Archive: 1 November 1994
49 articles found
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Public misinformed about irradiated food; Expert
Public misinformed about irradiated food; Expert JAKARTA (JP): The public has been misinformed about irradiated food, says a nuclear expert. "Foods processed by a standardized irradiator pose no hazards to consumers," Dr. Azhar Djaloeis said, pointing out that irradiation is a safe, alternative technology to sterilizing food, especially in tropical countries such as Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia. "Fears of food irradiation have been greatly exaggerated.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Labor activist gets 15 months
Labor activist gets 15 months MEDAN, North Sumatra: The district court here sentenced labor activist Amosi Telaumbanua to 15 months in jail yesterday for inciting workers to strike in April. Amosi, 34 year-old chairman of the Medan chapter of the independent Prosperous Labor Union (SBSI), was "convicted of inciting workers to go on strike," judge Bahauddin Qaudri said when reading the verdict. SBSI's top leader Mochtar Pakpahan was also being tried on similar charges.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
RI solved national language puzzle 20 years before indpendence
RI solved national language puzzle 20 years before indpendence By V. Anjaiah JAKARTA (JP): The respected language expert Dr. Harimurti Kridalaksana says in one of his books that the official language Bahasa Indonesia is the pride of the nation. Without it this country wouldn't have achieved either its independence nor national unity.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Careless driver
Careless driver On Friday, Oct. 28, 1994 at 10.30 in the morning my car was hit by a metallic-blue Daihatsu Taft with plate No B 80484-58. I was driving from Jl. Gatot Subroto to my office in the Bukaka building on Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said. I was hit near the Malaysian Embassy by a Daihatsu Taft coming from the opposite direction. It was traveling fast and wanted to make a U-turn. The jeep hit the right side of my Toyota Corona, badly scratching the rear door and bumper.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
FIDE Master Ruben beats Ardiansyah
FIDE Master Ruben beats Ardiansyah JAKARTA (JP): Using the popular Sicilian opening, FIDE Master Ruben Gunawan beat Grand Master Ardiansyah 1-0 at the 19th move to take the lead in the eighth round of the second leg of the Gunadarma International Master Chess Tournament yesterday. Ruben, whose elo rating is 2,345, collected 6.5 points, qualifying for an international master (IM) title.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Land reclamation no harm to environment: Surjadi
Land reclamation no harm to environment: Surjadi JAKARTA (JP): The municipal administration, which plans a land reclamation project along Jakarta's north coast to accommodate a growing population, swears it will not damage the environment. Governor Surjadi Soedirdja assured yesterday that the project will not harm the coastal environment. Speaking to reporters after inducting five new city officials, Surjadi said that an environmental impact analysis of the projects is currently being done.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
APEC meeting not the place to discuss human rights: Barry
APEC meeting not the place to discuss human rights: Barry JAKARTA (JP): The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum must maintain its function as an economic-oriented body and avoid being saturated with issues, such as labor and human rights, United States Ambassador to Jakarta, Robert L. Barry, said yesterday. During a luncheon held by the International Forum Indonesian here yesterday, the ambassador asserted that APEC would not delve into issues which strayed from economic development.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Hassai Sensei 3:05 Diletansia 3:30 TV Series: Singing Princess 4:30 Youth Program 5:00 Regional News 5:30 English Lessons 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Religious Teachings 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Wawasan 8:05 Traditional Music 9:00 World News 9:30 Film 10:35 Late News 10:45 Film : Sleep Of Death Program 2 4:30 p.m.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
War game routine
War game routine SURABAYA: The naval exercise slated to be held in waters off South Kalimantan this month has nothing to do with the dispute over the two islands of Sipadan and Ligitan, between Indonesia and Malaysia. "The exercise is part of the Navy's annual exercise and it has no links with the dispute over the two islets," Antara quoted spokesman for the Eastern Naval Fleet Lt. Col. Kusmandar as saying here on Sunday.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Environment must become factor in credit approval
Environment must become factor in credit approval JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja called on bankers yesterday to go green by including environmental considerations in the approval of credit applications. "Bankers have great influence over the investment process and business trends and can condition entrepreneurs to do green business," Sarwono said in his keynote address at a six-day course on environment and banking.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
RI improves Taiwan office
RI improves Taiwan office TAIPEI (AFP): Indonesia will expand and rename its office in Taiwan in a bid to further strengthen economic and investment ties, local press reported yesterday. The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce to Taipei will be renamed the Indonesian Economic and Trade Representative Office in Taipei while its staff will be expanded to handle the rapidly increasing trade between the two countries, the Economic Daily News said.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Workers complain over no severance pay
