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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)