Indonesia, March 18 -- Indonesia's Housing and Settlements Ministry will help develop thousands of homes for tribal chiefs and residents in the Highland Papua province, a ministry official has confirmed.

Aziz Andriansyah, director general for administration and risk management of the ministry, stated that President Prabowo Subianto has instructed the local authority to provide 2,200 housing units for local chiefs and residents in Highland Papua.

"We are here for the 2,200 homes program, implemented according to the president's instruction to the Highland Papua Governor to build houses for the people and tribal chiefs in eight districts of the province," he said in a statement received on Wednesday.

The provision of 2,200 housing units ...