Kupang councillor's residence stoned
Kupang councillor's residence stoned
KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Unidentified vandals hurled stones
at the official residence of deputy chairman of the Kupang city
council, Edwin, early on Thursday.
Edwin, also chairman of the Kupang branch of the Indonesian
Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan), reported the case
to the Kupang police on the same day.
First Insp. Tommy Wila Huki, deputy head of the Kupang police
detectives unit, said Edwin's house had been stoned by unknown
rogues, who fled on a motorbike as the councillor rushed out.
Tommy added that two men appeared on a motorbike ten minutes
later, claiming to have been called by someone to check into the
incident at the residence.
"The license number of both men's motorcycles can serve as
evidence, but we still have to look for more clues to find the
perpetrator of this crime," Tommy concluded. -- Antara
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Across-Banjarmasin-water
Big hotel allegedly steals water
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Big hotel allegedly steals water
BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: The tap water company (PDAM) in
Banjarmasin, the capital of South Kalimantan, has reported the
management of star-rated Hotel Arum Kalimantan to the local
police for alleged theft of water over the last three months.
PDAM Banjarmasin Director Zainal Arifin confirmed the report
on Thursday by saying that the largest international hotel in the
province had used the company's supply by breaking seals and
cables that fastened the water gauge.
"The company suffered losses worth hundreds of millions of
rupiah, and although the hotel has paid a fine and its bill is
cumulative, the complaint lodged with the police has not been
withdrawn to allow for further examination," he said.
Meanwhile, a hotel manager, Akhmad Rajuddin, denied the
allegation and insisted that the seals had been inadvertently
damaged when hotel workers tried to repair clogged water pipes
without reporting to PDAM. -- JP
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Across-Palu-illiterate
40,000 people in C. Sulawesi illiterate
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40,000 people in C. Sulawesi illiterate
PALU, Central Sulawesi: At least 40,000 people between the
ages of 10 to 45 of eight regencies in Central Sulawesi are
illiterate, the provincial education office in Palu revealed.
Uhra Lamaraunda, head of the office, said in Palu on Thursday
that except in the provincial capital, the illiterate citizens
were distributed almost evenly across the regencies of Donggala,
Poso, Banggai, Tolitoli, Morowali, Buol, the Banggai Islands and
Parigi Moutong.
She attributed the high rate of illiteracy to the unfavorable
geographic conditions of Central Sulawesi and the recall of most
of the teaching personnel assigned to the region.
With a budget allocation of around Rp 2 billion, Lamaraunda
said the office had set a target of 3,800 people in their 2003
literacy program, through a new method of community
participation, aside from the conventional teaching method. --
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Across-Kupang-planning
Int'l agencies support family planning
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Int'l agencies support family planning
KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Four international agencies are
providing aid to support the implementation of family planning
and population programs in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) thus year,
the provincial planned parenthood board has announced in Palu.
The international agencies involved are the UN Family Planning
and Population Agency (UNFPA), Australia's aid agency AUSAID,
America's USAID and Germany's JTZ, which make available
contraceptives to family planning participants in the region.
UNFPA, which last year also provided aid to NTT, guaranteed a
supply of pills and injection ampules for the first quarter of
this year, in view of the many dropouts among users of the two
methods.
According to the provincial planned parenthood coordinating
board (BKKBN) in Kupang, the foreign agencies extend their aid to
the region in connection with the implementation of
decentralization and regional autonomy, in which the central
BKKBN delegates its authority to regional offices. --Antara