Village poll
\nspurs protests<\/p>\n
KUDUS, Central Java: Dissatisfied with the election of their
\nnew village chief, dozens of youths ran berserk, attacking
\nneighbors, stoning cars, vandalizing houses and setting fire to a
\nsugar storehouse this past week.<\/p>\n
Scared residents have fled their homes since hostilities began
\non April 28. Villagers are afraid to report the case to the
\npolice for fear of reprisals.<\/p>\n
\"They terrorized the whole village and many of our neighbors
\nhave fled for safety,\" said villager Hardiyanto. \"These guys
\nreally wage a terror campaign.\"<\/p>\n
The election was won by Kusdi Utomo who obtained 2,077 votes.
\nHis rivals, Suharyono and Markin, got 2,053 and 1,187 votes
\nrespectively. (wah\/pan)<\/p>\n
Workers strike
\nfor more pay<\/p>\n
DEMAK, Central Java: Hundreds at a cashew nut processing
\nfactory, PT Jawa Muna Agro Demak, went on strike on Friday to
\ndemand higher wages.<\/p>\n
The workers demanded that management increase their daily wage
\nfrom Rp 1,300 (US$ 60 cents) a day to the minimum wage of Rp
\n2,700, which is required by law.<\/p>\n
They also demanded that the firm stop canceling the meal
\nallowance of workers who turn up late three times or more a week.<\/p>\n
Spokesman for the company, Ekohadi, promised the laborers
\nwould get a higher wage next month. \"We are still looking into
\nthe other demands,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Dozens of police officers closely watched the peaceful
\nprotest.<\/p>\n
\"We will take to the street next time if the management fails
\nto meet our demands,\" a female worker said. (wah\/pan)<\/p>\n
Doddy's library
\nopened<\/p>\n
BANDUNG, West Java: The Prof. Doddy A. Tisna Amidjaja Library,
\nnamed after the late scientist, was opened here on Thursday at
\nhis home on Jl. Matumanikam.<\/p>\n
Doddy was former rector of the Bandung Institute of Technology
\n(ITB) and was Indonesia's ambassador to France when he died last
\nyear.<\/p>\n
The library, which is open to the general public, was a
\nlifelong dream, according to his relatives. He had begun the idea
\nof opening a library in 1993, the Antara news agency reported.<\/p>\n
It consists of 10,000 books in science and general knowledge,
\nincluding contributions from various foundations, publishers, ITB
\nand the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). (01)<\/p>\n
Soeharto makes
\nbrief stopover<\/p>\n
KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: President Soeharto made a brief
\nstopover here on Friday on his way from Jakarta to Merauke, Irian
\nJaya.<\/p>\n
Soeharto, first lady Mrs. Tien Soeharto and several ministers
\ntook a one-hour break at the El Tari airport in Kupang before
\nresuming their flight to Irian Jaya, the Antara news agency
\nreported.<\/p>\n
The President is scheduled to witness the first grand harvest
\nat the Semangga Tanah Miring transmigration camp today and launch
\na number of development projects in the province. (01)<\/p>\n
ITB moves
\nagainst `jockeys'<\/p>\n
BANDUNG, West Java: The Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)
\nsays it will expel students who entered the prestigious college
\nby paying others to take their entrance exams.<\/p>\n
ITB has launched an investigation into allegations that a
\nnumber of its first year students qualified by getting someone
\nelse take the exams, people popularly known as \"jockeys\".<\/p>\n
Some of these jockeys were apparently senior ITB students who
\ndid it in return for hefty fees, according to preliminary
\ninvestigations, the Antara news agency reported.<\/p>\n
The college has launched an internal investigation and will
\nhand over the case to the police, who may bring criminal charges.
\n(01)<\/p>",
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