Workers complain over no severance pay JAKARTA (JP): Around 40 PT Bhara Indah Unit Garment employees, located on Jl. Daan Mogot in West Jakarta, went to the City Council yesterday to protest their company's policy of coercion, done in an effort to avoid compensation.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Algeria cooperates well with Indonesia
Algeria cooperates well with Indonesia By Oei Eng Goan Forty years ago today, the Algerian people sparked a revolution to liberate their country from oppression and colonial rule. The revolution brought them victory and thus the Democratic People's Republic of Algeria came into being. Observing the Algerian national day, The Jakarta Post conducted an interview with Algerian Ambassador to Jakarta, Abdallah Baali, focusing on Indonesian-Algerian relations.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
A week in Jakarta for America's 'The Daddy of Vocalese'
A week in Jakarta for America's 'The Daddy of Vocalese' By Paul W. Blair JAKARTA (JP): The singer generally credited with popularizing the jazz style known as vocalese began a six-night engagement at the Jakarta Blue Note yesterday evening. Jon Hendricks, sometimes called the father of the vocalese style, will be performing with three other members of his musical family, to the backing of a rhythm section they're bringing along from New York.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
HK-RI deal on securities
HK-RI deal on securities HONG KONG (AFP): Hong Kong's stock watchdog body, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), signed yesterday a memorandum of understanding with its Indonesian counterpart to promote the integrity of both securities markets.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Court authority queried over suit against President
Court authority queried over suit against President JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday questioned the right of the State Administrative Court to hear a lawsuit filed against him for granting Rp 400 billion (US$182.9 million) earmarked for reforestation programs to the state-owned aviation company IPTN.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Tri Polyta poised to become largest polypropylene producer
Tri Polyta poised to become largest polypropylene producer JAKARTA (JP): Tri Polyta Indonesia (TPI), buoyed by the recent success of its international share offering, is confident of its future as the largest single polypropylene plant in Southeast Asia, according to the maiden issue of the Singapore-based Asian Chemical News weekly magazine yesterday.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Couple arrested for selling girls
Couple arrested for selling girls BANDARLAMPUNG: The police have arrested a husband and his wife for allegedly selling young women into prostitution here and in Bengkulu. Police arrested SUD, 39, and SUS, 30, after receiving a report from one of the girls parents, Chief of the police precinct Lt. Col. Sondakh said here yesterday. He said the couple would pay a Rp 50,000 (approximately US$23) to Rp 75,000 finders fee for each woman brought to them.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Julius Darmaatmadja to be Indonesia's 2nd cardinal
Julius Darmaatmadja to be Indonesia's 2nd cardinal SEMARANG, Central Java (JP): Pope John Paul II has named Archbishop Julius Darmaatmadja, from the Semarang Diocese, as Indonesia's second cardinal and will install him on Nov. 27, in a ceremony at the Vatican. Darmaatmadja, 60, was one of the 30 new cardinals from 24 countries named by the Pope on Sunday.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Arqam to disband itself: Leaders
Arqam to disband itself: Leaders KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Leaders of the outlawed Islamic sect, Al Arqam, said yesterday that the messianic movement, which caused tremors of alarm throughout Southeast Asia, was disbanding. "The Al Arqam movement no longer exists and its name can no longer be used for any purpose," Nasib Zawawi, a member of Al Arqam's council of elders, told a news conference at its main commune in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta: Music * The Aryaduta Jakarta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Bonauli vocal group, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Lost Morenitos, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. - Ambassador Lounge: Amir (pianist), Monday to Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.; Saturday 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.; Jakarta String Fantasy Trio, Monday to Saturday from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Sunday from 12:30 p.m.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Funds needed for write-offs
Funds needed for write-offs JAKARTA (JP): Governor of Bank Indonesia (the central bank) J. Soedradjad Djiwandono warned yesterday that state banks must provide supporting funds before writing off their bad loans. "The funds must be there. Don't just write off (bad loans) easily," Soedradjad told journalists after attending a coordinating ministerial meeting on economy and finance yesterday.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Free trade to benefit all APEC members
Free trade to benefit all APEC members JAKARTA (JP): Trade and investment liberalization will benefit both industrial and developing members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, said New Zealand Ambassador Tim Groser. "I don't think large countries will gain control of the trade liberalization and open investment and small countries will be damaged by others," he said in a recent interview with The Jakarta Post.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
University dilemma
University dilemma The Satya Wacana Foundation, which runs a quality university of the same name in the Central Java town of Salatiga, might have believed that it had indisputable reasons to sack Dr. Arief Budiman from his position as lecturer.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
1994 dance festival brings innovation
