Archive: 26 October 1994
44 articles found
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Judge, prosecutor investigated
Judge, prosecutor investigated DILI, East Timor: The district court and the public prosecutor's office are investigating a judge and a prosecutor suspected of taking bribes from two men on trial for corruption charges. "A team of investigators are collecting evidence and the two law enforcers will be brought to court once we have enough evidence to charge them," the head of the district court, Antonius Lotto Runggu, said here yesterday.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Bali forest fire almost extinguished
Bali forest fire almost extinguished DENPASAR, Bali: Yesterday residents of three villages in Baturiti, Tabanan, were still fighting fires that have swept around 160 hectares of forest over the past couple of days. "The fire is almost out and around 90 percent of the area's forest could be saved from the fire," district head Nengah Sayun was quoted by Antara news agency as saying. He said the fire has razed around 100 hectares of bushes and 60 hectares of trees in a reserve forest.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
INRO to meet on extending existing pact
INRO to meet on extending existing pact KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): World rubber producers are next month expected to endorse a further extension of an expired price pact after they failed to conclude a new accord at recent talks in Geneva, officials said yesterday. The chairman of the UN-sponsored talks, Peter Lai, is to work out a solution with members of the International Natural Rubber Organization (INRO) when they gather here from November 28 for INRO's regular council session, they said.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Sukmawati rejects debate on Sukarno
Sukmawati rejects debate on Sukarno JAKARTA (JP): Sukmawati Sukarnoputri, a daughter of the late president Sukarno, has rejected journalist Mochtar Lubis' challenge for an open debate on her fathers' involvement in the 1965 coup. "I'm not interested in public debates and will go ahead with my plan to sue him for insulting Indonesia's first president, which is a criminal act," she said in a statement made available to The Jakarta Post yesterday.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Processing of demolition permit revised
Processing of demolition permit revised JAKARTA (JP): The city administration is evaluating permit processing procedures to see why developers are tending to demolish city property to make way for construction projects. Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said on Monday that the evaluation is intended to answer the question as to why an increasing number of the city's assets are being demolished by developers even though they do not yet hold the necessary documents.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Semen Andalas cuts debts
Semen Andalas cuts debts JAKARTA (JP): PT Semen Andalas cement company in Aceh province announced here yesterday that it has restructured its capital and reduced its long-term debts to US$79 million by admitting new investors. Under an agreement signed here last week, the cement company, which began production in 1983 with an installed capacity of one million tons a year, is now 34.65 percent owned by Indonesian shareholders.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): Share prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) gained ground yesterday as institutional investors took buy positions on several bluechips. After falling for four consecutive days, the JSX Composite Index strengthened to close two points higher at 514.53 yesterday against 512.47 the previous day. The GTDBS-50 Index also gained a footing to close higher at 122.46 as compared to 121.71.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Traffic accidents on the rise
Traffic accidents on the rise JAKARTA (JP): At least four traffic accidents were reported every day in the city, with one person dead, during the one-month Operation Zebra, which ends today. "The number of accidents in the capital increased slightly during the operation to 135 from 110 reported during the month prior to the operation," National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. K. Ratta said yesterday.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
RI's wood industry needs 20,000 skilled workers
RI's wood industry needs 20,000 skilled workers JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's wood industry needs almost 20,000 technically skilled workers in the coming six years, timber tycoon Mohammad (Bob) Hasan said yesterday. He said at the singing ceremony of the cooperation agreement between his Kalimanis Group and PT Mutuagung Lestari, that there are currently about 5,300 skilled workers toiling in forest concessionaires across the archipelago.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Govt, NGOs urged to cooperate
Govt, NGOs urged to cooperate JAKARTA (JP): The government must cooperate with Non- Governmental Organizations to succeed in educating the public about human rights, say two leading intellectuals. NGOs are deeply committed institutions and excel in knowledge and networking, said two speakers in separate sessions at the Second National Workshop on Human Rights yesterday.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Churches more independent now
Churches more independent now JAYAPUA, Irian Jaya: The Communion of Churches in Indonesia (PGI) has continued to work well with its foreign counterparts although they have reduced their donations significantly, PGI treasurer Frans Tumiwa told journalists yesterday. Tumiwa said the decrease in financial aid from overseas churches showed that PGI had developed itself to be more self- reliant. Now 68 percent of its financial needs are covered by contributions from local congregations.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Labor still a sensitive issue: Latief
