Archive: 12 October 1994
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Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Telecommunication system for APEC almost finished
Telecommunication system for APEC almost finished JAKARTA (JP): The head of the Jakarta Office of Telecommunications Company, John Welly, said yesterday that the installation of telecommunication facilities for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit is 95 percent complete.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Drug raiders find condoms
Drug raiders find condoms SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: Police operations aimed at snuffing out drugs in local schools recently discovered students in possession of not only illegal drugs but also contraceptives. Col. Gunawan Kuswara, the local military chief, said the authorities and parents should also be concerned with the trend towards greater sexual promiscuity among the young. "This is affecting the morals of the younger generation," Gunawan was quoted by Antara.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Traffic to be detoured during APEC meeting
Traffic to be detoured during APEC meeting CIGOMBONG, Bogor (JP): A number of roads in the city will be closed and traffic routed for several days before, during and after the upcoming Asian and Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting next month, city Police Chief Maj. Gen. Mochamad Hindarto said yesterday.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Spotlight
Spotlight Photo A: ASEAN JP/msa ASEAN SPIRIT: Secretary General of ASEAN Ajit Singh (right) chats with members of the Indonesian Students Association for International Studies (ISAFIS) after he opened a seminar on the role and spirit of ASEAN in the new world order on Monday. The seminar was held in conjunction with ASEAN's 27th anniversary.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Ardy still on top IBF list
Ardy still on top IBF list LONDON (Reuter): Leading world rankings issued by the International Badminton Federation yesterday after the 13th event of the World Grand Prix series, the German Open, held in Leverkusen from Oct. 5 to 9: Men: 1. Ardy B. Wiranata (Ina) 1,700 points; 2. Thomas Stuer- Lauridsen (Den) 1,285; 3. Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen (Den) 1,145; 4. Hariyanto Arbi (Ina) 1,065; 5. Joko Suprianto (Ina) 965; 6. Fung Permadi (Ina) 815; 7. Jens Olsson (Swe) 795; 8.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Schools leave a lot to be desired
Schools leave a lot to be desired JAKARTA (JP): The teaching of reading, writing and arithmetic, known as the "three R's", at primary schools still leaves a lot to be desired. This frank admission came from Djauzak Ahmad, the director of elementary education at the Ministry of Education and Culture, yesterday during a seminar to review the way the three basic skills are being taught in the nation's schools.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Vietnam starts talks on ASEAN membership
Vietnam starts talks on ASEAN membership JAKARTA (JP): Vietnam began preparations for its admission into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) by sending a senior delegation to meet with Secretary General Ajit Singh here yesterday.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Traders want postponement of marketplace removal
Traders want postponement of marketplace removal JAKARTA (JP): A group of traders of the Makasar subdistrict in Halim, East Jakarta, staged a protest yesterday, demanding a postponement of plans to build a swimming pool on the market site. "We are strongly against the plan as it will cause us to lose our customers as soon as we move to the new market," Kamid, head of the delegation, told the City Council's Commission B which is in charge of economic affairs.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Attempts to dodge Sukarno questioned
Attempts to dodge Sukarno questioned JAKARTA (JP): Megawati Soekarnoputri, the chairperson of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), gave a belated response to the recent polemic about the role her father, Indonesia's first president Sukarno, played in the events before and after the communist attempt to grab power in 1965. "Isn't it enough for this nation of 50 years old to continue dodging Bung Karno," Megawati told reporters on Monday referring to the popular name her father was often called.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Palm oil project in Bangka
Palm oil project in Bangka JAKARTA (JP): PT Sadin Tradewinds Indonesia, a joint venture between PT Sadin Mulitagro Sentosa of Indonesia and Tradewinds Bhd of Malaysia, has started the establishment of a palm oil plantation on Bangka island in South Sumatra. Freddy Widjaja, the company's director, told reporters yesterday that the plantation will be equipped with a two unit palm oil processing plant with a processing capacity of 30 tons of oil per hour.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta: Music * Borobudur Inter-Continental, Jl. Lapangan Banteng Selatan, Central Jakarta: - Kintamani Pavilion: Traditional Dances & Songs Friday, Italian Night Wednesday, all from 7 p.m.. - Pendopo Tea Lounge: Monika Rosca, pianist from Poland, daily 4 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.; Sylvia Howard, jazz/blues singer from the U.S., Monday to Saturday from 9 p.m. to 12:45 a.m.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
1994 best mother named
1994 best mother named Mothers living in big cities play an important role in raising the quality of their families especially in a multi-ethnic metropolis like Jakarta. "Incidents that happen in cities, such as student brawls, are proof that many families have not been well controlled," said Ichtijanto, chairman of the national committee of the Mother of the Year contest, at the City Hall.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Eight men studied in Sembiring's case
