MINISTER RADIC SUBMITS REPORT ON DAMAGE CAUSED BY QUAKE

LASTOVO, 12 Sept (Hina) - At today's government session held on the island of Lastovo, Croatian Reconstruction and Development Minister Jure Radic submitted a report on the situation in the areas of Ston and Dubrovnik, which were recently hit by a quake. There had been no casualties in the quake, Radic said, adding that the Croatian army and police had helped organize life in the area. Some 200 houses in the Dubrovnik area and 270 houses in the Ston area had been damaged by the quake. In most cases, the damaged facilities were cultural monuments and it would take a lot of time to reconstruct them, Radic said. It is estimated that the reconstruction, which started yesterday, would cost around 100 million kunas. (hina) rm 121725 MET sep 96