Fire forces Ciputra Mall to close

Fire forces Ciputra Mall to close

JAKARTA: Ciputra Mall in West Jakarta was forced to close on
Wednesday afternoon after the power went out due to a short
circuit in a generator set that caused a fire and panicked
shoppers.

A spokesperson from Ciputra Mall told The Jakarta Post that a
small fire broke out in the basement of the mall at 5 p.m.
Security personnel immediately evacuated visitors from the mall.
The police and fire department quickly arrived on the scene.

The mall was immediately closed until further notice. -- JP

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Focus-Bogor-Sentul
Bukit Sentul case goes to court
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Bukit Sentul case goes to court

BOGOR: A prosecutor is seeking a six-month prison term for the
chairman of the Association of Owners and Tenants of Bukit Sentul
Housing Estate, who had protested the increase in garbage
collection fees imposed by the housing management.

Prosecutor Djamil Zaini told the Cibinong District Court that
defendant Kunarso Suryoputra demonstrated "antisocial behavior"
by seizing a confidential document.

The incident took place on Sept. 24, 2002 after the defendant
asked garbage collector Muhayat bin Akma from PT Sukaputra Graha
Cemerlang why the garbage had not been collected from his house.
Muhayat said that he had been told not to collect the garbage
from the houses whose owners had not paid the garbage collection
fee.

Kunarso then snatched from Muhayat's hand, a list of residents
who had not paid the fee, as he wanted to make a copy of it.

A resident of the housing estate wrote a letter to The Jakarta
Post in October 2002, to complain about the Bukit Sentul
management because they increased the garbage collection fee by
350 percent. --JP

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Focus-Tangerang-Cisadane
Tangerang to plant 189,000 trees
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Tangerang to plant 189,000 trees

TANGERANG: The Tangerang regency environmental agency plans to
plant 189,000 trees on 300 hectares of land along the Cisadane
river catchment area in November and December.

"Today, our team begins conducting a survey to study what kind
of trees the people living along the river want, because they
will be involved in managing the green areas," Agency deputy
chief Admat Kosim told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.

The people would be given the rights to manage and earn money
from the trees, he said.

Fruit trees like durians, jackfruits, melinjo, duku, mangoes,
and avocados, as well as coconuts and cloves would be planted in
Cisauk, Pagedangan and Serpong districts.

The program is held in conjunction with the National Movement
of Land and Forest Rehabilitation launched by the Ministry of
Forestry recently, in 21 river catchment areas in the country.

The ministry allocated Rp 1.1 billion to Tangerang for
planning, implementing and developing the project. The seeds
would be provided by the Citarum-Ciliwung River Catchment Areas
Management Center in Bogor.--JP