Kupang, Oct. 31 -- The East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) provincial government projects that the National Salt Industry Center (K-SIGN) in Rote Ndao District will create jobs for around 26,000 local residents and help improve community welfare.

Head of the NTT Marine Affairs and Fisheries Office Stefania Tanggu Boro said in Kupang on Saturday that K-SIGN, which will span 13,000 hectares, is also expected to raise incomes to up to 2.5 times the regional minimum wage.

She added that the K-SIGN project forms part of Indonesia's efforts to generate greater added value from NTT's salt industry through downstream processing.

"As the coordinating minister for food has said, Rote Ndao's salt must not always be sold as a raw material. It must be process...