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Telkom helps bomb victims

DENPASAR, Bali: State-owned telecommunications company PT Telkom
provided on Wednesday educational assistance worth Rp 220 million
(US$22,000) for children of the victims of the Oct. 12 bombings,
which killed more than 190 people.

"The educational aid shows how much we are concerned for the
victims of the Bali bombing tragedy," a spokesman for the Telkom
Bali office, Sumitra, said here on Wednesday.

The assistance, he said, was aimed at helping children who may
face difficulties in financing their higher education.

Telkom previously collected Rp 27 million as a donation for
the victims of the bombing.

The company also facilitated communications to lend support to
various parties while they were taking care of the blast victims.

The company installed 28 lines at various locations around the
blast site in Bali's main resort area of Legian, Kuta, at the
command post set up by the provincial administration as well as
Sanglah Hospital, where most of the victims were treated.

The Denpasar branch of PT Telkom, meanwhile, suffered a
financial loss of Rp 100 million after its cables, which had
channeled 85 lines for its customers, were damaged in the bomb
blast. --Antara