Tenants lose water dispute

Tenants lose water dispute

JAKARTA: PT Thames PAM Jaya said it would disconnect Klender
apartments in East Jakarta from its water supply on Friday as the
tenants' agent, PPRSK, had rung up a bill of Rp 411 million
(US$49,939), after refusing to pay for water since August 2000.

Rhamses Simanjuntak, a PAM Jaya spokesman, said in a statement
on Thursday that a meeting between the water company, PPRSK and
City Council Commission D for development affairs ended without
reaching a resolution. The meeting took place on Wednesday.

However, Rhamses said that his company would truck water in at
the company's normal rate after the disconnection, taking into
account that the tenants had paid the agent for their water.--JP