Thousands suffer from malnutrition
BOGOR (JP): Almost 8,300 babies in Bogor, West Java, have suffered from malnutrition, an official said here on Tuesday.
Bogor's administration secretary, Itoch Tochija pointed out that last year the government found 698 babies, or one percent of the total babies, suffered from severe malnutrition and the other 7,600 or 12.8 percent had mild malnutrition.
"We've been trying to tackle this problem by providing them additional food free of charge. Hopefully we can reduce their number this year," said Itoch.
Meanwhile, Bogor's health office chief Triwanda Elan said that Bogor administration had committed itself to freeing the regency of the malnutrition problem next year.(21)
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Tarakanita staff stage protest
JAKARTA (JP): About 50 lecturers and staff of the Tarakanita Secretarial College (LPK Tarakanita), Pondok Kelapa, East Jakarta, staged a demonstration at the Legal Aid Foundation here on Tuesday, protesting their suspension by the Tarakanita Foundation.
The dispute has been going on for a year, ever since the protesters asked for better working conditions and a pay rise.
According to A.J Lumban Gaol, a lecturer at the college, a number of staff members were still being paid less than the provincial minimum wage of Rp 426,250 (US$ 37,51) per month.
The management of the college had refused to meet and discuss the matter with them and instead had suspended those who participated in the protest action, he said.
In response to their demands, the Tarakanita Foundation had issued a simple ultimatum: Keep working for the Tarakanita Foundation or resign. (06)
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S. Korean govt donates computers
JAKARTA (JP): The South Korean government has donated 50 computers with photoscanners and digital cameras to a number of senior high schools in Jakarta and Yogyakarta.
The Ministry of Education said in a statement received by The Jakarta Post on Tuesday that the donation was provided through the APEC Cyber Education Network (ACEN), a project of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) under the South Korean government.
It said that the Korean government would also donate three laser jet printers to three senior high schools to use for computer training.
ACEN, an international organization on education proposed by the South Korean government, was approved during the 22nd working group meeting on human resources development last May.
It is aimed at setting up a cyber education network to reduce the digital divide among APEC member countries.