PDAM extends payment deadline

PADANG, West Sumatra: The local water company PDAM has given an extension until today for residents who have not paid this month's water bill.

The extension was made following the recent wave of unrest which hit many parts of the country.

"People who have not paid this month's bill, which was actually due on May 20, have until May 25 without incurring a fine," said PDAM's spokesman Edwar.

"This extension shows that we care about what is happening around us and proves that we support the reform movement," he said Saturday.

A similar extension is also apparently being given by the state-owned telecommunications company PT Telkom, which extended its deadline for paying telephone bills from May 20 to May 30.

According to Antara, several announcements were posted around the city informing the public that no fines would be levied this month if telephone bills were paid before May 30.