Int'l artists meet in Bandung

Int'l artists meet in Bandung

BANDUNG: At least 20 young artists from 20 countries will be
in Bandung for Art Camp 2005, starting Aug. 4 to Aug. 12.

The event's publication and documentation officer, Tarlen
Handayani, said on Thursday that Indonesia was the third country
to host the camp, which was staged in Paris, France (2003), and
Tokyo, Japan, in 2004.

Sponsored by the Asia-Europe Foundation and organized by the
Bandung Center for New Media Arts, the camp is themed Artist
Initiatives Space and New Media Arts.

She said the camp was developed as a media to exchange
information, practical context of art and a forum to share
experiences while allowing artist in hosting countries to network
with other artists.

The participants are final-year art students aged between 20
and 25 coming from Austria, China, Denmark, England, France,
Germany, Italy, Portugal, Thailand, the Netherlands. Indonesia is
represented by Erik Pauhrizi, a design and fine arts student at
the Bandung Institute of Technology. -- JP

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Policemen suffer
respiratory ailments

SURABAYA: The incidence of acute respiratory infection among
police officers in East Java increases 5 percent each year, a
police official said on Tuesday.

East Java traffic police director Sr. Comr. Adjar Triadi
revealed the alarming trend on Thursday after receiving 3,000
face masks from PT Kalbe Farma.

Last year, from the 35,397 policemen in the province, 5,628 of
them had respiratory problems. Of that number, 2,335 of them have
acute respiratory infections.

"The increasing number of policemen suffering from acute
respiratory infections is due to the rapid increase in the number
of motorized vehicles, at 15 percent per year," Adjar said.

In order to protect police officers from infection, he said
the police would transfer traffic police officers to
administrative work after working on the street for a year. -- JP