Archive: 14 December 1994
51 articles found
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Aspac beats Hadtex
Aspac beats Hadtex JAKARTA (JP): Defending champion Aspac of Jakarta yesterday cleared the first hurdle to retaining its crown by whipping Hadtex of Bandung 92-73 in the final leg of this year's Intercity Professional Basketball League (Kobatama). "They're better. They show equal skills," Suwandi Bing Adi, Hadtex's manager, said. Suwandi complained that playing at 3 p.m. was detrimental to his team because his team is usually resting at that time.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
National games to reduce events: Organizers
National games to reduce events: Organizers JAKARTA (JP): Organizers of the 14th National Games (PON) in 1996 will make a bold step by reducing the number of sports competed in the quadrennial event to those contested in either Olympic Games or Asian Games.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Student arrested for drug dealing
Student arrested for drug dealing PURWOKERTO, Central Java: The police have arrested a 24-year- old student on suspicion of drug trafficking. The Banyumas Police Chief Col. Demak Lubis said yesterday that the police confiscated marijuana from the suspect, who is known as an alcoholic and a drug addict. The suspect admitted that he obtained the drugs from Jakarta and sold them to his friends on campus, but he refused to identify the buyers.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Officials, public asked to fight AIDS seriously
Officials, public asked to fight AIDS seriously JAKARTA (JP): The chairman of the National Commission to Contain the Spread of AIDS, Azwar Anas called on all government officials and the public yesterday to be serious in their efforts to curb the spread of the lethal disease.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
African countries told to look east
African countries told to look east By Meidyatama Suryodiningrat BANDUNG (JP): The successful development of Asian countries were cited in an international forum here yesterday as an ostensible outline to be emulated by African states which have thus far pursued the singular approach of European and North American models.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
AIDS strikes small Irian Jaya community
AIDS strikes small Irian Jaya community By Dini S. Djalal MERAUKE, Irian Jaya (JP): As citizens of Merauke, Irian Jaya, look forward to the coming year, they may look back on this year as a year of disaster. First, rain has been scarce for nearly a year, and crops are suffering. Fortunately the rainy season will eventually arrive. Unfortunately, the arrival of a cure for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), the fatal disease which has struck this small community, has yet to be discovered.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Indonesian airlines fear competition of Singapore
Indonesian airlines fear competition of Singapore JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian airline companies are afraid that the hub for international flights from and to the country may shift from Jakarta to Singapore because of the latter's more extensive connections to international destinations.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
CPI expects $26.18m from rights issue
CPI expects $26.18m from rights issue JAKARTA (JP): PT Charoen Pokphand Indonesia (CPI), an animal feed producer listed on the Jakarta and Surabaya stock exchanges, expects to raise Rp 56.30 billion (US$26.18 million) from the sales of its rights shares next month. Sudirto, the vice president of the company, said here yesterday that 70 percent of the funds to be raised from the limited public offering will partly finance the construction of a new animal feed factory in Sidoardjo, East Java.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Color paper price rises
Color paper price rises JAKARTA (JP): PT Modern Photo, a public photographic firm, said here yesterday that color paper price will increase worldwide next year. Spokesperson for the company, Fennie Samudra, told The Jakarta Post here yesterday that due to massive rises in raw material costs, including the cost increase in the past two years of over 50 percent in the wood pulp and over 25 percent in silver, color paper price will rise by three to seven percent.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Court asked to free Hartono
Court asked to free Hartono JAKARTA (JP): The lawyer of Hartono Setyawan, the alleged owner of a high-class brothel, asked the South Jakarta District Court yesterday to acquit his client of all charges. "I asked the honorable judge to acquit my client of all charges," said lawyer Hadi Mulyono Upas. Hadi said the prosecutor failed to prove that Hartono is a panderer. Hartono has a long-standing reputation as a panderer employing high-class call girls.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Vietnam's rice output up
Vietnam's rice output up HANOI (AFP): Rice output in Vietnam is expected to reach 23 million tons this year despite floods that have wiped out large areas of paddy fields in the key Mekong Delta area, a report said. Production is expected to rise 400,000 tons this year due to use of improved strains and a larger area under cultivation, the Vietnam News Agency said.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
S'pore clamps down on foreign workers