1994 dance festival brings innovation By Franki Raden JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Dance Festival l994 has succeeded in presenting outstanding and innovative developments in the contemporary dance world. The five-day festival, Oct. 20 to Oct. 24, at the Graha Bhakti Budaya, Taman Ismail Marzuki Arts Center, was labeled by local and foreign critics as the most prestigious dance forum held in Indonesia this year.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Motorists! Avoid certain major roads this morning
Motorists! Avoid certain major roads this morning JAKARTA (JP): City Police have asked motorists to refrain from driving on certain major streets and toll roads for one hour this morning while they rehearse the convoy of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) delegates. "The general rehearsal will be carried out from 8 to 9 a.m. but we'll start blocking the streets and toll roads 15 minutes earlier," secretary of the City Traffic Police Directorate Lt. Col. FX Sunarno said here yesterday.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Govt to evaluate bid on Sepinggan airport project
Govt to evaluate bid on Sepinggan airport project JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto yesterday said he will evaluate the tender of the expansion project of the Sepinggan airport in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan. "The evaluation does not imply that those awarded the bid will see it revoked," Haryanto told reporters after attending a ministerial meeting at the Ministry of Finance yesterday.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
CIA backed anti-communist forces in Indonesia: Report
CIA backed anti-communist forces in Indonesia: Report WASHINGTON (AFP): The State Department for the first time detailed CIA covert operations in Indonesia during the 1950s when it feared communist influence over President Sukarno, The Los Angeles Times reported. A 600-page documentary history released this month shows that President Dwight Eisenhower's administration mounted major clandestine operations to support anti-communist rebels in Indonesia.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Indonesian universities at the crossroads
Indonesian universities at the crossroads Two unrelated events, the brawls at a Jakarta university and the sacking of a well-known university lecturer in Salatiga, have turned our attention to university life. Noted educator Mochtar Buchori argues that the events are symptoms of a lack of robust academic culture at the universities in Indonesia. JAKARTA (JP): The sacking of Dr.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Lippo quadruples income
Lippo quadruples income JAKARTA (JP): PT Lippo Securities, one of the listed subsidiaries of the Lippo Group, reported yesterday that its net income in the first nine months of 1994, quadrupled to Rp 19.2 billion (US$87.2 million), from Rp 5 billion in the corresponding period of last year. Tan Yong Seng, the company's director, said the results are caused mostly by a 329 percent increase in the net operating income to Rp 24 billion in the January-September period over the same period last year.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Uniform criteria needed for small enterprises
Uniform criteria needed for small enterprises JAKARTA (JP): The slow pace of small enterprises is attributed to lack of coordination among related governmental institutions and the different criteria given to them, an official said yesterday. Soeharto Prawirokusumo, an expert assistant to the Coordinating Minister for Economy and Finance, said at a one-day seminar on small enterprises, there are, for example, no uniform definitions and criteria of small businesses in Indonesia.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Listening Post
Listening Post Due to technical problems we cannot publish The Listening Post in today's issue of The Jakarta Post. We apologize for the inconvenience. -- Editor
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Cathay increases service
Cathay increases service JAKARTA (JP): Cathay Pacific plans to increase its non-stop service from Jakarta to Hong Kong from seven flights to 10 flights a week, the airline said in a statement yesterday. They also said three additional non-stop services, starting Wednesday, will replace the existing services via Singapore. All 10 flights will use Boeing 747 or TriStar L1011 aircraft. (hdj)
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
New toll road to link Bintaro and Serpong
New toll road to link Bintaro and Serpong JAKARTA (JP): PT Bintaro Serpong Damai will build a 13.1- kilometer toll road linking Bintaro, South Jakarta, with Bumi Serpong Damai, a new satellite city in Tangerang. The construction of the road will be done in cooperation with PT Jasa Marga, the state owned company assigned to manage the toll roads in the country.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
PLN committed to improving its efficiency
PLN committed to improving its efficiency JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned electricity company PT PLN yesterday vowed to improve its efficiency so as to save funds for the acceleration of programs for the electrification of a majority of the country's households.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Major protest sweeps Salatiga university over Arief's dismissal
Major protest sweeps Salatiga university over Arief's dismissal SALATIGA, Central Java (JP): Three hundred students and academicians of the Satya Wacana Christian University continued demonstrating their opposition to the dismissal of lecturer Arief Budiman yesterday. They ignored the rector's call for restoration of order to allow the resumption of the learning-teaching process at the prestigious university, which has been disrupted since Arief was fired more than a week ago.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Yorrys, three other defendants deny police testimony
Yorrys, three other defendants deny police testimony JAKARTA (JP): Yorrys Raweyai and three other alleged gamblers strongly denied the testimonies of two police officers at West Jakarta District Court yesterday, who said the four halted gambling practices and hid evidence 10 minutes prior to the raid.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Days off planned for Jakarta, Bogor during APEC summit