Eight men studied in Sembiring's case City Police detectives are now focusing their investigation on eight different persons in relation with the August murder of noted ex-convict Johny Sembiring, 62, killed in an apparent inter-gang rivalry. "All these people are trying to play hide and seek with us," said City Police Chief Maj. Gen. Mochammad Hindarto here yesterday. "It's just a matter of time before we find who plotted the murder," he added.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
New military unit set up
New military unit set up BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: A new military district unit has been specially established to oversee Western Lampung, the Antara news agency reported. The new unit, Kodim 422, will report to the chief of the Lampung Garuda Hitam 43 unit currently headed by Col. Hario Danoe. The unit will be inaugurated by Maj. Gen. Yunus Yosfiah, the chief of the Sriwijaya Military Command, which oversees southern Sumatra, on Oct. 26.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Try opens new school of marine studies
Try opens new school of marine studies JEPARA, Central Java (JP): Vice President Try Sutrisno dedicated the School of Marine Studies of the University of Diponegoro here yesterday. The school's campus, in the Awur Bay Village, cost Rp 8.5 billion (US$4 million) to build. The campus includes the main building, a laboratory and housing facility for students and staff lecturers. Diponegoro University is a government-owned institution in Semarang, capital of Central Java.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
RI to send more officers to Bosnia
RI to send more officers to Bosnia JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is sending, today, 20 police officers as observers to war-torn Bosnia Herzegovina, in former Yugoslavia. Maj. Gen. Koesparmono Irsan, deputy police chief in charge of operations, bade farewell, yesterday, to the officers -- members of the Garuda XIV contingent -- who will join the peace-keeping mission of the United Nations Protection Force. The Garuda XIV contingent consists of officers from the air force, navy, army and police.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
AFTA needs to exist with other groups
AFTA needs to exist with other groups By Faisal Harahap JAKARTA (JP): ASEAN ministers and senior officials have been working hard in finding ways and means to keep the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) relevant to their group of nations. They have been successful in at least designing an AFTA scheme workable within the world trade accord (GATT) and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) timetable.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
KL industry draws US$6b investment
KL industry draws US$6b investment KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): After suffering a decline last year, Malaysia's manufacturing sector drew an approved investment of almost US$6 billion in the first eight months of the year, a cabinet minister said yesterday. A total of 512 manufacturing projects valued at 14.8 billion ringgit ($5.9 billion) were approved between January and August compared to 653 projects worth 13.3 billion ringgit in 1993, said Rafidah Aziz, minister of international trade and industry.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Major Asian airlines match Singapore Airlines fare cuts
Major Asian airlines match Singapore Airlines fare cuts SINGAPORE (AFP): Three major airlines announced here yesterday that they were matching a cut in first and business class air fares by Singapore Airlines (SIA) to maintain their competitiveness. Cathay Pacific Airway, Qantas Airways and Thai Airways International said they would slash their fares to destinations from Singapore by up to 20 percent from Oct. 16 to hold on to their market share.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
TV Today
TV Today TVRI 8:00 a.m. Special News: Asian Games XII 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Indonesian Lessons 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:45 Langka Tapi Nyata 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Music Contest: Asia Bagus 8:05 Spektrum 9:00 World News 9:30 Asian Games Journal 10:00 Traditional Music 11:50 Late News 12:00 a.m. Film: Nutcreaker 3 Program 2 4:30 p.m.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
APEC Osaka meet aimed at fostering small firms
APEC Osaka meet aimed at fostering small firms TOKYO (Kyodo): Trade ministers from countries of the Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum will meet in Osaka on Oct. 22-23 to discuss ways to foster "supporting industries" in the area, Japanese trade ministry officials said yesterday. The general perception in the 17-member APEC is that small companies could play a key role in achieving sustained economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region, the officials said.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
KL to retain dockyard control
KL to retain dockyard control KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): The Malaysian government will maintain control over the country's largest naval dockyard even if it is privatized, Defense Minister Najib Tun Razak said yesterday. "The government will ensure full control because of national interest. We have decided on a certain percentage of shareholding but that will be announced later," Najib told a news conference.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Asia, Europe to seek wider business links
Asia, Europe to seek wider business links SINGAPORE (AFP): About 500 corporate chiefs and government officials, including four heads of government, will meet here this week to debate ways of expanding economic links between Asia and Europe, meeting organizers said yesterday.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Teachers want industrialization
Teachers want industrialization SUMENEP, East Java: The Madura branch of the national teachers union PGRI is urging the East Java provincial government to go ahead with its plan to industrialize the largely arid island and ignore the opposition from local Moslem leaders. Industrialization on Madura, an island off East Java, would improve the welfare of the local populace.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Illegal workers in Malaysia
