Manado, May 31 -- Deputy Minister of Cooperatives, Ferry Juliantono, has asked regional governments to utilize government assets for housing Red and White Village Cooperatives (KMP).

"There are many government assets, both regional and central, that are no longer utilized, so they can be a place to develop KMP," he said at the launch and dialogue on the formation of Red and White cooperatives in village/sub-districts in North Sulawesi on Saturday.

He informed that any ministry building that is no longer in use, or even abandoned, can be used for a KMP. "Soon, the regional government will conduct an inventory of all existing ministry assets and immediately submit reports and proposals to the central government," he said.

According to Ju...