Many public phones out of order

Many public phones out of order

PADANG, West Sumatra: Nearly half of all public telephones in
the province are out of order.

The head of the provincial telephone company, Teguh Widodo,
said yesterday that 41.6 percent of public telephones, both coin
and card-operated, were found to be damaged during a recent
survey.

"The pay phones often become a target of vandals," he was
quoted by Antara as saying.

He did not reveal the number of telephones which were broken
or the number available in the province but said that in Padang
the telephone company had set up 300 card-operated telephones and
another 800 coin-operated ones. (mds)