Timor Timur map misleading

Timor Timur map misleading

From Kompas

On Aug. 23, 1994 we had a female visitor who works for a foundation. She tried to sell some office articles such as an emblem of the Civil Servants Organization (Korpri), Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Unity in Diversity), maps, books, etc.

The woman had made a long journey with her heavy load to come to our office. Taking pity on her I bought one Timor Timur map and one map of the Indonesian archipelago. When I looked at the Timor Timur map carefully I found some topographical mistakes. Copies of this map, which are printed and published by PT Karya Pembina Swajaya, Surabaya, are already on sale in Dili's shops and many offices have bought them. The errors include direction of main roads, names of towns and mountains and the data is incomplete. For example, the towns Venilale and Hato Berliku are not on the map. Instead they printed Venilak and Hato Berkiu which are non-existent. This is certainly misleading for those who want to visit the province.

We hope that the company concerned would make the necessary corrections.

P. SUSILO SASTRO

SUWIGNYO

Head of Museum Office

Timor Timur