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355/PT.5.H.18/D/1995. The 800 square meters building was 24 years of age and

was once renovated in 2005 .
UPBBJ Ambon has a different story. In 1984, UPBJJ Ambon was located at

Campus UNPATTI Poka . After the campus and UPBJJ Ambon office caught fire
on June 2000, UPBJJ Ambon used two alternative offices: either at SO Negeri I

Tanah Tinggi, with Christian staff, or one at PGSD UNPATTI, with Islamic staff.

In March 2002 UPBJJ Ambon moved to a neutral area at Jalan Anthony Rhedok
No. 17 Ambon , with both Christian and Islamic staff. Due to a conflict on 25 April
2004 , UPBJJ Ambon moved again to Pulo Gangsa opposite Maluku District Police

{Polda Maluku) until 5 January 2005 . On 6 January 2005 , UPBJJ Ambon moved
again to Jalan Mutiara No. 40 Mardika Ambon . Before it moved to Jalan Mutiara,

UT Head Office and UPBBJ Ambon renovated the building. UPBJJ Ambon now
had a comfortable building for staff to provide services to the students.

In 1991/1992, buildings previously used by SPG and SGO throughout
Indonesia were closed . As mentioned before that UT received transferred staff

from SPGs and SGOs. In addition , UT also received build ings of former SPGs
and SGOs, even though not all were handed over to UT. UPBJJs receiving

buildings from SPGs and SGOs are UPBJJ Jakarta, Banda Aceh , Pekanbaru,
Bengkulu , Medan, Bandung , Malang, Yogyakarta , Denpasar, Mataram,

Palangkaraya, Samarinda , and Kendari . An example of smooth transfer was
UPBJJ Pekanbaru . UPBJJ Pekanbaru previously located at UNRI Campus on

Jalan Pattimura No. 9 Pekanbaru . Several years later, based on a Letter of
Decision from the Director General of Higher Education No. 83/DIKTI/KEP/1990

on Universitas Riau's authorization of handing over SPGN/SGON facilities to
UPBJJ Pekanbaru on 24 September 1990, gave instruction to UNRI Rector to

hand over former SGON buildings to UPBJJ Pekanbaru . Based on that letter,
UNRI Rector issued a Letter of Decision No. 3575/PT.22H/D/1992 on 13 August

1992.

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