RI's Taufik seeded third in World Badminton C'ships JAKARTA (JP): Ahead of the World Badminton Championships, none of the Indonesian shuttlers have been listed as the top seeds at the biennial event to take place at the San Pablo Stadium in Seville, Spain from June 3 to June 10. Indonesia's top men's singles shuttler Taufik Hidayat is listed as third seed despite his declining performance lately.

Tae kwon do team for SEA Games announced JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Tae kwon do Association (TI) announced its core squad for the final gear-up for the Kuala Lumpur 2001 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. "Team members were named on Wednesday following an evaluation meeting considering tae kwon doins' techniques and skills, self- control, mental strength and tournament experience," TI's secretary-general Adrian Lumowa was quoted as saying by Antara on Thursday.

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Water supply may return to normal within two weeks JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of thousands of Jakartans will live with less or even no tap water in the next two weeks while the government rebuilds the collapsed West Tarum dike in Kali Malang, East Jakarta. The central government, in cooperation with city water companies and state water company Perum Jasa Tirta II, is currently working on the collapsed dike.

Bora stays cool on China's chances against Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): Chinese team coach Velibor 'Bora' Milutinovic stayed cool on his team's chances of beating host Indonesia in the last match of the Group Nine Asia Zone 2002 World Cup qualifier at Bung Karno stadium on Sunday. Despite the fact that the Chinese have practically booked a ticket for the second qualifier, Bora refused to predict Sunday's match, but said that his team members would try their best to win.

Ericsson ties up with locals to develop Net JAKARTA (JP): Telecommunications infrastructure provider PT Ericsson Indonesia said here on Wednesday that it would cooperate with local application companies to develop mobile Internet services in the country. Ericsson Indonesia's president Mats H. Olsson said that it had reached agreements with five local companies and was in the process of negotiations with five more.

IBRA rejects Chandra Asri's debt workout JAKARTA (JP): Almost three weeks after the ministerial Financial Sector Policy Committee approved a restructuring scheme for the US$730 million foreign debts of olefins producer PT Chandra Asri, nothing has yet been done to finalize the agreement, informed sources said here on Thursday.

Thousands mark Poso riots PALU, Central Sulawesi: Thousands of Poso residents packed the Darussalam Mosque here on Wednesday to commemorate the first anniversary of the Poso riots. Participants were mostly Poso residents who are sheltering in the provincial capital. They held prayers and chanted verses from the Koran during the gathering.