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SOPHISTICATED SYSTEM: President Soeharto (center) has a long- distance chat with the chief of Banyu Biru subdistrict, a remote area in Banten, West Java, using the newly installed communications system which he inaugurated at the Telecommunications Technology Institute in Bandung. Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave (far left) and Minister of Research and Technology Habibie (second from right) witnessed Monday's telephone conversation. Soeharto dedicated Rp 2.14 trillion (US$1 billion) worth of telecommunication projects in West Java on Monday.