JAKARTA: An employee at a bakery in the Metropolitan Mall in

JAKARTA: An employee at a bakery in the Metropolitan Mall in
Bekasi died when a stove exploded on Sunday afternoon.

Yadi, 25, an employee at Raisan bakery, was working when the
stove exploded at about 3 p.m., causing a fire in the store.

A number of other employees extinguished the fire, but Yadi
had already suffered extensive burns, a Bekasi Police detective
said.

The blast was heard all over the three-story shopping mall,
causing panic among shoppers. Dozens of shops closed their doors
for fear of looting.--Antara

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Greater-Betawi
Betawi people want jobs
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JAKARTA: Leaders of the Betawi Brotherhood Forum (FBR), a non-
governmental organization that often supports Governor Sutiyoso,
met with the governor on Friday to convey a list of requests.

Among their requests were insurance for FBR members who work
as motorcycle taxi (ojek) drivers, public order officer jobs for
unemployed FBR members, that Betawi dress be made an official
uniform for city administration employees and that a certain
number of low-cost apartments be set aside for Betawi people.

Responding to the requests, Sutiyoso said the city
administration did not give special treatment to any group or
community in the city.

He also said the administration would not give priority to FBR
members for jobs in public order offices.

"If they want to become security and order officers they must
compete with other applicants," Sutiyoso said.

During the meeting with the governor, the FBR members were led
by group chairman Fadloli El Muhir.--JP

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Greater-health
Free cataract treatment in Tangerang
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TANGERANG: Hundreds of residents received free cataract
treatment from Friday to Sunday at the Balaraja community health
center in Telagasari, Balaraja district, Tangerang regency.

The treatment was provided by the regency health agency, in
cooperation with the Canadian Embassy and the Association of
Indonesian Ophthalmologists.

Agus, 35, a health center staff member, said that as of
Saturday afternoon 280 cataract patients had come in for the free
treatment. The patients came from numerous districts in the
regency.

Subandi, 34, a resident of Sukamurni village in Balaraja, who
was taking his father to the health center for treatment, said
poor residents were very pleased with the program.

"We hope free treatment will not only be provided for cataract
patients but also for those suffering from other illnesses," he
said. --JP

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Greater-Busway
Sutiyoso told to delay busway project
JP/8/GREATER

Sutiyoso told to delay busway project

JAKARTA: Governor Sutiyoso has been told to delay the
implementation of a busway project connecting Blok M in South
Jakarta to Kota in Central Jakarta because more preparation is
needed.

"Initially, I hoped that Sutiyoso would learn from a number of
Latin American countries that he visited that a busway system
requires good preparation," the chairman of the Jakarta Residents
Forum, Azas Tigor Nainggolan, was quoted by Antara as saying on
Sunday.

He said Sutiyoso did not understand the basic concepts of a
busway system, a system that according to him is not meant to be
the solution to all traffic problems.

The governor has said the busway system will allow people to
enjoy comfortable public transportation.

Tigor said a busway should be incorporated into the whole
transportation system of the city.

He also criticized the city administration for not involving
the public in the drafting of its transportation policies.

Sutiyoso and a number of officials recently returned from a
trip that took them to a number of cities in Latin American,
including Bogota, Quito, Sao Paulo and Mexico City. The purpose
of the trip was to study the transportation systems in these
cities.--JP