Archive: 5 November 1994
53 articles found
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Out-of-town students find it hard to settle in city
Out-of-town students find it hard to settle in city By Yoko N. Sari JAKARTA (JP): Adjusting to life in Jakarta is not as easy as you may think. Although the Indonesian capital is the most metropolitan city in the country, with almost every culture and lifestyle represented, fitting in can be difficult.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Link between education and industry
Link between education and industry By Sg. Ferryanto SALATIGA, Central Java (JP): Our tertiary education institutions are subject to serving as research and development centers. They are expected to play a major role in technology transfer programs, together with ministerial and non-ministerial research centers.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Twelve drowned in flash flood
Twelve drowned in flash flood MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Twelve people drowned and 12 others went missing in a flash flood that swept the Aikmel subdistrict on Thursday, officials said yesterday. The Tanggik River overflowed following a two-hour downpour, spokesman for the East Lombok regency government Abdul Kadir told the Antara news agency. Local senior officials, including regent M. Sadir, went to the stricken areas to monitor the search and rescue operations on Thursday, he said.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Joko, Susi into Thai Open semis
Joko, Susi into Thai Open semis BANGKOK (AFP): Indonesia's top seed Joko Suprianto gave his Chinese opponent little chance in a classy display on his way into the semifinals of the Thai Open here yesterday. China's Hu Zhilan could find little answer to the accuracy and power displayed by world champion Joko, going down 15-10, 18-13. But Sun Jun, seed 5/8, kept the Chinese flag flying by brilliantly eliminating Indonesian second seed Hariyanto Arbi 15- 8, 10-15, 17-14.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
UNDP aids Indonesia
UNDP aids Indonesia JAKARTA: The United Nations Development Program has granted $1.53 million in grant to help strengthen Indonesia's disaster management capacities. The cooperation agreement was signed on Wednesday between UNDP resident representative C. Jan Kamp and Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Azwar Anas, who also chairs the National Coordinating Board for Disaster Management (Bakornas). Some $300,000 of the funds will be disbursed in the first year.
Sat, 05 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.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Thieves make specialization
Thieves make specialization SEMARANG, Central Java: Three "specialists" in shoplifting women's underwear were arrested after one of the partners, unhappy with the distribution of their lacy loot, revealed their activities to the police. The sticky-fingered trio was a family of one mother, her daughter and a daughter in law, chief of the Central Java police detective department Lt. Col. Iman Haryatna said yesterday.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Consumer group to probe gasoline sold in Jakarta
Consumer group to probe gasoline sold in Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): The chairperson of the Indonesian Consumers Protection Foundation said yesterday that the foundation plans to sample and survey the gasoline and diesel fuel sold in Jakarta. "The foundation will conduct the survey in 1995 and samples of gasoline will be taken from gas stations all over Jakarta," Zoemrotin K. Soesilo said, adding that similar testing was done almost ten years ago in 1985.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Jakarta streets blossom for APEC
Jakarta streets blossom for APEC JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta will greet delegates of the upcoming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting with flowers, banners and decorative lights. Chief of the City Parks Office Syamsir Alamsyah told reporters after a meeting at City Hall yesterday that his office has stepped up preparations for the meeting in cooperation with the private sector. "The total municipal budget earmarked for decorations amounts to Rp 600 million (around US$280,000)," he said.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Malaysian actor asked to leave for visa abuse
Malaysian actor asked to leave for visa abuse JAKARTA (JP): Malaysian Nand Kumar Bhagwandas, 30, who is well-known for his role as Hans in the famed television serial Si Doel Anak Sekolahan (Si Doel, the Schoolboy), has been asked to leave Indonesia for working illegally.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Govt defends hikes in seaport service rates
Govt defends hikes in seaport service rates JAKARTA (JP): Directorate General of Sea Transportation Soentoro yesterday vowed to improve efficiency of port services following the recent rise in rates of five port services. The country's ports, for example, will improve navigation services, he told reporters after signing an agreement on consulting services for vessel procurement.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Traffic and APEC
