Owners ask closure plan reviewed

Owners ask closure plan reviewed

BOGOR: Owners of nightspots and entertainment centers asked
the Bogor municipality on Friday to review the decision to ban
their operation during the fasting month, saying their workers
would not be able to make money if they did not work.

An owner of a billiards center, Suyanto, told reporters that
the administration could exempt his business from the ruling as
billiards was also a sport.

Moreover, Suyanto said many of his employees were divorcees
who still had to take care of their children.

"Who will pay them if we close our business for the whole
month?" Suyanto said after meeting with the Bogor mayor at the
latter's office.

The municipality had issued a decree on the closure of
billiard centers and other entertainment centers during the
fasting month until the Idul Fitri holidays. The decree has been
approved by the local legislature.--JP