Labor still a sensitive issue: Latief JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Manpower Abdul Latief said yesterday that companies' tendency to ignore the legal rights of workers is making manpower a sensitive issue in Indonesia. "Some companies really are not aware about workers' regulations while others deliberately violate the regulations because they feel burdened," Latief said during the meeting with Jakarta investors.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
UI promotes new professor
UI promotes new professor H. Loebby Loqman is scheduled to be promoted to the rank of professor at the College of Law of the University of Indonesia today. The promotion ceremony will be held at the university's campus in Depok, where Loqman will deliver a speech entitled Presumption of Innocence in Mass Media Reporting. Loebby Loqman was born in Surabaya on Oct. 14, 1935.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
APEC seeks to remove economic imbalances
APEC seeks to remove economic imbalances JAKARTA (JP): The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum with its diverse membership can become a model in working for the eradication of economic gaps prevailing in the world. "APEC could also spearhead the global effort to effectively address the disparities and imbalances between the developed and developing countries," said the chairman of APEC's senior officials meeting Wisber Loeis.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
AOI sells stake overseas amid controversy
AOI sells stake overseas amid controversy JAKARTA (JP): PT Artika Optima Inti (AOI), the timber division of the Djajanti Group, will sell over 30 percent of its stake to Malaysia Mining Corporation (MMC) despite its controversial plan to float shares on the local stock exchanges. MMC, one of Malaysia's major state-owned firms, will buy 31.8 percent of AOI's shares at US$147 million according to a memorandum of understanding signed by representatives of the two companies in Kuala Lumpur Monday.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Stern measures urged against student regiments
Stern measures urged against student regiments JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representative urged city military authorities yesterday to take stern measures against university student regiment members who terrorize students detained at a police station. "They thronged the police station and asked police to "lend" the detained students to them as they apparently wanted to take revenge.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Spotlight
Spotlight Spotlight A: Cathay JP/arh DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT: Gregory Hughes (right), Cathay Pacific's country manager for Indonesia, accompanied by Colins W. Evans, technical marketing manager of Airbus Industrie (center) and David Wicks, senior VP for sales marketing of Rolls-Royce, walk away from an A 330 Airbus airplane. They just finished a demonstration flight of the plane, which uses a Rolls-Royce Trent engine, at Halim Perdanakusuma airport in East Jakarta yesterday.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Taxes on cellular phones
Taxes on cellular phones We find it difficult to understand that while inadequate telecommunications is one of the weak links in Indonesia's economic development the government still imposes a luxury tax on mobile phones. In the second half of the 1980s, when the cellular technology was first introduced in the country with the launching of the Nordic Mobile Telephone-450 system, the handphone might well have been seen as a luxury toy for the rich and the yuppies.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
No heroes from East Timor
No heroes from East Timor JAKARTA (JP): The central government is awaiting recommendations from East Timor officials of local figures who deserve the status of national hero. "We cannot decide on any national hero from East Timor without recommendations from the local government," Ali Amran of the Social Affairs Ministry, which is in charge of selecting national heroes, said.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Asia group without Japan
Asia group without Japan KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday Asian nations can establish the East Asian Economic Caucus (EAEC) without Japan's involvement, long seen as necessary for the group. National news agency Bernama quoted Mahathir as saying that Japan can join the caucus at any time because "the door is always open". "The decision is up to the ASEAN members and other nations. We just follow.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Judge stops torture hearings
Judge stops torture hearings MANILA (Reuter): A Philippine judge yesterday stopped two U.S. lawyers from gathering evidence from Filipino victims of human- rights abuses during the rule of the late president Ferdinand Marcos. Judge Martin Villarama issued a restraining order temporarily suspending the hearings being conducted by the Americans after President Fidel Ramos's government protested that they violated Philippine sovereignty. Villarama set a hearing for Nov.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
New health plan for the poor to be launched
New health plan for the poor to be launched JAKARTA (JP): The government will launch a new health program for the poor on Nov. 12, National Health Day, when it distributes five million cards that will allow access to free health services.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Indonesia must learn from China, Soeharto says
Indonesia must learn from China, Soeharto says JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto is asking the national sports circle to learn from China on how the country of 1.2 billion people cultivates its talents to reach world sports supremacy. Soeharto said upon receiving Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Hayono Isman at the State Palace yesterday that China is such an outstanding example of a successful sporting country that Indonesia can adopt its training techniques.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Alatas calls for teamwork on Spratlys
Alatas calls for teamwork on Spratlys JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas said yesterday that the workshop on the Spratly islands, due to begin in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, today, will not be institutionalized. "There is no need to institutionalize it because what we really need is cooperation to solve a dispute over the islands," Alatas told reporters after meeting President Soeharto at Merdeka Palace.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
