'Gender not an issue in rights body's membership' SURABAYA (JP): National Commission on Human Rights member Soetandyo Wignyosoebroto disregarded a colleague's suggestion that the commission recruit women to fill four vacant posts. "Gender is not a consideration in the composition of the commission. We don't differentiate between the rights of women, men or children," he told The Jakarta Post here yesterday.

Soeharto to be 'father of integration' DILI, East Timor: President Soeharto will be honored as the "Father of East Timor Integration" by the local community during a visit here next week. The ceremony will begin with an official show of traditional East Timorese attire led by the speaker of the provincial legislature, Antonio Freitas Parada. As reported by Antara Soeharto will inaugurate several projects totaling Rp 90 billion, including the 4.2-kilometer Ibu Tien Soeharto road.

Military Correction: In our front page story "Military and civilians have equal chance at presidency" yesterday, we stated that the late former president Sukarno was a military leader, which is incorrect. Also on this page in the article on Maj. Gen. Hendropriyono, the new head of the Bandung-based Army's Weapon and Infantry Education Center is Maj. Gen. Luhut B. Panjaitan. We apologize for the errors. -- Editor

Govt raises its target for telephone lines JAKARTA (JP): The government says it will install even more telephone lines during the ongoing Sixth Five-Year Development Plan period to end in March 1999, raising its previous target for new telephone lines by 54 percent from five million to 7.7 million.