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Twilite Orchestra to perform at JHCC<\/p>\n
The Twilite Orchestra will present its third concert at the
\nJakarta Hilton Convention Center on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Oddie Agam, the group's production director, said as quoted by
\nAntara over the weekend that the third Twilight Orchestra Gala
\nConcert, which is estimated to cost over Rp 350 million
\n(US$162,900), will not be sponsored.<\/p>\n
Oddie is optimistic that at least 75 percent of the 4,500-
\ncapacity convention center will be filled.<\/p>\n
The group's first concert at the Puri Agung Hall of the Sahid
\nJaya hotel recorded a loss of Rp 160 million ($74,450), while
\nthe second one, also held at the Sahid Jaya, gained a Rp 60
\nmillion ($27,900) profit.<\/p>\n
Members of the group to perform in the next concert will
\nconsist of 60 members of the Bandung-based Parahyangan University
\nchoir, 40 members of the Anak Indonesia choir and 20 dancers.
\n(bsr)<\/p>\n
Orphans visit ice show<\/p>\n
Around 120 orphans from the Vincentius orphanage in Kramat
\nRaya, Central Jakarta, and 80 youths from the Tegal Alur slum
\narea, West Jakarta, were able to see the China ice show at
\nSenayan on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The group was led by Mrs. Surjadi, the wife of Jakarta
\nGovernor Surjadi Soedirdja.<\/p>\n
The visit was jointly sponsored by the Organization of the
\nWives of Civil Servants working for the municipal administration
\nand the Profession Club, a private club of people from various
\nprofessions.<\/p>\n
H.A. Munir, spokesman for the municipality, said the two
\norganizations also plan to take orphans and other youths from
\nother orphanages and slum areas in the city to see the show.(jsk)<\/p>\n
City councilor dies at 59<\/p>\n
City councilor Sjarifuddin Siregar Pahu died yesterday at the
\nIslamic hospital in Cempaka Putih, Central Jakarta, due to heart
\nfailure.<\/p>\n
Pahu is survived by a wife and nine children, including one
\nfoster child.<\/p>\n
Pahu was deputy chairman of the City Council's United
\nDevelopment Party (PPP) faction and also deputy chairman of the
\ncouncil's Commission E on social welfare, employment, education,
\nyouth, sports, religion, culture and health affairs.<\/p>\n
Pahu worked with PN Industri Sandang, a state-owned textile
\nmanufacturer, prior to becoming city councilor in 1987, the
\nposition he retained until his death.<\/p>\n
Pahu held a bachelors degree in social community pedagogy from
\nthe Pajajaran University, Bandung, West Java.<\/p>\n
He was active in the Indonesian Islamic Students in 1956 and
\nas a member of Front Pancasila movement in 1965-66, as well as in
\na struggle to eliminate the Indonesian Communist Party.<\/p>\n
Pahu was also recognized as one of the founders of the United
\nIndonesian Youth and Students Action (KAPPI) after the aborted
\ncoup in 1965 by the Indonesian Communist Party and was appointed
\nsecretary general of the Islamic Charity Coordinating Board,
\nwhich in 1968 became the Indonesian Islamic Party. (06)<\/p>\n
Residents question sand quarrying<\/p>\n
Residents of the Seribu Islands district, a group of islands
\nnorth of Jakarta Bay, voiced their concern over illegal,
\nuncontrolled sand quarrying on several islands.<\/p>\n
These protests arose from concerns following the sinking of
\nfour islands through aggressive sand quarrying and coral digging
\nactivities in their waters.<\/p>\n
H. Hisbullah, the secretary of the district administration,
\nappraised the city councilors of the situation. The councilors
\nwere visiting the island recently.<\/p>\n
"The city administration should tighten procedures in giving
\npermits for sand quarrying in order to protect the environment in
\nthe Seribu Islands," said Hisbullah, adding that many residents
\nof the islands had long questioned the illegal sand quarrying.<\/p>\n
He pointed out that local people and workers, employed by
\nowners of the islands, had been quarrying sand and coral reefs
\nday and night to get material to be used for construction works.<\/p>\n
"In the long run, it will totally destroy the environment
\nhere," Hisbullah said.(09)<\/p>",
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