Night spots refuse to reopen

Night spots refuse to reopen

TANGERANG (JP): Night spot owners are reluctant to rebuild
their businesses after the May 1998 riot which destroyed many of
the buildings, a hotel executive said here on Wednesday.

"Based on our experience, we'll have to think twice before
building singing halls and discotheques," an executive of Istana
Nelayan Hotel, Peter Djasman, told reporters.

He said the three-star hotel was vandalized and burned during
the riot, which destroyed the hotel's singing hall and
discotheque.

"I am still traumatized (by the riot)," Djasman said adding
that the hotel would be rebuilt without its singing hall and
discotheque.

He also said that his office would rebuild its restaurant
which was also burned down during the riot but would move its
location from Jl. Gatot Subroto to the Green Garden housing
complex on Jl. M.H. Thamrin. (41/jaw)