PRESS DIGEST-Indonesian newspapers - Aug 15

Following are some leading stories in the main Indonesian newspapers on Aug 15.

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JAKARTA POST

- GOVT TO SET ASIDE 20 PCT OF BUDGET FOR EDUCATION

The government will set aside 20 percent of the state budget in 2009 for education as required in the Constitution, presidential spokesman Andi Mallarangeng said.

- ELEPHANTIASIS ENDEMIC IN TANGERANG - HEALTH AGENCY

The health agency in West Java's Tangerang regency said that elephantiasis is endemic in 60 villages in the regency, with 242 cases found over the past eight years, and that they will provide free mass treatment to curb the spread.

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BISNIS INDONESIA

- WASKITA KARYA POSTPONES OFFERING

Indonesian state-owned construction company PT Waskita Karya said it has delayed its initial public offering until the middle of next year from the second semester this year due to poor market conditions.

- BUKIT ASAM ACQUIRES PRIMA COAL

Indonesia's third-largest listed coal miner, PT Tambang Batubara Bukit Asam Tbk (PTBA.JK), said it has acquired 51 percent of PT International Prima Coal, a coal miner in East Kalimantan province, with 45 million tonnes of coal supply.

- OIL WATCHDOG PREPARES 3 OPTIONS FOR CEPU BLOCK

Energy watchdog BPMigas, said it is preparing three possible options to optimalise oil lifting from Cepu oil block, Indonesia's biggest oil find in a decade.