Artists want 'Surabaya Post' to reappear

Artists want 'Surabaya Post' to reappear

SURABAYA: Members of Surabaya Arts Council (DKS) will stage a prayer session to show their concern over the closure of the Surabaya Post evening daily in the hope that publication of the newspaper will be resumed.

"The plan will be realized to correspond with the fortieth day after the Surabaya Post's 'death'. We will invite all artists in Surabaya to pray for the reappearance of the newspaper," DKS theater committee head Farid Syamlan said on Thursday.

The paper officially ceased publication on Tuesday due to financial problems blamed on the company's mismanagement.

The closure sparked protests by hundreds of its employees, who demanded the company's president director, Indra Jaya Aziz, pay serious attention to their fate.

Farid said other people, especially readers, could also join the prayer gathering, which will also feature a poetry reading and public discussion. --Antara