Archive: 29 October 1994
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Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
132 Naval officers inducted
132 Naval officers inducted SURABAYA: Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Tanto Koeswanto yesterday swore in 132 Naval officers at the Navy Command Training School in Morokrembangan, here, yesterday. One hundred and sixteen of the newly inducted officers, whose ranks are all Second Lieutenant, are graduates of the Navy Officers Training School, 15 are graduates of the Navy Fliers Training College, and the other one is a graduate of the Navy Career Officers Training School.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Military troops fielded to fight forest fires
Military troops fielded to fight forest fires JAKARTA (JP): Some 300 servicemen were deployed yesterday to fight the spreading fires in the scenic Tabanan regency of Bali. Head of the local forestry office Kristanto said the fires, which started Sunday afternoon, have razed 240 of the 388 hectares of the Bukit (Hill) Pohen protected forests in the Baturiti sub-district.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Privatization needs firm working relationship
Privatization needs firm working relationship JAKARTA (JP): An effective and clear-cut working relationship within management systems in an absolute must in the process of privatizing state-owned companies. This is particularly true in terms of authorization and allocation of authority for decision making, a noted corporate lawyer commented yesterday. "There must be a formal regulation for top-down working relationships in the state-owned companies," Prof. Dimyati Hartono said yesterday.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Governor wants correct use of Bahasa Indonesia
Governor wants correct use of Bahasa Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja urged Jakartans yesterday to use correct Bahasa Indonesia in his address commemorating the 66th Youth Pledge Day. The governor's speech, which was read by Deputy Governor Tb. M. Rais, said that he will keep on reminding the people of the importance of using correct Indonesian language, especially since more and more people from foreign countries have started to learn Indonesian.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Malaysian Airlines increases services
Malaysian Airlines increases services JAKARTA (JP): Malaysia Airlines (MAS) tomorrow will start new services which link three cities in Indonesia with Johor Bahru in Malaysia. The company's area manager for Indonesia, Lim Chen Hoe, told The Jakarta Post yesterday that MAS will operate Boeing 737-400 aircraft in serving the new routes, which comprise of Jakarta- Johor Bahru-Kuala Lumpur, Denpasar-Johor Bahru-Kuala Lumpur and Surabaya-Johor Bahru-Kuala Lumpur.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
UNDP, NZ aid for RI
UNDP, NZ aid for RI JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian government yesterday received financial aid worth US$250,000 from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the New Zealand government for the financing of an on-going civil aviation project. A UNDP spokesperson said the agency extended a grant of $134,722, which brings its total contribution to the project to $3.54 million.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Police seize 12,000 copied video cassettes
Police seize 12,000 copied video cassettes JAKARTA (JP): City Police have confiscated 12,788 video cassettes in a one-day raid on the city's seven biggest outlets. "The National Police chief has ordered us to clean up the city from pornographic and pirated video cassettes.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Brisk world economic growth forecast for '95
Brisk world economic growth forecast for '95 MANILA (AFP): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and two other multilateral agencies forecast brisk world economic growth this year and next, with Asia leading the pack as industrialized countries pull out of recession. IMF officials told an international conference here the world's real gross domestic product (GDP) output would hit 3.1 percent in 1994 and 3.6 percent in 1995 compared with 1.7 percent in 1992 and 2.3 percent in 1993.