Traffic and APEC A suggestion has been made to declare Nov. 14 and Nov. 15 as public holidays in Jakarta to ease the traffic for the convenience of delegates to the meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. The suggestion made by State Secretary Moerdiono, in his capacity as head of the APEC meeting organizing committee, is logical because it is our obligation as host to ensure the comfort of our honored guests. Now, it all depends on the public.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Nissho Iwai Corp approve $260m loan for Humpuss
Nissho Iwai Corp approve $260m loan for Humpuss JAKARTA (JP): Nissho Iwai Corporation of Japan yesterday approved an offshore loan worth US$260 million for PT Kaltim Methanol Industri (KMI), a subsidiary of Humpuss Group, for the construction of its $330 million methanol project in Bontang, East Kalimantan. The loan agreement was signed by Nissho Iwai Corporation's general manager, Sekio Hara, KMI's president, Abdul Wahab, and the junior director for Humpuss' project development, Bernardino M.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Poor service hampers insurance businesses
Poor service hampers insurance businesses JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's insurance industry needs to improve on the services their companies offer, the Director of Insurance at the Ministry of Finance, Sophar L. Toruan, said here yesterday. Speaking at a press conference here yesterday, Toruan noted that the government will take a group of 22 top executives from local insurance companies to Australia from Nov. 12 to Nov. 19 to observe and study local practices down under.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
RI is ready to respond to environmental charges
RI is ready to respond to environmental charges JAKARTA (JP): Alarmed by international criticism of the country's environmental record, the Indonesian delegation for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings will be armed with an information package on environmental management. "We are preparing an information package, which is expected to be useful for the Indonesian delegation," State Minister of Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja said yesterday.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
England's Nick Faldo hits 63 for a new course record
England's Nick Faldo hits 63 for a new course record JAKARTA (JP): England's world number three Nick Faldo overcame the heat and the layout to fire a blistering eight under-63 and set a course record at the half-way stage of the Alfred Dunhill Masters golf championship at the Bali Golf and Country Club yesterday. It was a memorable display of stroke-making from the Englishman, whose round included nine birdies and a bogey, which shattered the course record by three strokes. "I'm enjoying myself.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Dharmala's profit up
Dharmala's profit up MANILA (AFP): The Philippine affiliate of the Dharmala Group of Indonesia posted a 44-percent increase in net income for the first three quarters of 1994, documents obtained here yesterday said. Dharmala Philippines Inc. saw its net income in the first nine months of this year rise to 38.269 million pesos (US$1.47 million), up from 26.573 million pesos in the same period last year.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Soeharto's offer on E. Timor gets mixed reactions
Soeharto's offer on E. Timor gets mixed reactions JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto's offer to hold reconciliatory talks with exiled East Timorese opposing the integration of their homeland with Indonesia met mixed reactions from politicians yesterday. The President said on Thursday that he would be pleased to meet in Indonesia with anti-integration groups to deepen mutual understanding and accelerate a solution to the East Timorese question in international forums.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Mini vans to serve Kamal
Mini vans to serve Kamal Around 20 mini vans of Wahana Kalpika cooperation (KWK) will soon be used as rural transportation to serve Kamal subdistrict, West Jakarta. Suara Pembaruan evening daily reported yesterday that the West Jakarta office of the City Land Transportation Control Agency (DLLAJ) is preparing for the operation of the vans. These are used vans which have been overhauled.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Minibus drivers go on strike
Minibus drivers go on strike JAKARTA (JP): Tens of driver of minibus plying the route of Bekasi bus terminal-Rawalumbu area in Greater Jakarta went on a strike yesterday to protest the operation of new minibuses with no proper licenses. The new buses started the operation on Thursday morning and the protesters believed that operation was backed by influential officials.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Call made easier during APEC
Call made easier during APEC JAKARTA (JP): The state telecommunications company, PT Telkom, has temporarily installed 4,000 new lines to support the series of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings, which started here yesterday. Telkom's president, Setyanto P. Santosa, said yesterday that the installation has cost his company Rp 3 billion (US$1.4 million).
