Rp 2.5b sports event criticized<\/p>\n
JAYAPURA, Papua: The Papua branch of Indonesian National Youth
\nCommittee (KNPI) has drawn fire for organizing an event that cost
\nthe administration about Rp 2.5 billion (more than US$2 million).<\/p>\n
The Millennium II Youth Sports and Arts Week (Porseni) was
\nopened on July 8 by Coordinating Minister for Political and
\nSecurity Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and closed on July 14
\nby Papua Governor Jaap Salossa.<\/p>\n
Local activists said the costly event was insensitive in light
\nof the suffering of the Papuan people.<\/p>\n
Institute for Civil Empowerment (ICS) director Budi Setyanto
\ntold The Jakarta Post in Jayapura that Porseni was a waste of
\nstate money.<\/p>\n
The money from the provincial budget should have been used to
\nimprove health and education, he said.<\/p>\n
Budi questioned the local politicians' commitment to public
\nwelfare.<\/p>\n
Papua's KNPI chairman Gerson Jitmau said Porseni was not
\nmerely a sports and arts week, but also aimed to foster unity and
\nintegrity among youths, who were expected to maintain the unitary
\nstate. --JP<\/p>\n
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\nAcross-pilots-survive
\nPilots survive from training plane crash
\nJP\/5\/acros15<\/p>\n
Pilots survive from training plane crash<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: An Air Force training plane crashed on Monday into a
\ndam in West Java, but its pilot and co-pilot survived by jumping
\ninto the water.<\/p>\n
The plane, identified as a Marceti SF-260, plunged at about
\n12:20 p.m. into the Jatiluhur reservoir in Purwakarta regency.<\/p>\n
Purwakarta Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Zainal Arifin said the
\npilot, First Lt. Anang Heru, and co-pilot, First Lt. Teones,
\nsurvived by jumping into the water, and that both were evacuated
\nto Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The light plane crashed while on a flight from the Air Force's
\nbase Halim Perdanakusumah in East Jakarta to Suryadarma airbase
\nin Subang, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) east of Purwakarta.<\/p>\n
Officials at the Jakarta airbase and police in Purwakarta
\nconfirmed the report but declined to give details. --Agencies<\/p>\n
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\nAcross-ETimor-refugees
\nE. Timor refugees to be reregistered
\nJP\/5\/acros15<\/p>\n
E. Timor refugees to be reregistered<\/p>\n
KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: The Ministry of Home Affairs will
\nreregister East Timorese refugees in West Timor next month due to
\nconflicting reports on their number.<\/p>\n
East Nusa Tenggara's refugee task force and relevant
\ngovernment offices recently submitted numbers that differ from
\nCentral Statistics Agency (BPS) records.<\/p>\n
Djidon de Haan, assistant to the provincial administration
\nsecretary, said the ministry, in cooperation with the local
\ngovernment, would reregister the refugees.<\/p>\n
The results would be compared with the BPS data, he said in
\nKupang, East Nusa Tenggara.<\/p>\n
\"Accurate data will enable the central government to adopt a
\npolicy of dealing with the refugees in the future.\"<\/p>\n
Djidon said that under international law the refugees were not
\nyet recognized as Indonesian citizens, although around 28,000 had
\nresettled in Indonesia.<\/p>\n
\"Under such conditions, the refugees will most likely not be
\nallowed to vote in the 2004 general elections as their Indonesian
\ncitizenship depends on the recognition of the UN High Commission
\nfor Refugees.\" --JP<\/p>\n
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\nAcross-police-blasted
\nPolice blasted over gambling inaction
\nJP\/5\/acros15<\/p>\n
Police blasted over gambling inaction<\/p>\n
BATAM, Riau: The Batam Muslim Young Preachers' Association
\n(IDM) has lashed out at Riau Police for failing to crack down on
\ngambling on the industrial island.<\/p>\n
IDM deputy chairman Iskandar Zulkarnaen said police had failed
\nto follow up on an investigation into gambling in a casino at
\nBatam's Tering Bay Resort.<\/p>\n
Riau Police chief Brig. Gen. Deddy Komaruddin has named Batam
\ntourism office head Buralimar as a key suspect in the case, but
\nthe charges against him were not followed up, Zulkarnaen said.<\/p>\n
He told The Jakarta Post that he had received information that
\nKomaruddin and Barelang Police chief Sr. Comr. Suhartono would be
\nreplaced soon, adding that this could complicate the handling of
\nthe case.<\/p>\n
Batam Mayor Nyat Kadir was also charged with involvement in
\nthe gambling legalization, though the status of the case is
\nunclear.<\/p>\n
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\nAcross-students-study
\n1,800 students too poor to study
\nJP\/5\/acros15<\/p>\n
1,800 students too poor to study<\/p>\n
BANDUNG: At least 1,800 elementary school graduates in
\nBandung, West Java, cannot afford to continue their studies at
\nsecondary schools, officials say.<\/p>\n
Bandung municipal education office head Edi Siswadi said on
\naverage, \"around five percent of elementary school graduates in
\nBandung are forced to leave school, mostly because of economic
\nproblems.\"<\/p>\n
The students' failure to continue their studies left about
\n6,000 seats in local state and private secondary schools vacant,
\nSiswadi said.<\/p>\n
He said private schools suffered most, while the cheaper state
\njunior high schools still registered big numbers of new students.<\/p>\n
More than 36,000 graduates had enrolled in private and state
\nsecondary schools this year, Siswadi said. --JP<\/p>",
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