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[Fair use for education and research purpose only]The Straits Times Interactive
South East Asia News
MAY 10, 2000
Title: Thousands hit by Jakarta blackout
JAKARTA -- Hundreds of thousands of people in Jakarta and Tangerang were affected by an electricity failure on Monday.
The loss suffered by customers of state-electricity firm PT PLN during the four-hour blackout could reach billions of rupiah.
There was heavy congestion in the capital's main streets when traffic lights stopped working.
Owners of air-conditioned shops as well as businesses that rely on electricity, such as petrol stations, closed temporarily.
Internet Service Providers were out of action too.
A PLN spokesman said the failure was caused by residents in south Jakarta, who chopped down coconut trees, causing a short circuit. -- The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/asia/sea10_0510.html
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