Six Balangan students to be facilitated to return from China

Seven students from South Sumatra who study at Jiangsu Normal University, China, arrive at the International Airport of Sultan Mahmud Baddarudin (SMB) II Palembang, Saturday (Feb 1, 2020). (ANTARA PHOTO/Nova Wahyudi/ama)

We also collecting data, if there are still (other) students who have to be repatriated. We will coordinate,

Paringin, S Kalimantan (ANTARA) - The Balangan Education Agency pledges to facilitate the return of the district's students who are now studying in China.

Secretary of the agency, Abdul Basid, said six students from the Bumi Sanggam (nickname of Balangan) are now in China.

"They are students who received scholarship from the District Government of Balangan to study in China," he explained.

He stated that the agency will provide the cost for the transportation of the students.

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"We also collecting data, if there are still (other) students who have to be repatriated. We will coordinate," Basid said.

He pointed out that Balangan will not only facilitate their return to the district but also their departure to return to China if later the condition of the coronavirus outbreak is considered to be safe.
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