E. Kalimantan bans foreign names

E. Kalimantan bans foreign names

SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: Deputy Governor Suwarna A.F.
yesterday told local officials to put their feet down and set
Aug. 17 as the deadline for shops and entertainment centers to
replace signs or billboards in foreign languages with ones in
Indonesian.

Suwarno admitted that officials in the province had been slow
in enforcing the regulation to use Indonesian names for signs.

"In Jakarta, the officials would immediately paint over signs
still using foreign names," he said as quoted by Antara.(mds)