Jakarta rivers

Jakarta rivers
not properly cleaned

Yesterday, Jakarta mayors complained about the poor job
private contractors were doing in cleaning the city's rivers.

North Jakarta mayor Suprawito complained that contractors only
submerge floating garbage instead of removing it from the rivers.
Meanwhile, East Jakarta mayor Sudarsono said that contractors
operating within his mayoralty simply move the garbage from the
rivers to the riverbanks.

Both reported on the poor performance of the contractors to
Governor Surjadi Soedirdja during the weekly meeting of high-
ranking city officials yesterday.

In response to the complaints, Governor Surjadi said he would
evaluate the performance of those contractors and possibly end
their contracts if their jobs are found to be unsatisfactory.

According to data at the city's sanitation office, there are
16 contractors which are currently contracted to clean the city's
rivers.

During the meeting, the mayors also reported the mayoralties'
revenues from property taxes and five other municipal taxes.

According to the reports, in the 1993/94 period, South Jakarta
collected Rp 40.5 billion in property taxes. This was up by 8.59
percent from the set target.

Figures for North Jakarta are Rp 18.175 billion, up by 19
percent, Central Jakarta Rp 34.4 billion, up by 2.6 percent, and
East Jakarta Rp 27.4, up by 7.35 percent.

Figures on the comparison of targeted and actual revenues of
property taxes collected in West Jakarta mayoralty, however, were
not made available. The report only stated that the revenues
collected by West Jakarta mayoralty for the 1993/94 period
amounted to Rp 30.45 billion. (06)

Mob kills
bus crew

An angry mob fatally attacked a mini bus driver
at the Pulo Gadung Bus Terminal in East Jakarta on Tuesday
evening, mistaking him for a pickpocket.

The attackers thought that Rohim, who had just entered his
bus, was the pickpocket they were running after.

The mob knocked him down although the victim had repeatedly
denied the allegation. After realizing that they had hit the
wrong person, the mob retreated and disappeared, Pos Kota
reported.

Five minutes later, another mob killed a bus conductor, again
mistaking him for a pickpocket. They believed that Robinson
Sinaga was the man they were chasing as he happened to be running
across the road. He was beaten to death only a few hundreds
meters from the site where the mob attacked Rohim.

The East Jakarta police precinct is investigating the
incidents but have made no arrests so far. (09)