Sat, 29 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.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Protests over Arief's dismissal continue
Protests over Arief's dismissal continue SALATIGA, Central Java (JP): Four days later, students protesting last week's dismissal of lecturer Arief Budiman continued to demonstrate at Satya Wacana Christian University yesterday. Hundreds of students and teachers from the respected university held a noisy protest in front of rector John Joy Ihalaw's office, demanding that Arief be reinstated and democracy on the campus be restored.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Malaysia says report on warship deal speculative
Malaysia says report on warship deal speculative KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's defense minister has dismissed a news report which suggested Kuala Lumpur might use a proposed warship contract as a trade weapon against Canberra.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Greening movement
Greening movement From Neraca When the greening movement was intensified, the community placed potted trees at the sides of almost every road in the city. But it seems these hard efforts were all for nothing because most of the trees are dying out, and it has not been that long since they were planted. Also many of the pots are broken. Lack of care is responsible for this failure. Who is to blame in this case? It is tragic that the national greening movement has not been completely successful.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Water supply interrupted
Water supply interrupted The city-owned water company PAM Jaya temporarily stops the supply of water in a number of areas throughout the city for two days from yesterday. Eben Koesbini T., technical director of the company, said on Wednesday that the temporary stoppage takes place while the firm drains and cleans up its reservoir in its Pejompongan II production center in Bendungan Hilir, Central Jakarta.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
RP economy recovers
RP economy recovers MANILA (AFP): The Philippine economy has shown strong signs of recovery but faces new threats from inflation and a growing trade gap, a report submitted to an Asian Development Bank (ADB) conference here yesterday said. The report, by the semi-official Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) forecasts gross national product (GNP) growth of 5.3 percent and gross domestic product (GDP) growth of about five percent in 1994 with higher growth in 1995.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Transmigrants successful in Timor
Transmigrants successful in Timor JAKARTA (JP): Most people resettled in East Timor under the state-sponsored transmigration program are able to improve their living standards. "Most of the transmigrants in 11 relocation areas are more prosperous than they were in their homes of origin," Head of the East Timor Chapter of the Ministry of Transmigration, L. Madyo, said Thursday.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Two schooners captured for illegally hauling lumber
Two schooners captured for illegally hauling lumber JAKARTA (JP): The City Police Coast Guard (Satpol Air) has captured two schooners, one illegally loaded with over 400 cubic meters of lumber from Sumatra and another small boat packed with ceramic vases smuggled from Singapore. The total price of the sawn timber is estimated at over Rp 50 million (US$22,880) and the ceramics around Rp 2 million, based on local market values. The head of the Coast Guard, Lt. Col.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Solution still far on Spratlys
Solution still far on Spratlys BUKITTINGGI, West Sumatra (JP): An end to the decades-long disputes over the Spratly and Paracel Islands in the South China Sea remains a remote hope requiring great patience and effort to bring about. An expert predicted yesterday that a long road lay ahead because the concerned parties are only now beginning to learn to cooperate among each other.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Canada vows to boost investment
Canada vows to boost investment JAKARTA (JP): Canada plans to boost investment in Indonesia to US$5 billion in the coming three years as of this month, Ambassador Lawrence T. Dickenson said yesterday. "We are planning to increase our investment, especially in the mining and energy sectors, in the next three years," Dickenson told reporters in a meeting with representatives of 40 Canadian mining companies.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Bank teller serves clients with smile
Bank teller serves clients with smile By T. Sima Gunawan JAKARTA (JP): She spends a great deal of her time counting other people's money. No wonder she does. She is a bank teller. "In the beginning I was nervous. I was afraid I might not count the money correctly," Meli, 26, said.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Councilor defends condo developer
Councilor defends condo developer JAKARTA (JP): The City Council says the developer of Sudirman Tower Condominium, PT Kredosindo Perkasa, in Central Jakarta, is not tearing down a school owned by the city. "We are convinced that the developer is not demolishing city property, but a building owned by the Perguruan Rakyat foundation," M. Aman of the council's commission on government affairs, security and public order, told reporters after a meeting which he presided over on Thursday.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