TV Today
TV Today TVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Prince Valliant 3:05 Gita Wicara 3:30 Science Program 4:05 Comedy 4:30 Documentary Film 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 Traditional Culture 10:35 Late News 10:45 Film: Momo Program 2 4:30 p.m.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Soeharto receives credentials
Soeharto receives credentials JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto received letters of credentials from the new Indian and Norwegian ambassadors at a ceremony at the Merdeka Palace yesterday. Before being posted to Jakarta, Sudhir T. Devare was his country's first ambassador to Ukraine where he served from 1992 until recently, according to the Indian embassy. He was also concurrently ambassador to Armenia and Georgia.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Don't buy anything from street vendors
Don't buy anything from street vendors The chief of the city security and order department urged Jakartans not to buy anything from sidewalks vendors and peddlers who sell their merchandises in the restricted areas. "Without the public support those sidewalk vendors and peddlers will keep selling their merchandises in the road and the other restricted places," A.F. Lapian said as quoted by Antara yesterday.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Health office issues warning
Health office issues warning A Jakarta Health Office official warned Jakartans yesterday of the possibility of epidemics of dengue fever and diarrheal diseases occurring during the coming monsoon season. He also warned that people would be more prone to skin diseases and respiratory infections when the rains came. Soeharto Worjowidagdo, the chief of the office, said that a dengue fever outbreak is expected in the wake of the rains.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
N-250 plane is ready to enter turboprop market
N-250 plane is ready to enter turboprop market BANDUNG, West Java (JP): The state-run aircraft manufacturer PT Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) is ready to compete in the turboprop commuter plane market with the subsonic N-250 aircraft equipped with fly-by-wire technology. The firm's president, B.J. Habibie, told a press conference here yesterday that the aircraft, whose prototype will roll out on Nov. 10, will be a fully Indonesian-designed aircraft.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Inco's profit plunges
Inco's profit plunges TORONTO (AFP): Inco, the world's leading nickel producer, announced Monday its net profit plunged 97 percent to US$2.6 million in the third quarter of 1994, down from $91.2 million for the same period a year ago. Earnings per share were $0.02, down from $0.83.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Bogor villages prone to disasters
Bogor villages prone to disasters JAKARTA (JP): An executive of the natural disaster prevention coordination team (PBA) has disclosed that 55 villages in Bogor, 60 kilometers south of here, are prone to natural calamities. According to Pupung Purnama, the 55 villages are susceptible to frequent natural calamities such as floods, windstorms, landslides and drought. Pupung said the fragility of the topsoil and sedimentation of waterways makes the area prone to landslides and floods.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Telephone tycoon likely to enter Chuan's cabinet
Telephone tycoon likely to enter Chuan's cabinet BANGKOK (Reuter): Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai has submitted a final list of cabinet changes, which local newspapers say includes the controversial nomination of a businessman who is not a member of parliament as foreign minister. King Bhumibol Adulyadej was expected to approve the list yesterday, an official at the prime minister's office said.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Modern to float MCBs and warrants on local markets
Modern to float MCBs and warrants on local markets JAKARTA (JP): PT Modernland Realty, a publicly-listed residential and real estate developer, will issue mandatory convertible bonds (MCBs) and detachable warrants to raise fresh funds of Rp 299.2 billion (US$137.05 million) to support its expansion program. Michael V. Aribowo, a commissioner of the company, said yesterday the MCBs and detachable warrants would be offered to existing shareholders on a pre-emptive rights basis.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Implementation of Human Rights
Implementation of Human Rights Addressing the Second National Workshop on Human Rights, held on Oct. 24, 1994, President Soeharto said that follow-up actions have been done to the recommendations made during the first Workshop on Human Rights held in January 1991. Now we feel the need for making stronger efforts to enhance the weight and quality of protection for human rights. The President also stated that in the process of development, violations of human rights are sometimes unavoidable.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Hike in tariff will help rural people: Minister
Hike in tariff will help rural people: Minister JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Mines and Energy I.B. Sudjana yesterday defended the government's decision to hike electricity tariffs beginning next month, saying that it will help accelerate electrification for the majority of the country's population.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Basofi apologizes to PDI for intervention
Basofi apologizes to PDI for intervention JAKARTA (JP): East Java Governor Basofi Sudirman has apologized to leaders of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) for meddling in its internal problem. Basofi told PDI regency leaders, who gathered at his office in Surabaya yesterday, that he wanted to apologize to PDI's central executive board for inviting them to the meeting. The governor said the aim of the meeting was to solve the internal conflict among East Java PDI officials.
