Bojonggede people

Bojonggede people
live in fear

Residents of Bojonggede, Depok who live in newly built housing
complexes, are living in fear because of a rash of crime in the
area, located just 10 kilometers south of Jakarta.

The most recent case, area residents were quoted by Antara as
saying, took place at 2.30 a.m. on Thursday when a group of
masked men broke into a house being run as a coffee shop.

The robbers fled when they were surprised by the owners, who
were still awake at the time of the break-in. They did not manage
to take anything.

On Tuesday a resident of Bojonggede reported that almost all
of his belongings, including electronic equipment and clothing,
were taken from his house. At the time of the robbery the
homeowner, who asked not to be named, was in his hometown in
Central Java to celebrate the Idul Adha Moslem holiday.

"Judging from the large number of goods they stole it is
believed that there was more than one perpetrator," an area
resident said.

Area residents consider the criminals to be quite bold, given
that both houses were located near street lights and that houses
next to them were occupied.

Police announced earlier in the week that many criminals had
moved their operations from Jakarta to outskirts after the
launching of the army-sponsored, anti-crime "Operation
Cleansing." (03)

Schools get
face-lift

The North Jakarta mayoralty administration will spend some Rp
5 billion (US$2.3 million) to renovate 56 elementary (SD) school
buildings located in the Penjaringan, Pademangan, Kelapa Gading,
Koja, Cilincing and Tanjung Priok districts.

Suara Pembaruan reported the 56 buildings are in an
dilapidated state, disturbing the process of day to day education
of the students.

The head of North Jakarta's education office Muhir Subagia
said yesterday that the refurbishment will done by repairing the
roofs and raising the floors so as to avoid flooding during the
rainy season.

The 56 school buildings to be repaired are part of the 293
elementary schools scattered in North Jakarta mayoralty. (mds)

Stateless Chinese
register themselves

The East Jakarta mayoralty reported that 483 stateless Chinese
have registered themselves as of this week as part of the initial
process for gaining citizenship.

According Atang Djuminta, the head of mayoralty's population
office, the registrants are comprised of 237 men and 246 women.

The government decided several weeks ago to register the
estimated 25,000 stateless Chinese in Jakarta and provide
leniency by giving them access to obtaining Indonesian
citizenship.

Many thousands of Chinese descents were unable to return home
when Jakarta broke diplomatic relations with Beijing following
the abortive communist coup in 1965.

However relations between the two-countries have since
improved with the resumption of diplomatic ties in 1990.

Atang Djuminta urged that those who have yet to register to do
so before the Oct. 4 deadline.

He stressed that registrants must do so in person and avoid
signing up through alternative procedures such as service agents.
(mds)

Golkar's provincial
congress planned

The city chapter of the Golkar will hold a plenary congress
(Rakerda) in May 30-31 at the Krakatau Room of Horison Hotel.

Tadjus Sobirin, chief of the Golkar's Jakarta chapter, told a
press conference yesterday at the branch's headquarters the
congress would formulate some strategic guidelines for the five
year period between 1993-1998.

Atje Mulyadi, deputy to steering committee chief, who was also
on hand at the press conference, said the congress would focus on
three topics.

The first topic is how the party's provincial branch would
consolidate itself in the midst of rising attacks on national
ideology and concerns of decreasing nationalism.

The second topic is how Golkar would help the city
administration implement its strategic plans.

The third topic is formulating Golkar strategy for the 1997
election, and help the government create a peaceful condition to
ensure the People's Consultative Assembly's (MPR) meeting of 1998
was run successfully.

Around 600 participants from all 43 districts across the city
are scheduled to join the congress.

Tadjus said Governor Surjadi Soedirdja was scheduled to open
the congress on May 30, and Jakarta Military Commander Maj. Gen.
Hendropriyono would make some presentation the same day.

Though the Golkar always gained landslide victory nationwide
in the previous elections, it never accomplished the same-scale
feat in Jakarta.

Here, two other parties, the PDI (Indonesian Democratic Party)
and PPP (United Development Party) tightly competed against
Golkar in all previous elections. (jsk)