Saturday 21 September 2013

North Kayong Regency

North Kayong Regency

North Kayong Regency
North Kayong Regency
North Kayong is a regency of West Kalimantan province in Indonesia. The principal town lies in Sukadana. The nearest airport is Rahadi Osman-Ketapang Ketapang Airport.
North Kayong was created in 2007, following a federal government decision to split the Ketapang regency.
The main industries
palm oil, rubber and wood.
consists in the production of
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The current political leadership has made commitments to provide free education and health care to all residents and primary and secondary school fees that are paid elsewhere in Indonesia have been waived. There are no institutes of higher education. The Regency is currently developing a polytechnic.
The local government provides free public health care through clinics throughout the province, including a ‘floating clinic’ based on a boat to serve the islands off the west coast of the regency. A privately run clinic is operated by the NGO ASRI in Sukadana town. The nearest hospitals are in the neighboring regency of Ketapang.
The nearest airport is Rahadi Osman Ketapang. The airport has some connecting flights to Pontianak, Semarang via Pangkalan Bun, and Jakarta. Boats from Sukadana, Teluk Melano and Teluk Batang run daily to Pontianak.
The largest hotel is theMakhota Kayong in Sukadana.

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