Publishing firms run out of paper

Publishing firms run out of paper

SEMARANG, Central Java: About 46 publishing houses may have to stop operations because they lack paper.

The local office of the Association of Indonesian Publishing Houses has called on the provincial administration to intervene in the paper crisis.

"Almost 75 percent of textbooks for elementary, junior and high schools in Indonesia are printed in the province," Agung Sasongko, chairman of the association's local office said yesterday.

He warned that the national supply of books for the next 1994- 1995 academic year would be effected if the paper shortage continues to worsen. (har/rms)