Jakarta – Hundreds of employees of the state-run water company, PAM Jaya, staged peaceful demonstrations at the British and French embassies and Provincial Legislative Assembly here Thursday, demanding the termination of cooperation between PAM Jaya and two British and French water enterprises.

The protesting workers started their action at about 1100 local time. They brought posters rejecting the cooperation between PAM Jaya and PT listed company Thames Water (UK) and PT Lyonnaise Des Eaux (France).

As they staged their peaceful demonstration in front of the British embassy in Central Jakarta at about 1130, three representatives of the noisy demonstrators were accepted by Ambassador Robin Christopher.

First Secretary of the British embassy, Hamish Daniel, confirmed that Ambassador Christopher received the demonstrators' representatives but refused to tell about the result of the meeting. "We are not making statement on that (meeting) to the media," he told Antara.

Meanwhile, four people representing the protesting workers were received by French ambassador, Gerard Cros. They also aired a similar demand that the cooperation between PAM Jaya and PT Lyonnaise Des Eaux be cancelled.

The three demonstrations ran in an orderly manner and they did not cause traffic congestion.