CROATIAN GOVT GRANTS 18 HOUSES TO DISABLED WAR VETERANS

ZAGREB, Oct 31 (Hina) - The Croatian government has decided to grant eighteen 100 percent war invalids houses adapted to meet their needs, the government's public relations office said in a statement on Thursday. The houses have been built in ten towns as part of a programme to build 112 houses for 100 percent disabled war veterans. Sixty- eight houses have already been handed over to their tenants while 23 are still under construction and are expected to be completed by the end of the year. The houses are each 144 square metres in area and cost about 864,000 kuna (DM 246,000) or 6,000 kuna (DM 1,700) per square metre, according to the statement. (hina) vm jn 311834 MET oct 96