Renovation expo to be held next month

Renovation expo to be held next month

JAKARTA: A Renovation Expo will be held in Jakarta from April 4
to 6 to help Jakartans to deal with property damage caused by the
annual flooding during rainy seasons.

"We'll organize this expo to focus on the public's need for
renovation of their property. This will be the second after we
held a similar event last year," said Jessica V. Schwarze, the
business development manager of PT Panorama Convex, which
organizes the exhibition.

Jessica said over the weekend that the expo would not only
cover renovation of houses but also other property, including
apartments.

She said some 150 companies, which deal with property and
property renovation, will take part in the exhibition at the
Jakarta Convention Center, Central Jakarta. Some 60,000 people
are expected to visit the exhibition.

Jessica added that last year's event had 89 firms with about
50,000 visitors.

She said that last year many people had to renovate their
houses, which were seriously damaged by the huge floods, the
worst in many years.

"This year's flood also hit Jakarta and caused damage to many
houses and other properties here," she said. "The renovation expo
will help them to repair the damage or to renovate their
houses."--JP

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10 sex workers arrested
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10 sex workers arrested

JAKARTA: Police arrested 10 sex workers and nine men illegal
migrants during a police raid on Sunday in West Jakarta and North
Jakarta.

According to police reports, a total of 19 people were
apprehended from the Angke railway station in West Jakarta and
the red-light district Kalijodo, in North Jakarta as part of vice
raids launched by the police under the code name Sadar Jaya III
which targets gambling, drug trafficking, illegal alcohol sales
and illegal migrants.

Earlier on Thursday, in similar raids on several areas in
North Jakarta, police arrested 22 hoodlums and street beggars,
along with five other people involved in gambling and illegal
alcohol sales. --JP.

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Two students steal phone 'for fun'
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Two students steal phone 'for fun'

JAKARTA: Police arrested on Saturday two high school students
who were caught red-handed stealing a cell phone.

When asked the motive of the robbery, one of the students
surprisingly replied "Just for fun...." as quoted by Detik news
portal.

Romy Junior, 16 and Roxy Fernando, 16, were captured after
they stole a cell phone belonging to Irma of South Jakarta, which
had been left unattended at her boarding house.

However, the owner of the boarding house is a policeman. He
spotted Romy and Roxy in the act and took them to the city police
headquarters. --JP