Telecommunication system for APEC almost finished
Telecommunication system for APEC almost finished
JAKARTA (JP): The head of the Jakarta Office of
Telecommunications Company, John Welly, said yesterday that the
installation of telecommunication facilities for the Asia Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit is 95 percent complete.
He told newsmen at a press conference that the company had
provided around 770 telephone lines, 300 facsimile lines, 22
telex machines, 220 public telephone booths and 350 modems in the
two prime venues, the Bogor Palace and the Jakarta Hilton
Convention Center. The conference is scheduled to be held from
Nov. 11 to 16.
John said the company will also provide an additional 64
telephones lines, 40 facsimile lines, three telex machines and 20
modems for the media center at the Jakarta Hilton Convention
Center (JHCC), to be installed by Nov. 9
However, John did not elaborate on how many lines would be
installed in the Bogor Palace or in JHCC. He also refused to
reveal the source of funding allocated to finance the
installation.
The conference will begin with ministerial meetings from Nov.
11 to 12 at JHCC, while the summit meeting is scheduled for Nov.
15 at the Bogor Palace, 60 kilometers southeast of here.
The APEC organizing committee is now preparing communication
facilities to accommodate the needs of more than 2,000
journalists who will cover the activities of 18 Asia-Pacific
country leaders and President Bill Clinton of the United States.
John said that the company is planning to install the
telecommunication facilities in JHCC on Nov. 1.
"I hope this will be 100 percent accomplished by the third
week of this month," he said.
Meanwhile, John said that the PT Telkom, a state-owned
telecommunication company, has asked the Jakarta chapter to
contribute Rp 1.4 trillion (US$642 million) of its revenues this
year.
"As of this month the Jakarta chapter has already amassed
around 99.92 percent of the total target," he said.
To serve the telecommunication needs of some areas with no
private telephone lines, the company has installed 19,263 public
coin phones and card phones.
John said that the company has installed 845,046 telephone
lines in Jakarta and has already set up 129,975 lines, or 69.67
percent, of the targeted 186,427 lines. (mas)