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)