Wed, 26 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, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Information prime need for businessmen: Try
Information prime need for businessmen: Try JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Try Sutrisno yesterday opened a six-day export product exhibition, saying that information is a prime need for Indonesian businessmen to increase their exports. Addressing the opening ceremony of the exhibition, called Resource Indonesia 1994, at the Jakarta Fair ground, Try noted that information is needed by businessmen who in particular deal with market demands, trends and the purchasing potential of the public.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
University sacks govt critic Arief Budiman
University sacks govt critic Arief Budiman SALATIGA, Central Java (JP): Arief Budiman, lecturer at the Christian University of Satya Wacana and an outspoken government critic, has been sacked from the school after a prolonged conflict with the rector. Arief, holder of a doctorate degree in sociology from Harvard University, U.S.A., was fired dishonorably, the chairman of the Satya Wacana Foundation announced here Monday. Arief received the decision, which took effect as of Oct.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Lawmen probe smuggled goods
Lawmen probe smuggled goods CIREBON, West Java: The local prosecutors' office is investigating smuggled goods worth Rp 3 billion (US$1.4 million) at the local seaport. Antara, quoting sources at the office, reported yesterday that investigators were cross-checking information on how the goods were brought into the port illegally from Batam. Customs and excise officials said the goods, mostly machinery, were seized because they were not accompanied by the necessary documents.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Thief arrested in Blok M
Thief arrested in Blok M Cries of help from the victim of a mugging in Blok M Shopping Complex, South Jakarta, prompted action by a security guard stationed nearby. A group of unknown people mugged Sukarso, a resident of Jembatan II, Jelambar, West Jakarta. The victim joined the security guard and other passers-by in an attempt to catch the muggers. One of the muggers, identified as PG, 25, was brought to a local police station and arrested while the rest managed to escape.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Safety on roads
Safety on roads From Kompas On Sept. 20, 1994, at about 7 p.m. my fiance stopped for a red traffic light at the Jl. Gunung Sahari and Jl. Garuda/Navy Headquarters intersection, on his way to pick me up from work. A short and plump man wearing dirty shorts came and stood in front of the car, asking for money. In a queer voice, he said: Ceban, ceban (Chinese for Rp 10,000), or I'll break the windshield." My fiance gave the man Rp 500 but he, with a stone in his hand, kept asking for Rp 10,000.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
APEC's business network welcomes PBF report
APEC's business network welcomes PBF report JAKARTA (JP): The Asia Pacific Business Network (APB-Net) yesterday hailed a recent report calling for members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum to aim for trade and investment liberalization by the year 2010.
Wed, 26 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
ADB assists RI, Pakistan
ADB assists RI, Pakistan MANILA (Reuter): The Asian Development Bank said yesterday it had approved a US$25.7 million soft loan to five Indonesian provinces for relending to small entrepreneurs. The Manila-based bank said the loan would benefit as many as 300,000 families in West Java, Central Java, East Java, West Nusa Tenggara and South Kalimantan and would create 156,000 jobs. The bank has also approved an $860,000 grant to Pakistan to help modernize its finance ministry.