New mall offers outdoor sports
BOGOR: Developer PT Bellanova Country Mall is introducing a new concept of a mall, combining shopping with outdoor sports, in Sentul Selatan, Bogor.
Located near the Sentul Selatan exit of the Jagorawi toll road, the mall, which is slated to open early next year, will occupy an area of 4.6 hectares and will have outdoor sports facilities such as canoeing, horse riding, wall climbing and cycling.
"We aim to become a destination mall, where people come especially for the shopping, food, and fun outdoor activities," marketing manager Felix S. Hasamin said on Thursday.
Some 350,000 vehicles pass by the site of the mall on the Jagorawi toll road each day, making it an ideal place to transit, PT Lippo Karawaci director Ninik P. Nathan, who acted as the sole marketing agent, said.
Access to the mall will become easier when the ongoing construction of Bogor Ring Road is completed next year.
"We have sold 60 percent of the shop-houses and kiosks, and we expect all to be fully operational by the time we open in May 2006," Felix said. -- JP
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Papuan workers left stranded, unpaid
TANGERANG: As many as 163 workers of PT Prabu Alaska, a plywood producer in Tanjung Purkadi, East Pakpak district in Papua, have been staying for over a month in Karawaci and are now facing starvation as they have run out of money.
"We are waiting for our former employer who still has our money," said Jerry, one of the workers, who claimed to represent a total of 1,400 workers of the company who were laid off in July.
They are now staying at the vacant house of PT Prabu Alaska director PO Suwandi in Permata Milenium housing complex in Karawaci, Tangerang, who has not paid their salaries for nine months, including severance pay amounting to Rp 21 billion.
They found Suwandi's Karawaci house on Oct. 27. Since Suwandi had left the house, the workers occupied it starting Oct. 28.
"Each of the workers paid their own trip by ship, a journey of three days from Pakpak," Jerry said.
"We won't leave this place until we get our money," he added. -- JP