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Ex-Bapindo boss makes last gasp not-guilty plea
Ex-Bapindo boss makes last gasp not-guilty plea JAKARTA (JP): Towil Heryoto, the former president of Bank Pembangunan Indonesia (Bapindo), made an eleventh hour appeal to the court to acquit him of corruption charges, stressing that he was simply a victim of other people's greed.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Population office targets residents with no papers
Population office targets residents with no papers JAKARTA (JP): The municipal population office initiated an operation at 13 low-cost apartments throughout the city yesterday, arresting residents, including foreigners, who lacked the necessary identity documents. Soedarsono, head of the population office's special registration department, told The Jakarta Post yesterday that the operation is intended to detect anyone, including foreigners, renting apartments by bribing the concerned officials.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
APEC talks deadlocked on investment
APEC talks deadlocked on investment JAKARTA (JP): Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) negotiators yesterday failed to reach an agreement on the formulation of non-binding investment principles and decided to bring the issue to a committee meeting today. "We will further discuss the formulation of APEC Non-binding Investment Principles at a meeting of the Committee on Trade and Investment tomorrow," a delegate to the closed-door meeting told The Jakarta Post yesterday.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Malaysia to reject APEC trade pact
Malaysia to reject APEC trade pact KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia yesterday reasserted its objection to a plan for an APEC free trade pact by 2020, saying that while Australia had the right to push for it, Kuala Lumpur had the right to reject it. "It is their right to push...
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
U.S. urges Malaysia, China to back trade plan
U.S. urges Malaysia, China to back trade plan MANILA (Reuter): A U.S. official yesterday urged countries like China and Malaysia with reservations about a regional free- trade zone to back a liberalization plan at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Indonesia. Winston Lord, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, told reporters from Washington through a satellite hookup he hoped such countries would drop their objections.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Three persons incinerated
Three persons incinerated MEDAN, North Sumatra: Three family members were killed in a fire that destroyed four houses near Belawan harbor on early on Thursday, police said yesterday. The police identified those killed as Husin bin Jamil, 26, his wife Ratna Dewi, 20, and their daughter Nuraini, 5, Antara reported. Police said preliminary investigations suggest that the fire was started by a spilled kerosene lamp. The fire quickly gutted the houses whose roofs were made of straw.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Book on travel, tourism published
Book on travel, tourism published American Express Travel Related Services in cooperation with the Ministry of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications has published a Source Book on Travel & Tourism for APEC delegates and journalists. The release made available to The Jakarta Post stated that the book contains data and market profiles of each member country.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Strong goodwill of
Strong goodwill of govt needed for ecological advocacy JAKARTA (JP): Strong good will toward conservation on the part of the government will optimize environmental advocacy, an anthropologist said yesterday. Yando Zakaria said the toughest job for environmental activists -- and anyone involved in conservation -- is to make legislators and government officials committed enough to solving the country's ecological problems.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Clinton set to discuss human rights
Clinton set to discuss human rights JAKARTA (JP): United States President Bill Clinton and Indonesia's President Soeharto will wrestle with human rights and labor issues when the American head of state makes a one-day state visit here next week.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
APEC to set up programs for customs cooperation
APEC to set up programs for customs cooperation JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad yesterday suggested that the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum formulate programs and action plans for strengthening customs and excise cooperation in the region.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Japan to host APEC meet
Japan to host APEC meet TOKYO (AFP): Japanese Trade Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto is to propose at the forthcoming APEC meeting in Indonesia that Japan host a conference on energy-related issues in the Asia-Pacific region next April. The joint government-private sector conference would deal with ways to improve supply-demand relations as the region is likely to face an energy shortage if economies continue to expand at the current pace, Hashimoto told reporters.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Harmoko has 2 weeks to respond to `Tempo'
Harmoko has 2 weeks to respond to `Tempo' JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Information Harmoko has been given two more weeks by the Jakarta State Administrative Court to respond to charges by a senior journalist that his action to ban Tempo magazine in June was illegal. A court session was originally scheduled to hear Harmoko's defense yesterday, but his lawyer R. Wiyono said that his client needed more time to respond to the lawsuit filed by Goenawan Mohammad, the proprietor of the closed weekly.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 2:30 p.m Sports: Tennis ATP 3:30 Film 4:30 Youth Program 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Science Program 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Music: Jazz 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Dianrana 8:05 TV Drama: Hati Yang Mendua 9:00 World News 9:30 Rona Nusantara 10:35 Late News 10:45 Film: Cyclone Program 2 4:30 p.m. Sports 5:30 City News 6:00 Music 7:00 Evening News 7:30 English News Service 8:00 TV Series: Swans Crossing 8:30 Music TPI 5:30 a.m.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Vegetables and lead
Vegetables and lead The Annual Marie Antoinette Award should go to Umar Fahmi Achmadi for his "Let them eat vegetables only once a week" statement in response to the very disturbing news that lead is showing up in vegetables (The Jakarta Post, Nov. 3, 1994). Most of the poor have only enough money to eat rice, noodles and vegetables. So what are they going to have now as another source of nutrition -- duck, prime rib?