IPTN stops making NC-212-200 planes
IPTN stops making NC-212-200 planes BANDUNG, East Java: The state-owned aircraft industry, IPTN, will stop building NC-212-200 planes under the license of Spanish aircraft builder, Casa. "The policy aims at making IPTN more independent in marketing its own products," said IPTN's fixed wing division chief, Faqih Zuhdi, after signing a document on the purchase of two NC-212- 200s by PT Penas Air.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Soerjono appointed new chief justice
Soerjono appointed new chief justice JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto has selected Soerjono to replace Chief Justice Poerwoto S. Gandasubrata, who will soon go into retirement. Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono announced here yesterday that the President signed Soerjono's appointment on Monday. Soerjono, 63, is now deputy chief justice in charge of traditional civil cases. His only rival for the vacancy was M. Djaelani, 63, also a deputy chief justice.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Oil supply crunch seen for Asia due to rising energy demands
Oil supply crunch seen for Asia due to rising energy demands MANILA (AFP): Asia's insatiable energy demands could put pressure on oil supply in the region, senior southeast Asian petroleum executives said here yesterday, although Brunei predicted that prices were likely to remain soft. "Unless the growth in China and Vietnam is stagnated, which is unlikely, the Singapore refineries will ... be able to operate at high capacities," Tan Boon Teik, chairman of the Singapore National Oil Co.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Soeharto asks youths to sponsor reforms
Soeharto asks youths to sponsor reforms JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto asked Indonesian youths yesterday to sponsor reforms for the nation building program. The President said the youths should realize that the nation needs progressive reforms. Speaking at the commemoration of the 66th anniversary of the Youth Pledge, Soeharto also emphasized the importance of the state ideology of Pancasila to the survival of the nation in facing the strong rush of globalization.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Failure in free trade scheduling could be serious
Failure in free trade scheduling could be serious JAKARTA (JP): Failure to adopt a timetable for trade liberation among Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) members during their leaders' meeting in Bogor next month would be a severe, but not lethal, setback to the forum. Responding to questions by The Jakarta Post during a telepress conference transmitted from Washington yesterday, U.S.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Stocks broadly higher in Asia and Europe
Stocks broadly higher in Asia and Europe HONG KONG (Reuter): Southeast Asian stock markets closed broadly higher yesterday, including a strong surge on the Kuala Lumpur market, despite late selling due to disappointment over Malaysia's 1995 budget. The Hong Kong market also firmed, thanks to a 27-point rise on Wall Street overnight and optimism over the local property market and prospects for a Sino-British financing agreement for the colony's new airport.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Sprint rally final at Serpong
Sprint rally final at Serpong Jakarta (JP): Leading Indonesian sprint rally drivers, Gerry Rusanto and Dandy Rukmana, will compete in the fourth and final round of the Mesran Prima Sprint Rally, Nov. 6, on the Bumi Serpong Damai track, a housing complex in Tangerang, West Java, said the rally's organizer, Helmi Sungkar. First, second and third place winners will receive trophies and cash prizes of Rp 1 million (US$490), Rp 600,000 and Rp 500,000 respectively.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Seminar on small-scale biz
Seminar on small-scale biz The office of the Coordinating Minister for Economy and Finance in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer foundation will hold a seminar on small-scale business here on Monday. The one-day seminar, entitled "Coordinating Policy on Small- Scale Business Development," will be held at the Dr. Latip Room at the Arya Duta Hotel from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
A matter of intent
A matter of intent The statement given by the chairman of the Jakarta State Administrative Court, HB Mangkudilaga, to the effect that many government officials are still reluctant to obey the Court's decisions seems disturbing enough to warrant discussion. As was reported, according to the chairman not less than 30 to 40 percent of officials fail to abide by the Court's decisions.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Garuda Indonesia carried 2.73m passengers in first semester
Garuda Indonesia carried 2.73m passengers in first semester JAKARTA (JP): The national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia announced yesterday its aircraft transported 2.73 million passengers and 68.77 million kilograms of cargo during the first six months of this year. Garuda said in a report that out of the total passengers, almost 1.35 million flew on domestic routes and the remaining 1.38 million on international routes.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
