Mixed marriages decrease

Mixed marriages decrease

PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: Marriages between Taiwanese and
local women of Chinese descent have dropped after the Indonesian
government passed a stricter law on mixed marriages.

Between January and June this year, the local government
recorded 90 mixed marriages. In 1992/1993, the figure was 324 and
in 1993/1994 it was 1,510, Antara reported.

Head of the local religious affairs ministry Antonius Salim
said Monday that many Taiwanese wanting to take local women as
their wives failed to produce documents that prove they are
single.

Many Taiwanese have complained that the new regulation is too
stringent, Salim said.(31)