Radio, TV signals disrupt flights

Radio, TV signals disrupt flights

PEKANBARU, Riau: The high number of frequencies used for radio
and television stations have affected flights and other
telecommunications signals, a minister has said.

State Minister of Communications and Information Syamsul
Mu'arif added the number of radio and TV stations had risen after
provincial administrations had issued permits for people to use
radio frequencies.

Syamsul said Government Regulation No 25/2000, which replaces
broadcasting law, has loopholes such as allowing local
administrations to issue permits for using radio frequencies.

He revealed that the government had prepared a bill on
telecommunications, which was aimed at revoking provincial
authority and returning the power to his ministry.

Should the bill be passed into law, it would limit the use of
radio frequencies, he added. - Antara

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Fatwa reports Permadi to police
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Fatwa reports Permadi to police

JAKARTA: House of Representatives deputy speaker A.M. Fatwa
reported on Monday legislator Permadi to the police for
defamation and slander following Permadi's claim that Fatwa once
offered him a bribe of Rp 20 billion (US$2.17 million) from a
local producer of paper used in the production of banknotes.

"I cannot accept Permadi's statements to the public that I had
offered him a bribe," Fatwa told reporters.

Fatwa claimed that he had strong evidence that Permadi had
slandered him, citing that nobody but Permadi had witnessed the
alleged incident.

In his report to the police, Fatwa revealed that Permadi had
committed an offense and had deliberately committed "character
assassination" against Fatwa.

Fatwa also said that his 40-member team of lawyers were set to
back him in the legal proceedings against Permadi.

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Govt to quarantine imported plants
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Govt to quarantine plant imports

JAMBI: Head of the Agriculture Quarantine Division at the
Ministry of Agriculture Delima said on Monday that the government
planned to impose more thorough checks on imported plants to
avoid the spread of foreign plant diseases into the country.

Delima said any imported plants would be required to be
complete with health certificates from their country of origin or
from a transit country.

The government's appointed agency would then check the
imported plants at a quarantine laboratory.

"The quarantine is aimed at preventing hazardous organisms
from foreign countries entering the country's plant markets," she
said.

Delima added that the country's plants for export should also
carry health certificates. --Antara