Turning On, Tuning In

Means of communication and power infrastructure are urgently required by the isolated Yahukimo and Paniai regencies.

September 4, 2007

IN a week, radio broadcasts will be enjoyed in the solitude of Mt Jayawijaya. In two regencies, Yahukimo and Paniai, a radio station has been built to link the areas to the outside world.

It is not easy to reach Yahukimo with its wet tropical climate and varied topography ranging from mountainous areas to lowland at 100-3,500 meters above sea level. Some 60 percent of its areas constitute mountains while the rest are valleys or flat land. In add

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