Kupang councillor's residence stoned<\/p>\n
KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Unidentified vandals hurled stones
\nat the official residence of deputy chairman of the Kupang city
\ncouncil, Edwin, early on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Edwin, also chairman of the Kupang branch of the Indonesian
\nDemocratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan), reported the case
\nto the Kupang police on the same day.<\/p>\n
First Insp. Tommy Wila Huki, deputy head of the Kupang police
\ndetectives unit, said Edwin's house had been stoned by unknown
\nrogues, who fled on a motorbike as the councillor rushed out.<\/p>\n
Tommy added that two men appeared on a motorbike ten minutes
\nlater, claiming to have been called by someone to check into the
\nincident at the residence.<\/p>\n
\"The license number of both men's motorcycles can serve as
\nevidence, but we still have to look for more clues to find the
\nperpetrator of this crime,\" Tommy concluded. -- Antara<\/p>\n
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\nAcross-Banjarmasin-water
\nBig hotel allegedly steals water
\nJP\/5\/across28<\/p>\n
Big hotel allegedly steals water<\/p>\n
BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: The tap water company (PDAM) in
\nBanjarmasin, the capital of South Kalimantan, has reported the
\nmanagement of star-rated Hotel Arum Kalimantan to the local
\npolice for alleged theft of water over the last three months.<\/p>\n
PDAM Banjarmasin Director Zainal Arifin confirmed the report
\non Thursday by saying that the largest international hotel in the
\nprovince had used the company's supply by breaking seals and
\ncables that fastened the water gauge.<\/p>\n
\"The company suffered losses worth hundreds of millions of
\nrupiah, and although the hotel has paid a fine and its bill is
\ncumulative, the complaint lodged with the police has not been
\nwithdrawn to allow for further examination,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a hotel manager, Akhmad Rajuddin, denied the
\nallegation and insisted that the seals had been inadvertently
\ndamaged when hotel workers tried to repair clogged water pipes
\nwithout reporting to PDAM. -- JP<\/p>\n
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\nAcross-Palu-illiterate
\n40,000 people in C. Sulawesi illiterate
\nJP\/5\/across28<\/p>\n
40,000 people in C. Sulawesi illiterate<\/p>\n
PALU, Central Sulawesi: At least 40,000 people between the
\nages of 10 to 45 of eight regencies in Central Sulawesi are
\nilliterate, the provincial education office in Palu revealed.<\/p>\n
Uhra Lamaraunda, head of the office, said in Palu on Thursday
\nthat except in the provincial capital, the illiterate citizens
\nwere distributed almost evenly across the regencies of Donggala,
\nPoso, Banggai, Tolitoli, Morowali, Buol, the Banggai Islands and
\nParigi Moutong.<\/p>\n
She attributed the high rate of illiteracy to the unfavorable
\ngeographic conditions of Central Sulawesi and the recall of most
\nof the teaching personnel assigned to the region.<\/p>\n
With a budget allocation of around Rp 2 billion, Lamaraunda
\nsaid the office had set a target of 3,800 people in their 2003
\nliteracy program, through a new method of community
\nparticipation, aside from the conventional teaching method. --
\nAntara<\/p>\n
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\nAcross-Kupang-planning
\nInt'l agencies support family planning
\nJP\/5\/across28<\/p>\n
Int'l agencies support family planning<\/p>\n
KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Four international agencies are
\nproviding aid to support the implementation of family planning
\nand population programs in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) thus year,
\nthe provincial planned parenthood board has announced in Palu.<\/p>\n
The international agencies involved are the UN Family Planning
\nand Population Agency (UNFPA), Australia's aid agency AUSAID,
\nAmerica's USAID and Germany's JTZ, which make available
\ncontraceptives to family planning participants in the region.<\/p>\n
UNFPA, which last year also provided aid to NTT, guaranteed a
\nsupply of pills and injection ampules for the first quarter of
\nthis year, in view of the many dropouts among users of the two
\nmethods.<\/p>\n
According to the provincial planned parenthood coordinating
\nboard (BKKBN) in Kupang, the foreign agencies extend their aid to
\nthe region in connection with the implementation of
\ndecentralization and regional autonomy, in which the central
\nBKKBN delegates its authority to regional offices. --Antara<\/p>",
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