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Twilite Orchestra to perform at JHCC
The Twilite Orchestra will present its third concert at the Jakarta Hilton Convention Center on Saturday.
Oddie Agam, the group's production director, said as quoted by Antara over the weekend that the third Twilight Orchestra Gala Concert, which is estimated to cost over Rp 350 million (US$162,900), will not be sponsored.
Oddie is optimistic that at least 75 percent of the 4,500- capacity convention center will be filled.
The group's first concert at the Puri Agung Hall of the Sahid Jaya hotel recorded a loss of Rp 160 million ($74,450), while the second one, also held at the Sahid Jaya, gained a Rp 60 million ($27,900) profit.
Members of the group to perform in the next concert will consist of 60 members of the Bandung-based Parahyangan University choir, 40 members of the Anak Indonesia choir and 20 dancers. (bsr)
Orphans visit ice show
Around 120 orphans from the Vincentius orphanage in Kramat Raya, Central Jakarta, and 80 youths from the Tegal Alur slum area, West Jakarta, were able to see the China ice show at Senayan on Sunday.
The group was led by Mrs. Surjadi, the wife of Jakarta Governor Surjadi Soedirdja.
The visit was jointly sponsored by the Organization of the Wives of Civil Servants working for the municipal administration and the Profession Club, a private club of people from various professions.
H.A. Munir, spokesman for the municipality, said the two organizations also plan to take orphans and other youths from other orphanages and slum areas in the city to see the show.(jsk)
City councilor dies at 59
City councilor Sjarifuddin Siregar Pahu died yesterday at the Islamic hospital in Cempaka Putih, Central Jakarta, due to heart failure.
Pahu is survived by a wife and nine children, including one foster child.
Pahu was deputy chairman of the City Council's United Development Party (PPP) faction and also deputy chairman of the council's Commission E on social welfare, employment, education, youth, sports, religion, culture and health affairs.
Pahu worked with PN Industri Sandang, a state-owned textile manufacturer, prior to becoming city councilor in 1987, the position he retained until his death.
Pahu held a bachelors degree in social community pedagogy from the Pajajaran University, Bandung, West Java.
He was active in the Indonesian Islamic Students in 1956 and as a member of Front Pancasila movement in 1965-66, as well as in a struggle to eliminate the Indonesian Communist Party.
Pahu was also recognized as one of the founders of the United Indonesian Youth and Students Action (KAPPI) after the aborted coup in 1965 by the Indonesian Communist Party and was appointed secretary general of the Islamic Charity Coordinating Board, which in 1968 became the Indonesian Islamic Party. (06)
Residents question sand quarrying
Residents of the Seribu Islands district, a group of islands north of Jakarta Bay, voiced their concern over illegal, uncontrolled sand quarrying on several islands.
These protests arose from concerns following the sinking of four islands through aggressive sand quarrying and coral digging activities in their waters.
H. Hisbullah, the secretary of the district administration, appraised the city councilors of the situation. The councilors were visiting the island recently.
"The city administration should tighten procedures in giving permits for sand quarrying in order to protect the environment in the Seribu Islands," said Hisbullah, adding that many residents of the islands had long questioned the illegal sand quarrying.
He pointed out that local people and workers, employed by owners of the islands, had been quarrying sand and coral reefs day and night to get material to be used for construction works.
"In the long run, it will totally destroy the environment here," Hisbullah said.(09)