JP/3/Focus < set 12pts U75 1 col 2 lines
JP/3/Focus < set 12pts U75 1 col 2 lines
Reggae band to perform
A reggae and pop band from Birmingham, England, UB40, will
stage two live performances here on Friday and Saturday evening.
The concerts will take place at the Jakarta Hilton Convention
Center (JHCC) on Jl. Gatot Subroto, Central Jakarta.
The eight-person band, whose visit here is arranged by Buena
Productions, will perform such as Here I Am, Higher Ground and
C'est La Vie. (anr)
;JP;JSK;
ANPAj..u..
Jakarta--Focus--5th
Councilors support govt's policy
JP/3/Focus < set 12pts U75 1 col 2 lines
Councilors support govt's policy
Two of the four factions at the City Council threw their
weight behind the municipal administration's plan to be more
selective in choosing candidates to fill the posts of top level
executives at the city owned companies.
"We (the Golkar faction) support the plan. We felt for a long
time that there was a need for city companies to be managed in a
more professional manner," said Atje Mulyadi, chairman of the
Golkar faction at the council.
The plan was also hailed by Yusuf Hamdani, chairman of the
United Development Party (PPP) faction at the council. He said
the municipal administration plan was a bold measure to augment
the city's originally earned income.
On Wednesday, the Bisnis Indonesia economic daily, reported
that the city administration planned to conduct a major review on
the process of the appointment of top executives at the seven
city owned companies. This was part of a major drive to enable
them to compete with private firms.
This information was obtained through sources at the
governor's office who asked to remain anonymous.
In the past, the recruitment process -- which is done by the
governor's office -- was seen as being largely based on
favoritism, and affiliation with the Armed Forces (ABRI).
The Armed Forces appoint their personnel to fill posts
reserved for ABRI at state-owned firms under the so-called
Kekaryaan program. (has)
;JP;JSK;
ANPAj..u..
Jakarta--Focus--5th
Laborers face 5-year imprisonment
JP/3/Focus < set 12pts U75 1 col 2 lines
Laborers face 5-year imprisonment
Prosecutor Haruddin demanded that the North Jakarta District
Court sentence three laborers to five years each for killing
their foreman.
Pos Kota, quoting prosecutor Haruddin, reported Wednesday that
the three defendants, identified only DN alias Kamal, 21, JM,
24, and NR, 27, killed Anwariddi at a house on Jl. Pluit Putri,
North Jakarta, at 3.55 p.m. on Aug. 7, 1993.
Prosecutor Haruddin said the defendants met Anwariddi in a
temporary shed, built near a house they were renovating, to ask
for advance wages. Reportedly, they wanted to go to their
hometowns for a week and got angry when the victim refused to pay
a week's advance.
Upon receiving unfavorable reply from Anwariddi, the
defendants grabbed a crowbar lying near the victim and struck him
with it several times.
The victim died on the way to hospital.
The trials were adjourned until Monday to allow the
defendants, who are being tried separately, to read their defense
statements. (09)
;JP;HAS;06:
ANPA..r..
Jakarta--Focus4
Best service for community urged
JP/3/Focus/0 set 12pts U75 1 col 2 lines
Best service for community urged
The city's animal husbandry offices are required to give their
best service to the community in the run-up to Idul Adha Day on
May 21, Oetoro, the head of the office said Wednesday.
Idul Adha Day is one of the Islamic holy days when Moslems buy
and slaughter livestock, usually goats, as a sacrifice to God.
They believe that God prevented Prophet Ibrahim from slaying his
son Ismail by offering up a goat for slaughter instead.
Oetoro said the district heads are also required to improve
inspections of livestock to be sacrificed and to gather accurate
data on who owns the livestock, their prices, where they come
from, where they are located and how many workers are needed to
deal with them.
In a related development, Oetoro recommended that livestock
suffering from stress be treated with anti-stress medicine
distributed free of charge.
Oetoro reminded that slaughtering of livestock is exempted
from all forms of taxation and that it is forbidden to trade the
meat. (06)
;JP;HAS;06:
ANPA..r..
Jakarta--Focus5
Governor scheduled to open contests
JP/3/Focus/0 set 12pts U75 1 col 2 lines
Governor scheduled to open contests
Governor Surjadi Soedirja is scheduled on May 18 to officially
open a series of contests held to mark Jakarta's 467th
anniversary and the 49th anniversary of Indonesia's Independence
Day.
The contests, tied to 10 programs of the Social Welfare
Movement (PKK), will be held starting with subdistricts,
districts, mayoralties and then municipalities.
The contests include simulation games for children, cooking
contests for schoolchildren and speech contests on how to reduce
the infant and childbirth mortality rate.
This year's theme for Jakarta's anniversary is With strength
and faithfulness Jakarta is ready to continue development In
order to ensure the success of the sixth five-year development
program. (06)