More join family planning in Lampung<\/p>\n
BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: The provincial administration of Lampung
\nsaid it expected more couples to join the state sponsored family
\nprogram this year, after almost 70 percent of 1.2 million couples
\nin the province joined the program last year.<\/p>\n
The province hoped to raise the number this year to 76 percent
\nout of 1.3 million couples, from 69.89 percent out of 1.2 million
\ncouples last year, said head of Lampung's family planning office
\nBushori Sonhaji on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\"It's not easy to meet the target because in practice we face
\nvarious problems especially when it comes to raising couples'
\nawareness of the family planning program,\" Bushori explained.<\/p>\n
According to Bushori, the annual birth rate in Lampung had
\nfallen to 2.5 percent last year from 2.8 percent in 2000.<\/p>\n
The use of contraceptives in Lampung also increased throughout
\n2002, said the family planning office's service head Paulina.<\/p>\n
Under the government backed program, families are encouraged
\nto have no more than two children. With many religious leaders
\nagreeing to the program, the program has become widely acceptable
\neven among families in rural areas.<\/p>\n
The world's fourth most populous country, Indonesia's family
\nplanning program ranks among the most successful in the world. --
\nAntara<\/p>\n
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\nOfficials given surprise drug test
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Officials given surprise drug test<\/p>\n
PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: Senior officials in the West
\nKalimantan provincial government were given surprise drug tests
\non Tuesday when they showed up for what they thought was a
\nregular morning meeting with the governor.<\/p>\n
Governor Usman Ja'far, Deputy Governor Herman Kadir and 46
\nhigh-ranking officials were given urine tests as part of the
\nprovince's drive to combat narcotics.<\/p>\n
A number of officials said they were surprised by the test,
\nthough they noted that they had been asked to attend the morning
\nmeeting in person.<\/p>\n
\"I was told last night that the governor would lead the
\nmeeting himself,\" said Deputy Governor Herman.<\/p>\n
He said he was aware of plans to give officials surprise drug
\ntests but had not been told the exact date.<\/p>\n
The officials were greeted in the restroom by health officials
\nand given plastic cups which they were asked to fill.<\/p>\n
Herman said the test was aimed at screening out drug users
\nfrom the administration. -- Antara<\/p>\n
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\nStudents mark Earth Day
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Students mark Earth Day<\/p>\n
CIREBON, West Java: Hundreds of students marked Earth Day on
\nTuesday by imposing a \"no-pollution\" zone along Jl. Siliwangi in
\nthe West Java town of Cirebon, where motorists were required to
\nturn off their engines while the students pushed their cars down
\nthe street.<\/p>\n
The students also asked motorcyclists to get off their bikes
\nand push them through the street's no-pollution zone.<\/p>\n
\"What we are doing here may not mean much, but at least it
\nwill remind the public of the damage industrialization has done
\nto the environment,\" said Yana, who coordinated Tuesday's event.<\/p>\n
Calling themselves the Cirebon Nature Lovers Consortium
\n(KPAC), the students also picked up garbage along Jl. Kartini and
\ngathered in front of the city council building to deliver
\nspeeches.<\/p>\n
They urged the Cirebon administration to increase the number
\nof green areas in the city. -- Antara<\/p>",
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