Foreigners held over RI passports<\/p>\n
TANGERANG (JP): Tangerang Police arrested a Briton and two
\nother unidentified foreigners at Soekarno-Hatta International
\nAirport late on Sunday for holding Indonesian passports.<\/p>\n
Police chief of detectives Insp. Chandra Sukma Kumara said the
\nBriton, Siddal John Arthur, was accompanying the other two
\nforeigners, who had Indonesian names and addresses in their
\npassport. The two foreigners were to be employed in the United
\nStates.<\/p>\n
Chandra said the two foreigners, who had Korean and Taiwanese
\naccents, were identified by their passport as Taufik Teguh, 25, a
\nresident of Jl. Margahayu Raya, Margacinta district, Bandung,
\nWest Java and Alif Sumantri, 48, a resident of Jl. Warung,
\nTanjung Priok, North Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"Taufik, holding passport No. F784469, and Alif, holding
\npassport No. G669698, were about to leave for the States at 11
\np.m. along with Mr. Siddal. But when an immigration officer
\nchecked their passports, both Taufik and Alif could not speak
\nIndonesian nor English,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He added that the officers handed the three men over to
\npolice. They were transferred to the city police headquarters on
\nMonday morning for further questioning. (41)<\/p>\n
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\nANPAj..r..
\nWater-supply-TPJ
\nTPJ to reduce water supply
\nJP\/3\/FOCUS<\/p>\n
Repairs to disrupt
\nwater supply<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): PT Thames PAM Jaya has announced that it will
\ndisrupt the supply of water to certain areas around Jakarta from
\nSept. 18 to Sept. 25, due to its second phase of repairs.<\/p>\n
The company announced in a news statement received by The
\nJakarta Post on Monday, that during repairs, areas of Kwitang,
\nKenari, Kelapa Gading, Pegangsaan Dua, Cakung, Ujung Menteng and
\nparts of Sungai Bambu and Kebon Bawang will receive less water.<\/p>\n
The areas of Rawa Badak Utara, Tugu Utara, Lagoa, Tanjung
\nPriok, Warakas, Sunter Jaya and parts of Sungai Bambu and Kebon
\nBawang will not receive any water.<\/p>\n
The statement said Thames PAM Jaya apologized to all its
\ncustomers for the inconvenience caused. For those who need
\nfurther details, please contact the company's 24-hour service
\ncenter at 577-2010, it said.<\/p>\n
The company, which is a subsidiary of the British Thames Water
\nInternational, first conducted repairs from Sept. 1 to Sept. 8.<\/p>\n
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\nFocus-Fire
\nTeachers' houses razed by fire
\nJP\/3\/FOCUS<\/p>\n
Teachers' houses
\nrazed by fire<\/p>\n
BOGOR (JP): Nine houses in a teacher housing complex were
\ndestroyed by fire on Monday afternoon, but no one was killed or
\ninjured.<\/p>\n
A resident of the complex, Iyan Kusyana, said the fire started
\nat about 12:30 p.m. at the house of the Kurdi family, which was
\noccupied by the owner's grandchildren. \"The fire is still under
\ninvestigation,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Iyan speculated that the fire was caused by a cigarette, while
\nan occupant of the house, seventeen-year-old Wita, said the fire
\nwas likely caused by a short circuit.<\/p>\n
\"I heard an explosion while I was eating with my friends
\ndownstairs. It was probably caused by a short circuit,\" Wita
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Some of the destroyed homes belonged to teachers of state
\njunior high school 5, while others belonged to retired teachers.
\n(06)<\/p>\n
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\nANPAj..r..
\nFocus-prostitution-fund
\nRp 8 billion fund questioned
\nJP\/3\/FOCUS<\/p>\n
Rp 8 billion fund questioned<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): City Council questioned on Monday Rp 8 billion
\n(US$888,888) fund which was reportedly to be used by the North
\nJakarta Mayoralty for land clearance of 12 brothels in the Kramat
\nTunggak red-light area, North Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Councillor Tubagus Sofyan of the council commission E for
\nsocial welfare affairs said some councillors visited the location
\nand could not find the 12 brothels.<\/p>\n
\"We only find the other four former brothels which we knew
\nsince earlier,\" Tubagus of the Indonesian Democratic Party of
\nStruggle (PDIP) said.<\/p>\n
He suspected that the mayoralty used the fund for other
\npurpose.<\/p>\n
He said the administration earlier allocated Rp 74 billion for
\nclearance of 240 brothels in the prostitution complex which was
\nofficially closed two years ago.<\/p>\n
He said the mayoralty earlier demanded an additional fund of
\nRp 8 billion for clearance of the 12 brothels.<\/p>\n
The 10-hectare Kramat Tunggak brothel complex will be
\ndeveloped into an Islamic center which is expected to change the
\nso-called \"black area\" into \"white area.\"<\/p>\n
The administration earlier said that Kuwait, Bahrain and
\nBrunei Darussalam will help the development of the center. (jun)<\/p>\n
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\nANPAj..r..
\nFocus-graveyard
\n1,000 graves to be relocated
\nJP\/3\/FOCUS<\/p>\n
Grave move to give
\ncity lung transplant<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Over 1,000 graves in Menteng Pulo public
\ncemetery in Setiabudi, South Jakarta, will be relocated to the
\nKampung Kandang cemetery in the same mayoralty next month, as the
\ncity's cemetery agency plans to develop the area into a public
\npark.<\/p>\n
Hariono Seno, head of the agency, said that the project to
\nturn the 4,500 square-meter Menteng Pulo cemetery into a park
\nwould cost nearly Rp 280 million, according to the city's
\nofficial website BeritaKota.com.<\/p>\n
Descendants of the dead buried there are required to register
\nthe graves between Sept. 8 and Sept. 21, while the process of
\nmoving them will begin on Oct.11.<\/p>\n
Out of 1,003 graves in the Menteng Pulo cemetery, only 147
\nstill have a land use permit.<\/p>\n
A park will be developed in the area due to its location in a
\nstrategic area at the heart of the city.<\/p>\n
It will be one of 30 parks to be built by the city
\nadministration.<\/p>\n
Head of the city landscape agency, Dadang Ruskandar, said that
\nstatues of national heroes will be erected in the parks, which
\nare expected to be the lungs of the city.<\/p>",
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