Indonesian Political, Business & Finance News

Archive: 26 July 1996

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Breast-feeding trend is declining: Official

Breast-feeding trend is declining: Official JAKARTA (JP): Fewer mothers are nursing their babies, despite the national breast-feeding campaign launched by President Soeharto six years ago, an official says. "The breast-feeding trend is declining," said Benny A. Kodyat, head of the directorate of community nutrition at the Ministry of Health, at a seminar yesterday.

Two killed at project site

Two killed at project site JAKARTA (JP): Two construction workers were killed and three others injured when working on the eighth floor of the new SCT Tower on Jl. Sudirman, Central Jakarta. A wooden board on which they were standing collapsed, one of the survivors said. The workers that died were Mamat, 20, from Gombong, Central Java, and Sumarjo, 20, from Cirebon in West Java.