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Tourism services
need improvement
A city councilor from Commission A on tourism is urging the
City Tourism Office to make Jakarta more appealing as a vacation
spot for travelers the world over.
"Jakarta should improve its tourism infrastructure and double
its efforts in selling its attractions to win an image as a
comfortable and attractive vacation spot," said Sutarno, the
chairman of the commission.
Last year around 1.1 million foreign tourists visited the
city, falling short of the government's target of 1.5 million.
The number of Indonesian tourists who came to Jakarta last
year also fell short of government targets. The government
projected that there would be 8.75 million domestic tourists
visiting Jakarta last year. The actual number of tourists was
8.25 million.
Sutarno said that, because of these disappointing statistics,
it was necessary for the City Tourism Office to make a more
concerted effort to promote Jakarta abroad.(06)
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Rasyim gains normal life
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Rasyim gains
normal life
Yesterday, a young boy who was almost crippled by hormone
overproduction that deformed his left foot, finished up his
treatments at an army hospital.
Doctors report that the boy made a full recovery.
Rasyim, a seven year old boy, is the youngest of six children
of a poor farmer at Kutruk village in Tigaraksa, Tangerang, West
Java. His left foot grew abnormally large due to a condition
which doctors say was due to abnormal production of his natural
growth hormones.
"I want to go to school ... and become an ABRI (armed forces)
member," said Rasyim who was dressed in an army-dotted T-shirt
and trousers before leaving the Mochammad Ridwan Meuraksa
hospital, Central Jakarta, yesterday.
Flanked by his parents, Rasyim looked a little bewildered in
front of photographers who wanted to take his picture before his
departure.
Dr. Abidin, who operated Rasyim, said the hormone had caused
Rasyim's left foot to grow as large as his head. "It's almost one
kilogram," Abidin noted, saying that it was not tumor.
The operation was performed at the end of April, involving
only three physicians: an anesthesiologist, Abidin as the surgeon
and head of the hospital Dr. Edy Harharun.
Lt. Col. Razni C.Z., vice chairman of the hospital, told The
Jakarta Post that all medical expenses were picked up by Persit
Kartika Chandra Kirana, the organization of Army members' wives.
The organization is chaired by the wife of the Army chief of
staff.
"It was Mrs. Wismoyo Arismunandar who discovered the child
while inspecting the organization's social activity in
Tigaraksa," Razni said. (11)
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Jakarta Fair to open in June
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Jakarta Fair
to open in June
The yearly Jakarta Fair of 1994 will open from June 18 to July
16 at the Kemayoran Jakarta Fair Arena.
Achmad Tossin, president of the PT Jakarta International Trade
Fair Corporation, announced the opening of the fair on Wednesday.
He said that it was scheduled to be opened by President Soeharto
or Vice President Try Sutrisno at 9 a.m. on June 18.
Cabinet members, ambassadors, governors, city councilors and
the city top officials are expected to attend the ceremony, he
said.
The ceremony will feature dances from the province of South
Sumatra and the Gita Bagasari drum band from Bekasi.
The fair will be open between 3 p.m and 10 p.m. from Monday
through Friday and between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. on Saturdays and
Sundays. (jsk)