BI to host numismatic show
BI to host numismatic show
JAKARTA: The Bank of Indonesia (BI) will hold a numismatic
exhibition from Aug. 25 to Aug. 29, featuring the bank's
collection of coins and banknotes from the ancient Javanese
Majapahit kingdom.
The exhibition will be open for public view at the Wisma
Candra building in the BI office complex on Jl. Kebon Sirih,
Central Jakarta.
Other collections on display include coins and banknotes from
ancient Islamic kingdoms, the Dutch colonial period, the Japanese
occupation, the Independence era and modern times.
Chairman of the Indonesian Numismatic Association Singgih,
former attorney general during the Soeharto era, said the bank's
Artha Suaka Museum on Jl. Kebon Sirih had valuable collections
that should be revealed to the public.
"We hope that with this exhibition, people will be encouraged
to learn about numismatics," he said on Thursday. -- JP
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Aritonang to head NTB Police
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Aritonang to head NTB Police
JAKARTA: National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Edward Aritonang
was inaugurated on Thursday as chief of the West Nusa Tenggara
Police, replacing Brig. Gen. Jacki Ully, who will head the
National Police school for high-ranking officials.
Edward has served in the National Police public information
division for about three years. His name caught public attention
when he become the spokesman for the National Police
investigative team working on the 2002 Bali bombings.
Brig. Gen. Sunarko Danuardanto, former deputy chief of East
Java Police, has been slated to replace him.
National Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar also swore in Brig.
Gen. Herman Hidayat, former deputy chief of Bali Police, to
become the chief of the West Sumatra Police.
His predecessor, Brig. Gen. Adang Firman, has been deployed as
a lecturer at the National Police school for high-ranking
officials. -- JP
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Bogor to host classical music concert
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Bogor to host classical music concert
BOGOR: The Ensemble Belliniano quintet will perform at the
Novotel Coralia Hotel in Bogor on Friday evening to commemorate
the 59th anniversary of Indonesian independence.
Head of the quintet, Corrado Ratto, said that the group would
also perform at the Erasmus Huis on Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said, South
Jakarta, and the Italian Cultural Institute on Jl. HOS
Cokroaminoto, Central Jakarta.
"We hope that through the concert we can give voice to our
hopes for world peace," said Ratto.
The hotel's general manager Alessandro Migliore admitted that
he was somewhat worried about security following the Marriott
bombing on Aug. 5 that claimed 12 lives.
"We were afraid they might cancel their concerts here. But we
finally convinced them that the situation in Bogor was under
control," he said.
The musicians will perform six classical compositions with
brass instruments and a piano at the free-of-charge concert. --
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