Canberra, 4 June 1954
Colombo Plan Aid to Indonesia
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
| Summary | 201,370 |
|---|---|
| Total money spent to 30th June 1954 | |
| Plus commitments | 845,000 |
| Total | 5,046,370 |
Projects completed
Trucks.(86) and tractors (24)| 201,370
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Commitments
| Diesel engines (310) for fishing vessels | 410,000 |
|---|---|
| Civil aviation equipment | 85,000 |
Under examination
| Diesel locomotives | 1,000,000 |
|---|---|
| This item is not firm but we expect to receive a request by about September 1954. | |
| Transport buses (600 diesel engined 45 passenger buses)1 | 2,800,000 |
| Telecommunications equipment | 220,000 |
| This equipment is required for use with the Shipping Service of the Ministry of Communications. | |
| Trucks and cranes | 60,000 |
| This request is for 10 fork lift trucks, 15 motor trucks and two mobile cranes for the Harbour Service of the Ministry of Communications. | |
| Small scale cottage industries | 270,000 |
| Equipment is needed to set up six factories in accordance with plan to increase industrialisation in thickly populated areas by the introduction of improved techniques in small scale industries already established. |
No orders have been placed for any of the above items nor have firm commitments been made except in items 1 and 2.
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SCHEME
| Technical equipment | £A |
|---|---|
| Money spent to 28th February, 1954 | 1,100 |
| Projects completed | £A |
| Textbooks | 1,200 |
| Commitments | |
| Educational films | 300 |
| Mobile cinema vans | 42,000 |
| Vocational training equipment | 37,000 |
| 79,000 |
Students
Up to the end of March 1954 arrangements had been made for 91 students to come to Australia. A group of 9 junior officials selected from the Ministries of Economic Affairs, and Home Affairs are at present engaged in a Public Administration Seminar which will conclude early in July. Four Senior Officials are receiving training with the Department of Labour and National Service, they are expected to return to Indonesia in October. Recently Mr. de Queljoe, an official of the Ministry of Education arrived in Australia to arrange the placement of 9 teachers who should arrive within the next four weeks. Arrangements are being made to receive a group for training from the Ministry of Finance and another from the Ministry of Communications.
Experts
Two printing experts Mr. A.B. Davies and Mr. W.J. Treasure recently arrived to begin a two year term of employment. Mr. R.J. Taylor is due to leave for Indonesia in about a month’s time.
Volunteer graduates
Four additional Australian Volunteer Graduates are expected to sail for Indonesia within the next two months.
[NAA: A10299, C l5]
1 This figure was later reduced to 100.