Caltex workers staying put

Caltex workers staying put

PEKANBARU, Riau: The joint venture oil company, PT Caltex
Pacific Indonesia (CPI), here has no plans as yet to evacuate its
foreign employees, despite a mass exodus of foreigners due to
widespread rioting in Jakarta last week.

No CPI employee or his family has left Indonesia but they were
advised not to leave Pekanbaru for unimportant reasons, company
spokesman Harry Bustaman was quoted as saying by Antara
yesterday.

The company's daily operations in Rumbai district continues as
usual, he said, adding that CPI representatives even attended the
Koran reading contest for Riau province which ended Saturday
night.

CPI, Indonesia's biggest joint venture oil company, is owned
by the Indonesian state oil company, PT Pertamina, and the US'
California-Texas Oil Co.