Days off planned for Jakarta, Bogor during APEC summit JAKARTA (JP): In gearing up for the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting (AELM) on Nov. 15, the government is considering declaring a holiday in Jakarta and also in Bogor, the summit venue, Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono said yesterday. "We are considering the possibility of giving Jakarta days off on Nov.14 and 15 and Bogor on Nov.15," he told reporters. Moerdiono said that on Nov.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
State firms must be efficient: Mar'ie
State firms must be efficient: Mar'ie JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad yesterday urged state-owned companies to make concerted efforts to promote management, so they can stand at the forefront in efficient operations among the country's businesses.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Painting exhibition features top locals
Painting exhibition features top locals The Bimantara Foundation will hold a painting exhibition featuring famous local painters. The exhibit called The Best of Indonesia will display works of 15 painters, including Popo Iskandar, Barli, Dullah, Abbas Alibasyah, Irsyam, Joko Pekik, Arie Smith and Antonio Blanco. The show will be at the Gallery of the Ministry of Education and Culture at Gambir, Central Jakarta, from Nov. 4 to 13.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
The Listening Post
The Listening Post * "Appealing, yet puzzling" might describe the Indonesian paintings and drawings of Canadian artist, Ken Pattern, our guest on this morning's rebroadcast of "The Listening Post" (Radio Sonora FM 100.9, at 9:15). His precise, clean renderings of the old Jakarta, fast disappearing as it becomes a global capital of business, have been shown widely, here and abroad; local people often ask him, "Why are you painting slums?" he remarks.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): Share prices continued to rise on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) yesterday in moderate trading. The broad-based Composite Index closed 7.08 points higher at 523.49 yesterday, as compared to 516.40 on Friday. The narrower-based GTDBS-50 Index, meanwhile, rose to 125.16 from 122.91. Indosat shares still dominated the market yesterday, although much less than Friday.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Decoration Competition fraud to be investigated
Decoration Competition fraud to be investigated JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said a corruption allegation leveled against JAKPRO, the organizing committee of the 1994 Gateway Decoration Competition, will be clarified to avoid negative effects on the public. "I have ordered the deputy governor for people's welfare to investigate this case but he has not reported the results yet.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
APEC official sees hope in free-trade plans at summit
APEC official sees hope in free-trade plans at summit SINGAPORE (Agencies): A senior APEC official said yesterday he is confident next month's APEC summit would help accelerate plans to liberalize trade in the Asia-Pacific region despite reservations by some members. Rusli Noor, executive director of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) secretariat, said the Nov. 15 summit in Indonesia would attempt to reconcile the range of views on these subjects (trade and investment) among members.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Sports coverage
Sports coverage I have been living in Jakarta for about one year and reading The Jakarta Post for the entire time. I'm glad to see the wonderful increase in advertising and the improvements in the editorial portions of the newspaper. As the major English newspaper in Indonesia, the improvements were necessary and welcomed. I have one major area of complaint. The sports coverage is poorly directed and incomplete. Please don't think of it as editorial fill.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
City sweeps squatters
City sweeps squatters The city administration is stepping up its operation of removing squatters and vendors from main streets, shopping centers, recreational sites and pedestrian bridges. "The operation is being carried out as the city prepares for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting on Nov. 15 and will be further intensified ten days before the meeting," Toha Reno, an official of the City Public Order office, told Antara over the weekend.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
New device in radiology
New device in radiology Pertamina General Hospital, owned by the state oil company, has installed a new device in radiology named Helical- computerized Tomography Scanning or popularly known as Helical C.T. Scan. The hospital chief, Prof. Satyanegara, said over the weekend that the new device worth Rp 2 billion (US$914,913) is the first ever operated in Indonesia. He said that the application of Helical C.T.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Thai Prime Minister Chuan feels Thais involved in Cambodia coup
Thai Prime Minister Chuan feels Thais involved in Cambodia coup BANGKOK (Reuter): Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai was quoted yesterday as saying he believes some Thais in the private sector were involved in a failed coup in Phnom Penh in July. "I do personally believe that the Thai private sector was really involved," Chuan was quoted as saying by the Bangkok Post.
Tue, 01 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
RI project in Malaysia
RI project in Malaysia JAKARTA (JP): PT Andayani Megah, a subsidiary of the listed Gadjah Tunggal Group, has signed a memorandum of understanding in Kuala Lumpur with HICOM Berhad of Malaysia to establish a joint venture in tire cord manufacturing. HICOM Berhad is owned by HICOM Holdings Berhad, which is listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. The new company, with an authorized capital of US$7.5 million, will be 45 percent owned by Andayani Megah and 55 percent by the Malaysian party.