UGM results available via SMS
UGM results available via SMS
YOGYAKARTA: Students who took the entrance test at
Gadjah Mada University (UGM) will soon find out whether they have
been accepted into the university through short messaging service
(SMS) on their cellular phones.
"The service provides candidates with easier access to their
test results," said UGM rector Sofian Effendi on Wednesday, after
signing an agreement on the service with telecommunications
company PT Satelit Palapa Indonesia (Satelindo).
He said the service would be available from May 31 through
June 6. The inquirer must write "info reg" and send the SMS to
number 4262, after which Satelindo will reply to tell whether he
or she passed the test.
Thousands took the UGM entrance test on April 22 and April 23,
which was the first time the university held its own test after
the government introduced a new policy that gives state
universities greater autonomy. -- Antara
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Elephants protect forests
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Elephants protect forests
BENGKULU, Bengkulu: The provincial nature conservation agency has
formed a team of officials and elephants to safeguard protected
forests against illegal logging.
"The team consists of forest rangers and is assisted by 28
trained elephants," said agency head Agus Priambudi on Wednesday.
He said that using elephants helped the forest rangers patrol
and safeguard the 252,042 hectares of protected forests in
Bengkulu.
The agency began using the elephants last year on a trial
basis. The animals underwent training at the province's elephant
training center in North Bengkulu regency.
"The results from employing elephants are quite satisfactory,"
Agus said, noting a drop in illegal logging. "As a follow up we
established this special team," he added.
He said the elephants were trained to identify the sound of
chain saws and machines used by illegal loggers. Once they hear
the sound, the elephants approach the area from where the sound
came. Most of the time illegal loggers run away when they see an
elephant coming straight at them, Agus said. -- Antara
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Reward offered for illegal loggers
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Reward offered for illegal loggers
KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Tongkuno district chief La Ode
Kardini has offered a Rp 100,000 (US$12) reward for any
information leading to the arrest of illegal loggers in his
Southeast Sulawesi district in Muna regency.
He has urged the public not to be afraid to come forward and
share their information, assuring that their identities would be
kept confidential.
About 350 cubic meters of logs from past arrests were piled on
the roadside waiting to be auctioned off, Kardini said, adding
that the perpetrators were caught red-handed. The confiscated
logs are of the high quality but rare hardwood type.
Tongkuno district as well as Muna regency are seeing their
forests shrink due to illegal loggers.
Muna Regent Ridwan said that illegal loggers were targeting
forests where hardwood grew. -- Antara