Health minister to dedicate Japanese funded polyclinic in Jombang

Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari on Wednesday (April 9) is scheduled to inaugurate a Japanese funded polyclinic of Tebuireng Islamic Boarding School in Jombang, East Java province, a spokesman said.

Arvil Syahadat, information officer at the Japanese Consulate General in Surabaya told Antara here on Tuesday (8/4) that the poly-clinic was funded under a Japanese government`s grant worth US$82,341, the equivalent of Rp 745 million.

The construction of the polyclinic was started in December 2007 and took four months to complete, he said.

The inaugural function will also be attended by Japanese Consul General in Surabaya Shoji Sato, and head of the Tebu Ireng Islamic Boarding School Solahuddin Wahid.

Arvil said the Tebu Ireng polyclinic is only one of several humanitarian projects realized with a Japanese government`s grant under the Grant Assistance for Human Security Projects program.

To date the Japanese government, in this case its Consulate General in Surabaya, has provided 32 grants for small scale projcts in the provinces of East Java, Nusa Tenggara and Kalimantan.