100,000 DISPLACED PERSONS TO RETURN TO HOMES BY END OF YEAR - RADI

RADI $ C ZAGREB, Nov 8 (Hina) - Croatian Development and Reconstruction Minister Jure Radic on Friday said that out of a total of 14,500 houses which were included in this year's reconstruction plan, 12,000 houses were fully or partially reconstructed. Eight thousand houses are fully completed and in 4,000 houses interior repairs will continue through the winter period. At the beginning of the year, there had been 198,000 displaced persons in Croatia, of which about 80,000 had returned to their homes, Radic told a news conference in Zagreb on Friday. By the end of the year, another 20,000 displaced persons would be able to return to their reconstructed houses, Radic said. Some 4.7 billion kuna were still necessary to bring the process of reconstruction to an end, Radic said, stressing that the Dalmatian area would be reconstructed by the beginning of the next tourist season. Around 60 schools had been reconstructed this year, Radic said, adding that the Croatian Bishops' Conference would be asked for a list of priorities for the reconstruction of some three dozen churches. Health clinics and cultural centres would be reconstructed as well. He said that 2,000 buildings were under reconstruction in the Croatian Danubian area. Radic told reporters he was discussing with General Klein the possibility of calling an International Donators' Conference for the reconstruction of Vukovar and the Croatian Danubian area. (hina) lm jn 081617 MET nov 96