Training for transvestites

Training for transvestites

JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will not allocate a
special area for transvestites to use for soliciting, says the
deputy governor for social welfare, R.S. Museno.

"We will never provide such a place, but we have provided
places for training them in special skills, such as hairdressing
or tailoring," Museno said on Saturday.

Museno said the training programs are held by the city social
services agency in its rehabilitation centers in Cipayung, East
Jakarta and in West Jakarta.

Museno urged the transvestites to join the transvestites
association to enter the program rather than hang out on the
street every night.

Early this week, a total of 58 transvestites filed a complaint
with the Central Jakarta mayoralty over extortion and demanded
the city administration provide a special location for them.
(yns)