” he said in a National Development Planning Consultation Meeting at the Jakarta International Expo (PRJ), on Saturday.

Previously, the Deputy Regent of the Selayar Regency Syamsina Aroepala complained that petrol supply to his area often comes late during stormy and rainy seasons.

EKO ARI W.