12 killed in Lamongan train crash
12 killed in Lamongan train crash JAKARTA (JP): Twelve people were killed and three others seriously injured when an express train plying the Jakarta- Surabaya route slammed into a public transit minibus at the railway crossing on Jl. Pahlawan, in Lamomgan, some fifty kilometers from the East Java provincial capital, yesterday morning. East Java Police spokesman Lt. Col.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Plant sellers
Plant sellers I would like to refer to your article titled Plant sellers protest expulsion plan, Oct. 28, 1994, on page three. The article is quite biased and only gives the point of view of the 85 plant sellers. May I express my opinion about the proposed storm water drains (gutters) along Jl. T.B. Simatupang, South Jakarta. Last year's rainy season gave us heavy floods along Jl. T.B. Simatupang, especially in the areas which are abutted by the plant sellers.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Farmers the most defenseless in forest fires
Farmers the most defenseless in forest fires By Pandaya TANI BAKTI VILLAGE, East Kalimantan: Life is harsh for Appe Said, his wife and three children even though they have spent almost four years in this "promise land." The vast and breathtaking hilly landscape surrounding their homes with the grass swaying in the breeze is probably the only thing the hundreds of families living here can take for granted.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
RP senate approves extradition treaty
RP senate approves extradition treaty MANILA (AFP): The Philippine senate yesterday ratified an extradition treaty with South Korea, officials said. The treaty, drafted in May of 1993, adopts the principle of "dual criminality," making someone who commits a crime in one nation subject to extradition in the other country. Under the agreement, those convicted of an offense carrying a penalty of at least one year imprisonment can be extradited.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
KL to withdraw its troops
KL to withdraw its troops KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia will withdraw its peacekeepers from Somalia at the end of the United Nations mandate in March, Defense Minister Najib Razak said yesterday. "We tried our best to be helpful in Somalia. Unfortunately, interclan rivalry seems to be going on unabated and attempts toward a political settlement don't look optimistic. We are at the end of our endurance," Najib told reporters.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Traffic in Bogor
Traffic in Bogor During my 15 months of residence in this wonderful land I really thought I had seen it all! That was, of course, until last week when I experienced, with disbelief, major changes occurring in Bogor due to the commencement of the APEC meetings at the Bogor Palace.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Japan and Australia on 'same wavelength'
Japan and Australia on 'same wavelength' TOKYO (AFP): Australia and Japan were "very much on the same wavelength" in seeking a positive outcome to next month's summit of APEC leaders in Indonesia, Australia's Foreign Minister Gareth Evans said yesterday. Evans had earlier reportedly been told by Japan's international trade and industry minister, Ryutaro Hashimoto, that Tokyo would support the goal of free trade between members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum by 2020.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
KL power demands surge
KL power demands surge KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's power requirements are expected to surge by a sharp 72 percent by 2000 if its economic boom does not let up, a government economic report said yesterday. Power capacity in Malaysia now totals 7,504 megawatts (MW) but demand over the next six years was expected to climb to 12,873 mw, according to the treasury's report presented in parliament with the 1995 budget.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
ADB grant for Indonesia
ADB grant for Indonesia MANILA (AFP): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said here it had approved a 900,000 dollar technical assistance grant to Indonesia to assist a flood control project in Java. The grant will go into developing a long-term flood control and management plan for Java and feasibility studies for flood control works in certain river basins, the Manila-based ADB said in a statement on Thursday.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Fraud in decoration contest
Fraud in decoration contest The assistant to the City Secretary, Bambang Sungkono, urged the organizing committee of the Gateway Decoration Competition 1994 (JAKPRO) to clarify the confusion caused in the presentation of prize money. "The committee should observe the prize guidelines, drawn up by the deputy governors with the aim of improving people's welfare," Bambang told reporters at City Hall on Thursday.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): Trading on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) weakened yesterday, with most big and popular shares losing ground. The JSX Composite Index declined by 1.5 points to close the week at 516.40 yesterday against 517.85 on the previous day. The index gained at total of 1.43 points during the week. The GTDBS-50 Index, meanwhile, inched down to 122.91 from 123.18.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
