Candra Naya relocation rejected

Candra Naya relocation rejected

JAKARTA: A consultant with the City Culture and Museum Agency
reiterated on Thursday his team's rejection of the Modern Group's
proposal to relocate the late-18th century Chinese mansion,
Candra Naya, to Taman Mini Indonesia Indah.

Mundardjito, a member of the consulting team for cultural
conservation, said that in principle, an archaeological heritage
site must not be moved from its original location. "Its
authenticity in space must never be changed, neither should its
authenticity of workmanship," he said on the sidelines of a
lecture and book launch commemorating his contributions to
archaeology in Indonesia.

The Modern Group, Candra Naya's owner and investor of a
shopping mall to be constructed on the site, plans to dismantle
the historic building on Jl. Gajah Mada, West Jakarta, and
reassemble it at the Taman Mini theme park in East Jakarta.

The Office for Conservation of the Directorate of Archaeology
and Museum at the Ministry of National Education also rejected
the Modern Group's proposal.

Head of the Office for Conservation Gatot Ghautama recommended
that Candra Naya be incorporated into the mall, perhaps as a
cafe, and become a focal point of the shopping complex. -- JP

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Workers protest contract system

JAKARTA: Some 2,000 workers of PT EDS Manufacturing Indonesia,
a cable producer on Jl. Raya Serang, Balaraja district, staged a
rally at the regency manpower agency office here on Thursday to
demand that the company's contract system for workers be
scrapped.

The workers, mostly females, filed a complaint with the office
because the company's management had not responded to their
demand although they had been on strike for five days.

Sriwati, who has been working for two years with the company,
said the workers also demanded a transportation allowance and a
leave allowance. In addition, they asked the company to allow
them to propose a work agreement between workers and the
management.

The company human resources manager Slamet said that the
management would dismiss the striking workers because the company
regulation only tolerated absenteeism for two days.--JP