Illegal workers in Malaysia Security officers in the Riau province town of Dumai have again aborted an attempt to smuggle hundreds of illegal workers to Malaysia. News of this kind has appeared regularly in newspapers, often with shocking accounts of workers drowning at sea when the crowded boats they were using to cross the Malacca Straits sank. A combination of poverty and unemployment forces people to take the risk of working illegally overseas.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
PDFCI offers rights shares
PDFCI offers rights shares JAKARTA (JP): PT Bank Private Development Finance Company of Indonesia (Bank PDFCI) will offer 31.25 million rights shares to its shareholders from Oct. 21 to 24 to raise funds for its expansion programs. "We expect to collect some Rp 60 billion in fresh funds from the rights issue," PDFCI's president, Bistok Hutasoit, told reporters on Monday after a presentation for securities brokers and analysts.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): Share prices primarily closed higher on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) yesterday with most issues gaining ground in light trading. The broad-based Composite Index, which lost more than three points to close at 511.86 on Monday, closed 0.52 points higher to end at 512.38. The narrower-based GTDBS-50 Index also strengthened slightly to 124.62 from 124.52. Lippo Bank suffered a loss of Rp 2,300 on the adjustment of the listing of its two-for-one bonus shares.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
ISCI wins two-day match
ISCI wins two-day match JAKARTA (JP): The International Sports Club of Indonesia's (ISCI) squash team took the Bata Cup trophy last Sunday with a 3- 2 victory over the Bimantara team in a two day squash championship at the ISCI courts on Jl. Ciputat Raya, South Jakarta. After a 2-2 draw, ISCI, a sports club whose about 1,000 members are mostly expatriates, eventually broke the tie when determined Walid Badawi overpowered Bimantara's Irwan, the current Indonesian number one, 3-0.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Market space
Market space From Neraca Jakarta has dozens of new markets built under the Presidential Aid Scheme (Inpres), but still they fail to accommodate sidewalk vendors. A case in point is the market in the Senen area of Central Jakarta. Sidewalk vendors increased after the opening of the market. The same happened with the opening of the market in Pasar Minggu in South Jakarta. I wonder if the Jakarta market authority, PD Pasar Jaya, has ever conducted a survey on this phenomenon.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Malaysia opposes EU levy on color TV sets
Malaysia opposes EU levy on color TV sets KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia has hit out at an anti-dumping levy imposed by the European Union on color television sets produced in Malaysia and other Southeast Asian states, local news reports said yesterday. "The duties are based on the allegation that we sell (in Europe) at a price below the local selling price," Rafidah Aziz, Malaysia's international trade and industry minister, was quoted saying.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Dispute between residents studied
Dispute between residents studied Police are currently investigating causes behind perennial disputes between two groups of residents in Kwitang in Central Jakarta. Speaking to reporters here yesterday, City Police chief Maj. Gen. Mochammad Hindarto said that he hoped to determine the source and finally put an end to the disputes between Pasir and Kwitang residents. The latest dispute between the two neighbors led to the death of a sailor on Sunday.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Sprite: Non alcoholic
Sprite: Non alcoholic To respond to the concerns of Agus and the letter from MUI (The Jakarta Post readers' column, Oct. 10, 1994) we would like to explain the following points. Firstly, we wish to confirm that in the Indonesian manufacture of Sprite, as well as Coca-Cola and other Company products, alcohol is not added as an ingredient and no fermentation takes place.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Ulemas criticized for trying to push NU into politics
Ulemas criticized for trying to push NU into politics JAKARTA (JP): The chairman of Indonesia's largest Moslem organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), dismisses as "unrealistic" scholars' suggestions that the organization return to politics. "They just don't understand what they are doing," Abdurrahman Wahid told journalists at NU's headquarters in Central Jakarta yesterday.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
More students accused of defamation freed
More students accused of defamation freed JAKARTA (JP): Two more students convicted of defaming President Soeharto were released yesterday amid protests from the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH) against the Supreme Court's decision to "delay" freeing four other students. Masduki and Hendrik Dikson Sirait became free men after being behind bars at the Salemba Detention Center here since December.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
NAM rejects use of food as leverage
NAM rejects use of food as leverage JAKARTA (JP): The Non Aligned Movement (NAM) of developing countries rejected the use of food aid as a means of political and economic pressure yesterday. After a two-day meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, NAM's agricultural and food ministers said in a 20-point declaration that every human being has the fundamental right to food and that efforts to use food as an instrument of political and economic pressure should be rejected.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Military-backed IPKI withdraws from PDI
Military-backed IPKI withdraws from PDI JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), still hurting from recent internal leadership struggles, lost one of its five factions yesterday. IPKI, an organization set up by the Armed Forces (ABRI) in 1954, withdrew from the nationalist Christian alliance, planning to return to its mission as an independent organization, its officials said.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Where is our Mbok?
