Jakarta, Dec. 15 -- President Prabowo Subianto has ordered his ministers to expedite the construction of temporary shelters and permanent housing for residents displaced by flash floods and landslides in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra.

Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya said in Jakarta on Monday that the directive was issued during a limited cabinet meeting chaired by President Prabowo at his private residence in Bukit Hambalang, Bogor Regency, West Java, on Sunday (Dec. 14).

"The President wants the construction of temporary and permanent housing for all disaster-affected residents in Sumatra to be completed as quickly as possible," he said.

The instructions came after President Prabowo conducted a series of on-site inspectio...