Luxury apartments ready for East Jakartans soon JAKARTA (JP): PT. Pudjiadi Prestige will have three luxury apartment buildings ready for occupation in the Kelapa Gading area, East Jakarta, in about five months. Sales executive, Wawansyah, said yesterday that the first phase of construction, which comprises three of six apartment towers, which have a total of 204 units, was already completed.

Teachers told to make classes more alive JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Education and Culture Wardiman Djojonegoro asked teachers yesterday to make classes more interesting or risk having their students fall asleep from boredom. "It is in fact your job to make a difficult subject easy to understand, something abstract concrete and something complex simple," he told teachers at the opening of the School of Physics in the grounds of the Jakarta Teachers' Training and Education Institute (IKIP).

Catholic church concerned over spread of lethal AIDS JAKARTA (JP): The Bishops Conference of Indonesia (KWI) has reelected Cardinal Julius Darmaatmadja as its chief in this week's congress, in which the Catholic leaders expressed their concern over the spread of AIDS and drug abuse. Darmaatmadja, whom Pope John Paul II named cardinal this month, was reelected chief of the eight-member KWI presidium a third time for another three years in a 11-day congress that ended here on Thursday.

Illegal notifications of property tax dues discovered TANGERANG (JP): Several illegal notifications of property tax dues covering a total of 4.5 hectares of land, in two villages in Tangerang, have been found circulating in the Ciseka district. Ciseka district chief Benyamin Davnie told The Jakarta Post yesterday the notifications are not equipped with the land plot numbers, vital for processing the land certificates in the Tangerang administration.

A Antara PREPARATIONS: Navy Chief of Staff Adm. Tanto Kuswanto (center) inspects equipment carried by Marines at the Jakarta port of Tanjung Priok. The Marines were leaving for South Kalimantan and East Java for a naval exercise yesterday. The war games, the biggest this year, will involve 40 warships and 8,500 troops.

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Aliens sought in scam over travelers checks JAKARTA (JP): Police are hunting foreigners believed to be using counterfeit travelers checks at star-rated hotels here, following the arrest of one of the alleged gang members, who attempted to cash checks with a bogus Pakistani passport, last week. Head of the Economic Crimes Division of the City Police Crime Investigation Directorate, Lt. Col.

Seminar on remote sensing JAKARTA (JP): The various uses of satellite remote sensing technology will be discussed in an international seminar organized by the Indonesian Society for Remote Sensing next week. J.A. Katili, a senior remote sensing expert and deputy speaker of the House of Representatives/People's Consultative Assembly, will be the key speaker, organizers said yesterday.

PGRI denies coercing members over politics JAKARTA (JP): Chairman of the Indonesian Teachers' Association, Basyuni Suriamihardja, yesterday refuted allegations that it coerces its members into supporting the ruling political organization, Golkar. Basyuni insisted the association had no political affiliations and that its 1.4 million members were free to choose any political party they liked.

Scandalous merchandise seized JAKARTA (JP): City police have seized 3,465 calendars and 1,000 postcards depicting scantily dressed women, in a series of raids launched late last week. Capt. Ronny F. Sompie, head of the Gambling and Social Affairs Unit of the City Police Crime Investigation Directorate, told reporters yesterday that the evidence had been confiscated and eight sellers and two distributors are being questioned.

Water supply suspended The city-owned water company PAM Jaya will temporarily suspend water supplies in a number of areas throughout the city for two days starting today. The company announced the interruption will be from 8 p.m. until 5.30 a.m., while pumps are installed in one of its installations.

Suratman mops the floor, dreams of better job By Santi W.E. Soekanto JAKARTA (JP): Have you ever noticed that people tend to look through waiters, taxi drivers and cleaners, as if they are too inconsequential to bother with? That is what usually happens to Suratman, an employee of PT Resik Cemerlang cleaning service company in Jakarta, who has been posted for almost a year at The Jakarta Post office building in Palmerah Selatan. Very often people look through him, as if he wasn't there.

French young trio presents classics across Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): Music lovers in several cities are in for a classic treat after warm encores peaked a presentation of French Trio Wanderer here on Wednesday. "Extraordinary," gushed noted pianist Iravati Sudiarso at the end of the first part of a piece by Joseph Haydn. The rest of her impressions she kept to herself with closed eyes, bowed head and a wide smile.

Goenawan's right to sue minister questioned JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Information Harmoko yesterday questioned the right of Goenawan Mohamad, former chief editor of Tempo, to sue him for closing the magazine in June. Lawyers representing Harmoko told the Jakarta State Administrative Court that Goenawan did not have the prerogative to file a lawsuit against the minister. "Goenawan Mohamad must have the authority from PT.

JP/2/ACROSS1 Village chiefs fired for polygamy PURBOLINGGO, East Java: Two village chiefs in Maron and Tiris subdistricts have been sacked for polygamy. Probolinggo Regent Pamoedji dismissed them in an effort to improve the image of civil servants, the spokesman for the Probolinggo administration, A. Wahab Bakrie, was quoted by Antara as saying yesterday. "As public figures, village chiefs are expected to be honest and upright both in the office and at home," he said.

Pillorying rapists may hurt victims JAKARTA (JP): A mass communication expert warned that the plan to expose the photographs and identities of convicted rapists to the public through television could have negative repercussions for their victims. Alwi Dahlan said the media publicity given to a rape case could eventually draw people's attention to the rape victims, who have to carry the trauma for the rest of their lives, the Antara news agency reported.