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2009/03/17 17:30 KST
Gov't to spend 1.56 tln won on nurturing engineers, scientists

   SEOUL, March 17 (Yonhap) -- The government plans to sharply expand its spending on the nation's engineering and technology sector in 2009 in a bid to become one of the world's tech leaders, officials said Tuesday.

According to the Education Ministry, the Knowledge Economy Ministry and other related agencies, the government will spend a total of 1.56 trillion won (US$1.1 billion) on the engineering and technology sector this year, up 14.7 percent from a year earlier.