Night spots get Euro 2000 bonus

Night spots get Euro 2000 bonus

JAKARTA (JP): With the commencement of Euro 2000, night spots
in the city are allowed to open longer than their usual business
hours, an official of the City Tourism Agency told reporters on
Tuesday.

"They are allowed to operate until 4 a.m. from their usual
limit of 2 a.m. to enable soccer fans to watch their favorite
teams in the night spots," the agency's head of the tourism
business control division Suparlan said.

"The extension is only temporary during the soccer games and
normal business hours will resume after the games are over," he
added.

Operators, he said, do not need to pay for the extra business
hours.

Meanwhile, the agency's head Witjaksono Moewardi reminded
owners of the night spots to also consider their neighbors in
order to avoid any possible clashes with local residents.

"The night spots must approach their neighbors and develop
close relations with them," he said.

Witjaksono was commenting on reports saying that a certain
group of people were threatening to stop the night spots from
running their business.

Suparlan raised the example of when guests of Srinagar
discotheque in Pasar Rumput, South Jakarta joined with local
residents to fight threatening people.

"That's why it's important to have good relations with local
residents," he said. (nvn)