Where is our Mbok? Sumirah, or Mbok Amat, used to be our parent's servant. She took good care of us when we were kids. She is 72 years of age now and lives with our parents. Despite her age she is in good shape physically and mentally. On Oct. 3, 1994, around 6.00 p.m., Mbok went out for some `pisang goreng' close to our home (Kompleks Pertanian, Pasar Minggu, Jakarta Selatan). And then we never saw her again.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Local firms have good prospects to sell shares
Local firms have good prospects to sell shares JAKARTA (JP): Charles Balfour, a senior vice president of the New York-based Nasdaq Stock Market, sees promising prospects for Indonesian stocks on the U.S. capital market. Balfour said here yesterday that demand for Indonesian stocks is considerably high in line with the growing interest on the part of American investors to access to the country's economy.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Traffic situation
Traffic situation The traffic situation in Jakarta is receiving a lot of attention. Much has been written about unruly bus drivers. Nothing will change unless public transport fares are raised to a level that allows bus crews to earn a decent living without having to race against each other and crowd as many people as possible on their buses. The closed door rule is only adhered to in a very limited way.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
New phone services for Bekasi
New phone services for Bekasi JAKARTA (JP): I Nyoman Punia, chief of the East Jakarta telecommunications office, said here yesterday that his office will introduce the rural telecommunications system into Bekasi regency. He said the system has been chosen because it is considered the most effective for rural areas and can be used to link two locations, which are some distance from one another, without cables.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Yorrys arrested for role in death pf servant
Yorrys arrested for role in death pf servant CIGOMBONG, Bogor (JP): Yorrys Raweyai of Pemuda Pancasila, a powerful youth organization of questionable reputation, has finally been arrested by city police for his alleged role in the death of a male servant last year. "He was formally detained Monday afternoon," city Police Chief Maj. Gen. Mochammad Hindarto told reporters yesterday after opening a six-month training course for low-ranking police officers at the State Police School.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Benny toils as Paes blasts into semis
Benny toils as Paes blasts into semis HIROSHIMA, Japan (Agencies): Indonesia's number one Benny Wijaya survived a heart-stopping thriller against South Korea's Shin Han-cheol for a semifinal berth in Asian Games men's singles tennis competition yesterday. A serve-and-volleyer Benny bounced back from a set down to overcome never-say-die Shin 5-7, 6-4, 8-6. It was Benny's second straight win over the plucky South Korean whom he beat in their Davis Cup Asia Oceania qualifier on home soil last June.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Squatters evicted in third attempt
Squatters evicted in third attempt JAKARTA (JP): Security officers clashed with squatters as they moved in to demolish more than 300 houses and shacks, leaving more than 20 people from both sides injured in Bendungan Hilir in Central Jakarta yesterday. The officers, in anti-riot gear, used tear gas to disperse the squatters who formed a human barricade to prevent the demolition workers from moving into their territory, the site of a recent major fire.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Union leader gets eight months
Union leader gets eight months MEDAN, North Sumatra: Riswan Lubis, the secretary of the Medan branch of the All Indonesian Prosperous Union (SBSI), was sentenced to eight months imprisonment by the local district court for mobilizing workers to take to the streets. Riswan was found guilty by the court for his role in the workers' riots in the city last April which left one businessman dead and dozens of factories damaged.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Repeated offender shot to death
Repeated offender shot to death Muka Situmeang, a hard-core criminal, was shot to death by police as he was trying to escape on Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan, East Jakarta, at dawn on Monday. According to police, Muka, 26, was involved in various armed robberies, thefts and other crimes and was jailed five times. Suara Karya daily reported yesterday that in order to capture his accomplices, Muka took police to his gang's hideout on Jl.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Demolition by force
Demolition by force From Pelita Not many people know that permission from the mayoralty is required for constructing a fence around a plot of land, besides the permission for constructing a building. Therefore the community should be informed about this matter. The people will be outraged if the authorities do not pay attention to this problem. Plots needs to be fenced to avoid individuals from causing ownership problems, such as falsifying the land titles etc. The fencing of the land at Jl.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Switzerland invites RI to boost trade
Switzerland invites RI to boost trade JAKARTA (JP): A Swiss delegation led by Federal Councillor Jean-Pascal Delamuraz ended its first five-day economic mission yesterday, inviting Indonesian businessmen to increase exports to its country.
Wed, 12 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
S'pore's third airline
S'pore's third airline SINGAPORE (AFP): Region Air, a local air charter company owned by reclusive hotelier Ong Beng Seng, will take off as Singapore's third full-fledged airline by the end of the month, officials said yesterday. Starting Oct. 26, Region Air will commence with three scheduled flights a week to Vung Tao, some 120 kilometers (72 miles) east of Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City.