Free medical service for NTB's aged
Free medical service for NTB's aged
MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: At least 310,000 elderly people
in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) will receive free medical treatment
to meet their needs for proper health service.
NTB Governor Harun Al Rasyid told a meeting of the provincial
committee for aging people's institutional service in Mataram on
Tuesday that the measure reflected the government's commitment to
improve its care for local citizens.
"Community members, in their advanced age, have equal rights
and lots of them are still carrying out productive activities,
making themselves potential human resources," he said.
The day-long meeting, attended by local health officials,
legislators and activists of non-governmental organizations, was
held to find ways of assisting the province's large number of
elderly citizens, and of promoting their productive efforts. --
Antara
Non-lethal weapons discussed in Surabaya
SURABAYA: U.S. Marine Corps Commander Lt. Gen. Wallace Gregson
attended an Asia-Pacific seminar which discussed the use of non-
lethal weapons during riots on Tuesday in Surabaya.
The two-day seminar, opened by Indonesian Marine Corps
Commander Maj. Gen. Harry Triono, has around 80 officers in
attendance from the U.S., Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and the
Philippines, in addition to the host country.
Gregson said the seminar and the training had nothing to do
with politics, but were a pure form of cooperation between both
nations' marine corps.
"The U.S. marine corps is highly skilled in using non-lethal
weapons to handle rioters, while Indonesian marines need to learn
from their U.S. counterparts to help the police overcome mass
protests or riots," added Harry. -- Antara
RI worker dead, serious questions remain
CIANJUR, West Java: After having lost contact with her family
for about a year, Ida Royani, 25, a migrant worker from Cimuti
village in Cianjur, was reported to have died mysteriously in Abu
Dhabi, Dubai.
"We had no knowledge of her salary and hope that the labor
recruitment agency will pay the insurance for her children. We
leave every thing to God," Ida's father Ece Atori, 58, said on
Tuesday.
He said Ida was sent by a Jakarta-based labor recruitment
agency, PT AMK, to work in the Middle East and that in the year
2000 she once wrote to her family telling them that she had been
working for man by the name of Muhamad Salim, in Dubai.
Ece said he had received no information since Ida sent her
last letter in mid 2001. However, he said his family was shocked
when the company just told them that their daughter had died in
mid-December.
Ece admitted his family received Rp 2 million from the company
and appealed to the relevant parties to help clarify the cause of
Ida's mysterious death.--Antara