PAPUA - The West Papua Provincial Government fixes historical sites on Mansina Island ahead of the anniversary of the-168th anniversary of the Bible report on February 5, 2023.
Acting Head of the Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Office of West Papua Province Yohanis Momot said the government repaired the main church until the landing monument of Carl Wilhelm Ottow and Johann Gottlob Geissler on Mansima Island.
"Most of it has been completed, like our lights have been changed, the dock has been repaired, the roof of our landing monument has been changed, and we are targeting the Epicentrum Church to be repaired on January 30, all work is complete," he said in Manokwari, West Papua, Friday, January 27, confiscated by Antara.
According to him, the improvements made at the historic site on Mansinam Island cost up to IDR 4.5 billion from the West Papua Province Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBD) in 2023.
"We use the 2023 APBD of IDR 4.5 billion to renovate it as a whole, (because) as we know that Mansinam Island will be visited a lot, not only by Papuans, but also state guests," said Momot.
He said the West Papua Provincial Government plans to form a historical site management body on Mansimam Island.
"There will be authority to manage the historical site of Mansina Island, so that it doesn't happen like the site is not maintained and cared for properly as before," he said.
In addition, he said, the West Papua Provincial Government also plans to build a replica of the ship used by Ottow and Geissler when landing on Mansianm Island.
"Of course it must be maintained and cared for, because it can be visited at any time," he said.
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