Fishermen protest against PT THIESS

Fishermen protest against PT THIESS

BALIKPAPAN, East Kalimantan: Following an earlier protest,
hundreds of fishermen in Balikpapan demanded on Tuesday that PT
Thiess Contractor Indonesia provide them with compensation due to
the drop in their fish catch. Speaking to the media in
Balikpapan, the fishermen said that low catchment was due to the
construction of a special port being built by PT Thiess that
damaged the environment in Manggar Baru beach areas. The
fishermen demanded Rp 1 billion (US$106,382) in compensation.

Earlier, on Monday, some 500 fishermen visited the office of
PT Thiess Contractor Indonesia in Balikpapan and voiced their
concern over the special port construction.

The representative of PT TCI said that they had
implemented all the regulations and the development
plan of the port for the company to disseminate
to the community in June 2004. -- Antara/JP