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)