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Bus owners told to bring fleets up to standard
Bus owners told to bring fleets up to standard JAKARTA (JP): The municipal administration has ordered owners of buses and other public transit vehicles operating in the capital to bring their fleets up to standard to improve service and facilitate traffic flow.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
City planning needs support
City planning needs support Governor Surjadi Soedirdja has asked universities in Jakarta to support Jakarta's nine planning strategies established in 1992 in order to alleviate the city's population problem, especially in the most impoverished areas. "It is important that universities help and support the city programs with their knowledge," Surjadi told university rectors Wednesday evening. He explained that the city plans to build low-cost apartments to improve slum areas.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Environment minister complains bird hunting ban ignored
Environment minister complains bird hunting ban ignored JAKARTA (JP): The government ban against all bird hunting, issued last April, has been largely ignored, said State Minister of Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja. Sarwono disclosed the existence of the ban, which had not been previously announced, on Thursday, the eve of the national flora and fauna day which falls today. Sarwono said the ban was stipulated in decree No.29/1994, issued by the Minister of Home Affairs Moch. Yogie S.M. on Apr.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Police raid fake diesel fuel production syndicate
Police raid fake diesel fuel production syndicate JAKARTA (JP): City Police are questioning executives of two diesel fuel distributor companies in connection with the arrest of their employees for mixing diesel fuel with kerosene in four tank trucks before selling it to customers. Head of Operational Affairs of the Special Alert Police Squad, Capt. Syaiful Bd., told reporters yesterday the employees of the firms were caught in the act of diluting the diesel fuel at 1 a.m.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Telkom cleans up public phones
Telkom cleans up public phones The South Jakarta office of the state-owned PT Telkom telecommunication company deployed personnel to clean up 600 public phones in the area in line with the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference. Manager for the external relations of PT Telkom, Sufi Wahyuni M., said in a statement yesterday that the operation carried out on Thursday was meant to help beautify the city so as to give a good image of the city to the APEC delegates.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Historical fact on East Indies
Historical fact on East Indies In the face of the abundant evidence of his misdeeds there is no doubt that by all standards Kapitein Raymond "De Turk" Westerling must be considered a war criminal. And I do not know why he was never charged with misconduct and court-martialed, neither do I know why the Indonesian government has never demanded his extradition.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Radius plays intermediary role
Radius plays intermediary role SALATIGA, Central Java: Former finance minister Radius Prawiro has intervened in the controversy surrounding the dismissal of Arief Budiman, the well-known scholar from Satya Wacana Christian University. Radius, an honorary member of the foundation managing the university, sponsored a meeting between the rector, the foundation chief and representatives of those opposed to Arief's dismissal.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Indonesia hails enforcement of UN sea law
Indonesia hails enforcement of UN sea law JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia yesterday hailed the enforcement of the UN's Law of the Sea Convention which finally grants world recognition to the concept of Indonesia as an archipelagic state. Coordinating Minister for Political Affairs and Security Soesilo Soedarman announced yesterday that Indonesia's territorial waters will automatically increase by three million square kilometers when the convention goes into effect on Nov. 16.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): Share prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) continued drifting lower with most issues loosing ground in heavy trading yesterday in line with the downward trend on other Asian markets. The JSX Composite Index, which closed 1.25 points lower to end at 522.83 on Thursday, lost another 2.24 points to close at 520.59 yesterday. The narrower-based GTDBS-50 Index also closed lower at 124.77 from 125.30.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
