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15801
Wed, 08/13/2008 - 20:10
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SOME 250 CHINESE TOURISTS CANCEL VISIT TO SOUTH KALIMANTAN
Banjarmasin, Indonesia, Aug 13 (ANTARA) - As many as 250 Chinese tourists who had planned to visit Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan last August 14 for the region's 58th anniversary have cancelled their plan, a local official said.
The head of South Kalimantan's Culture and Tourism office, H.Bihman Muliansyah, confirmed the cancellation here on Wednesday, saying the Chinese tourists did come to Indonesia but with Bali as their destination.
"We made preparations to welcome and entertain them but they cancelled their plan. They promised to come to South Kalimantan another time," Bihman told ANTARA.
He said the Chinese tourists were former students of "Ma Wahoa" , an educational institution in Banjarmasin for Chinese people until the early 1960s.
"They left Banjarmasin because of Government Regulation (PP) No.10 of 1960 which made it impossible for ethnic Chinese residents who were not Indonesian citizens to remain in Indonesia," he said.
Bihman said he did not know why the Chinese tourists had cancelled their plan to visit Banjarmasin.
South Kalimantan has several tourism objects of natural, historical or cultural interest.
"Had they come to South Kalimantan, they would have enjoyed nostalgic moments at the former Ma Wahoa building or places where they were born or raised," said Bihman.
Located near the Martapura river, the Wa Mahoa institute comprised a kindergarten, an elementary school, a junior high school, and a senior high school.
After 1960, Wa Mahoa changed into a junior high school named SMP Negeri Dahlia and now it housed SMP Negeri 6 Banjarmasin (State Junior High School 6 of Banjarmasin).
Separately, the former rector of the Banjarmasin-based Lambung Amangkurat University (Unlam), Prof.H.M. Kustan Basri, said in 1960, all ethnic Chinese in Indonesia, including those in Banjarmasin, had to leave the country under Government Regulation No 10 of 1960.
The regulation did explicitly order ethnic Chinese to leave the country but required them to choose either Chinese or Indonesian citizenship.
However, the regulation was not imposed on Indonesians of Chinese descent who had been living in South Kalimantan for generations or since the Dutch colonial era such as those in Tanah Laut district. In fact, a number of Tanah Laut people of Chinese descent joined Indonesia's armed struggle for independence, Basri said.
The head of South Kalimantan's Culture and Tourism office, H.Bihman Muliansyah, confirmed the cancellation here on Wednesday, saying the Chinese tourists did come to Indonesia but with Bali as their destination.
"We made preparations to welcome and entertain them but they cancelled their plan. They promised to come to South Kalimantan another time," Bihman told ANTARA.
He said the Chinese tourists were former students of "Ma Wahoa" , an educational institution in Banjarmasin for Chinese people until the early 1960s.
"They left Banjarmasin because of Government Regulation (PP) No.10 of 1960 which made it impossible for ethnic Chinese residents who were not Indonesian citizens to remain in Indonesia," he said.
Bihman said he did not know why the Chinese tourists had cancelled their plan to visit Banjarmasin.
South Kalimantan has several tourism objects of natural, historical or cultural interest.
"Had they come to South Kalimantan, they would have enjoyed nostalgic moments at the former Ma Wahoa building or places where they were born or raised," said Bihman.
Located near the Martapura river, the Wa Mahoa institute comprised a kindergarten, an elementary school, a junior high school, and a senior high school.
After 1960, Wa Mahoa changed into a junior high school named SMP Negeri Dahlia and now it housed SMP Negeri 6 Banjarmasin (State Junior High School 6 of Banjarmasin).
Separately, the former rector of the Banjarmasin-based Lambung Amangkurat University (Unlam), Prof.H.M. Kustan Basri, said in 1960, all ethnic Chinese in Indonesia, including those in Banjarmasin, had to leave the country under Government Regulation No 10 of 1960.
The regulation did explicitly order ethnic Chinese to leave the country but required them to choose either Chinese or Indonesian citizenship.
However, the regulation was not imposed on Indonesians of Chinese descent who had been living in South Kalimantan for generations or since the Dutch colonial era such as those in Tanah Laut district. In fact, a number of Tanah Laut people of Chinese descent joined Indonesia's armed struggle for independence, Basri said.
