New phone lines for E. Jakarta

New phone lines for E. Jakarta

JAKARTA (JP): To commemorate the golden anniversary of
Indonesia's independence, the East Jakarta office of the state-
owned telecommunications firm PT Telkom is offering 10,578 new
telephone lines in 14 East Jakarta districts.

Rizal Saat, the head of the East Jakarta Telecommunications
Office, said the 14 districts are Jatinegara, Cawang, Pondok
Kelapa, Rawamangun, Kelapa Gading, Penggilingan, Tebet, Pasar
Rebo, Pondok Gede, Cibubur, Cibinong, Cisalak, Gunung Putri and
Cileungsi.

The 10,578 telephone lines will come into operation seven days
after the new customers have paid their instalation charges.

Rizal said that the firm will give a 25 percent discount to
the public and a 50 percent discount to independence war veterans
who pay in cash.

He said that 807 new telephone lines have been installed so
far.

Of 67,000 applicants, 10,500 applicants have been served,
while the remaining 56,500 applications are currently being
processed.

He said that the company's East Jakarta office is setting up
new telephone lines and is expanding the central capacities of
service units in Klender, Gandaria, Pekayon, Kranji, Kaliabang
and Cawang.

Rizal said the Pulogebang service unit, now under
construction, is scheduled for operation in November.

To commemorate Indonesia's anniversary, Rizal's office will
re-paint all public telephone booths located in East Jakarta. "We
will also put special independence anniversary logos on all our
cars." (32)