OPEC may extend output ceiling
OPEC may extend output ceiling ABU DHABI (AFP): OPEC oil ministers meeting in Indonesia this month will likely extend the cartel's official production ceiling to support sagging oil prices, the official Emirates news agency said yesterday. It said the rollover of the 24.52 million barrel per day (bpd) ceiling, in force for nearly 13 months, would push up prices by more than US$2 because of high seasonal demand in the first quarter of 1995.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
World crossers to compete here
World crossers to compete here JAKARTA (JP): Thirteen leading world competitors will stake their claims on victory in the fourth and final leg of the Lucky Strike International Motocross Championships at the Raffles Village track in Cibubur, East Jakarta, on Nov. 12 and Nov. 13.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Singapore to reward former city planners
Singapore to reward former city planners SINGAPORE (AFP): After hiking ministers' salaries, Singapore has announced plans to reward officials who plotted the island- state's growth into a thriving metropolis but retired before they could benefit from its success. "They are the ones who planted the trees. The fruits which we enjoy today are because of the trees which they planted, the careful nurturing which they gave," Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong told parliament late Thursday.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Bourse directive seen as dampener to market
Bourse directive seen as dampener to market KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): A new directive by Malaysia's stock exchange for brokers to report transactions daily has dented the market this week but could enhance investor confidence in the local bourse in the long-term, analysts said yesterday. The directive, issued internally to brokerages on Monday for implementation next week, is aimed at controlling excessive speculation and preventing stockists from rigging the market, brokers said.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Church Services
Church Services * Catholic Church, University of Atmajaya, Jl. Jend. Sudirman: Saturday 5:30 p.m., Sunday, 9 a.m., 10:30 p.m. (with songs) and 5:30 p.m. * First Church of Christ, Scientist, Jl. Teuku Cik Ditiro 48, Menteng, Central Jakarta: Services on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. (in Indonesian) and 8 a.m. (in English). * All Saints' Anglican Church (opposite The Aryaduta Jakarta), Jl. Arif Rahman Hakim No. 5, Central Jakarta: Services on Sunday at 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m. ; at G.K.I. Pondok Indah at 6 p.m.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
English language teachers should get to know to their students
English language teachers should get to know to their students By Tim Drown SEMARANG (JP): As an English teacher I have also been attracted to Byron Black's column on English, "The Listening Post." I have become disappointed, however, after reading the column on some days. One example is a recent issue that simply transcribed a conversation about tire pressures between the two car mechanics who are regularly featured on National Public Radio in the United States.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Mosque and loud speaker
Mosque and loud speaker From Pikiran Rakyat Instruction No. Kep/D/101/1078 dated June, 17, 1978, issued by the Directorate General of Islamic Religion of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, regulates the use of loud speakers in mosques, mushola, and langgar. In line with this instruction, the religious affairs office in the Purworejo Regency issued Instruction No. MK.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Top judge urges govt to pay Kedungombo compensation
Top judge urges govt to pay Kedungombo compensation JAKARTA (JP): A top judge has urged the government to pay compensation to the villagers whose land has been acquired for the Kedungombo reservoir in compliance with the original Supreme Court ruling. "Further delays will simply mean more burden later," Justice Bismar Siregar commented to the Antara news agency about the delays in executing the court's ruling.
Sat, 05 Nov 1994, 00:00 WIB
Marubeni's unit in Asia
Marubeni's unit in Asia TOKYO (AFP): Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp. has formed a subsidiary to plan and coordinate the construction of electric power generation plants in Asia, company officials said yesterday. Marubeni Asian Power Ltd., capitalized at 65 million yen (US$650,000), is to cooperate with contractors and power companies in building power plants in China, Indonesia, the Philippines and other Asian nations.