34 foreigners leave Makassar

Makassar, South Sulawesi: At least 34 foreigners have left Makassar for Singapore via Hasanuddin International Airport since the terrorist attack in Bali.

An official at the Makassar Immigration Office, Dody M. Wibowo, said the foreign nationals were responding to warnings from their countries to leave Indonesia.

Most of the foreigners were from Japan, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Currently there are 351 foreigners registered in the province, the majority being from Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, Germany and the Netherlands. They are in the province to work for foreign companies, or as lecturers or students at local universities. --JP