S. Korean Park upsets top seeded in Women's Challenger tourney
S. Korean Park upsets top seeded in Women's Challenger tourney JAKARTA (JP): Japan's Yone Kamio swallowed another bitter pill at the US$50,000 Women's Challenger tennis championships when she crashed to South Korea's Park Sung-hee in their quarterfinal match yesterday. Playing on the slow clay court at the Senayan tennis complex, top seeded Kamio lost 3-6, 3-6 to her unseeded rival. Kamio was denied a semifinal berth last year when she lost to the eventual champion Teresa Price of South Africa.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Workshop sets out framework
Workshop sets out framework BUKITTINGGI, West Sumatra (JP): The participants of the fifth South China Sea workshop have set up a Technical Working Group on Legal Matters in an apparent effort to avoid discussing sensitive territorial and sovereignty claims. The workshop's organizing committee said in a closing statement issued yesterday that the Working Group, which is scheduled to convene in Thailand next year, will focus on the legal aspects of confidence building measures.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Demand for middle class apartments still high
Demand for middle class apartments still high JAKARTA (JP): Prospects in Indonesia's middle class apartment business are projected to remain bright over the next two to three years due to the rising number of young married couples, a property consulting firm executive said yesterday. Trevor Peach, an executive of Colliers Jardine Indonesia, said that based on a company study, over 40,000 wealthy couples are interested in buying apartment units located near their offices.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Negotiation on $34b gas liquefaction in Natuna finalized
Negotiation on $34b gas liquefaction in Natuna finalized JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Research and Technology B.J. Habibie said yesterday the government has finalized lengthy negotiations with Esso Natuna Inc. of the United States on a US$34 billion natural gas liquefaction project in Natuna. "There are no discrepancies between the two parties, the deal is ready to sign," Habibie told reporters after meeting with President Soeharto at the President's residence yesterday.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Popular high school opens new facilities
Popular high school opens new facilities JAKARTA (JP): Canisius College, a senior and junior high school on Jl. Menteng Raya in Central Jakarta, today opened a new four-story building. Harijanto S.J., the secretary of Yayasan Budi Siswa, the owner of the college, told The Jakarta Post yesterday that the new facility comprises of a number of laboratories for language, biological, chemical and computer practices, as well as eight classrooms, a health unit and a clubroom for the school's alumni.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Hayono for govt policy on business development
Hayono for govt policy on business development JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Hayono Isman says those who criticize President Soeharto for being too generous and helpful to the country's magnates of Chinese descent, should look back to the period of economic breakdown that Indonesia suffered during the latter half of the sixties.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
$2.8m set aside for AIDS projects
$2.8m set aside for AIDS projects BANGKOK (AFP): The Thai government has approved a budget of 70 million baht (US$2.8 million) to help private organizations combat AIDS here next year, a news report said yesterday. Sanguan Nitayarumphong, permanent secretary of the Public Health Ministry, told representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) Thursday in the beach resort of Pattaya that the allocation was seven times this year's budget, the Bangkok Post reported.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Two AIDS sufferers die in Merauke
Two AIDS sufferers die in Merauke JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Two residents of Merauke known to have contracted AIDS died early this month, the head of the provincial office of the health ministry said here yesterday. Slamet Hardjosuwarno said one of the deceased was a prostitute, who contracted the deadly disease in 1992, while the other was an employee of a private company based in Merauke, Antara reported.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB
Police officer accused of raping
Police officer accused of raping A female resident of Rawa Lumbu complex, Bekasi, has filed a report accusing a police officer of raping her in Cijantung, East Jakarta, earlier this month. The female resident, NS, said that the officer, identified as LN, raped her in his brother's house. The incident actually took place on Oct. 2 but because the officer, a second police sergeant of Pasar Rebo police station, threatened to kill her, she waited out of fear until Oct. 26 before coming forward.