S'pore clamps down on foreign workers SINGAPORE (AFP): The government has asked courts to raise penalties on employers illegally recruiting foreign workers, many of whom are smuggled in from Malaysia and other neighboring countries, officials said yesterday. "This is the first time the ministry of labor has urged the courts to impose deterrent sentences against such errant employers," a ministry spokeswoman said.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Caterpillar operates in Vietnam
Caterpillar operates in Vietnam HANOI (Reuter): Caterpillar Inc, the U.S. heavy construction equipment giant, has launched its Vietnam operations with the announced founding of a 100-percent U.S.-owned local company, V- TRAC. V-TRAC's majority shareholder is Anthony D. Salzman, an American businessman who came to Vietnam in 1992, when a U.S. economic embargo barred Caterpillar from doing business in Vietnam. Washington lifted that embargo last February.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Indonesia salvages pride at Chess Olympics
Indonesia salvages pride at Chess Olympics JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia clawed its way back to double successes in the 11th round of the Olympics of Chess in Moscow by notching comfortable wins in both men's and women's divisions matches on Monday. The national men's players hardly broke a sweat in dispatching Ireland 3-1, with all the four games ending before 50 moves. The impressive victory put Indonesia back in contention for 40th place after collecting 23.5 match points.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Spotlight
Spotlight Photo A: Wedding Setneg DECEMBER COUPLE: President Soeharto and Mrs. Tien Soeharto congratulate Insan Jaya Amin, son of H.R.K. Widarto. He married Yufiani Sujudi (third from right), daughter of Minister of Health Sujudi (second from left), on Dec. 10. Also present at the ceremony were Vice President Try Sutrisno and Mrs. Tuty Sutrisno. Photo B: Hotel Bali Hyatt AFTER THE RENOVATION: Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunication Joop Ave officially reopened the Bali Hyatt on Dec. 3.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Popo Iskandar still interested in cats
Popo Iskandar still interested in cats By Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): The works of master painter Popo Iskandar is currently on exhibit at Taman Ismail Marzuki's Main Exhibition Hall (Ruang Pameran Utama). The exhibition reveals part of his artistic life over the last 30 years. Apart from his most recent works, those from previous decades are also exhibited. His paintings, known for expressive and seemingly spontaneous abstract bravura strokes, reached its peak in the 1980s.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Rp 55b loans earmarked to curb pollution
Rp 55b loans earmarked to curb pollution JAKARTA (JP): The government has provided Rp 55 billion (US$26 million) in soft loans, derived from the Japan Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF), which were made available under the pollution abatement equipment program and given to an industrial plant, officials said yesterday.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Bank Bira wins BankWatch's rating on promissory note
Bank Bira wins BankWatch's rating on promissory note JAKARTA (JP): The publicly-listed Bank Bira has won a grade TBW-3 debt rating from the New York-based Thomson BankWatch rating agency for the bank's short-term US$20 million promissory note, a bank executive says. "The rating of grade TBW-3, which is the first granted to an Indonesian bank, reflects our good financial performance in banking services over the past few years," Bank Bira's director Bambang Panutomo told reporters here yesterday.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
PT Chandra Asri must be transparent first: Tunky
PT Chandra Asri must be transparent first: Tunky JAKARTA (JP): Industry Minister Tunky Ariwibowo said yesterday that any infant upstream industrial plant asking for the government's protection must be transparent to the government, especially on their funding structure and production costs.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
UI students protest myriad rights abuses
UI students protest myriad rights abuses JAKARTA (JP): Students of the prestigious University of Indonesia held a rally yesterday condemning various abuses on human rights, including students' rights to have a better academic life. The students, who call themselves the Student's Solidarity Forum, staged several poem recitals and orations at the complex of the university campus in Depok, to the south of the city. The rally, held to commemorate human rights day which fell on Dec.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Volcanic benefits
Volcanic benefits The Nov. 22 eruption of the Merapi volcano near Yogyakarta that killed more than 50 people reminded us of the potential for disaster in the 127 volcanoes that ring our country. Indeed, the nature of Indonesia's geology is such that the country is often dubbed a ring of fire. On the positive side, however, it is the large andesitic volcanic cones that generate huge geothermal resources, which will produce power to fuel the country's economic growth.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Students criticize rights commission
Students criticize rights commission SEMARANG: Some 100 students and artists from Semarang, Solo and Yogyakarta observed International Human Rights Day yesterday at the campus of the University of Diponegoro, criticizing the National Commission for Human Rights. They lashed out at the commission for failing to carry out its duty as a human rights watchdog in the country. What the commission has done is merely "lip service" to please the government and business people, they said.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Wiranto to be sworn in to replace Hendro
Wiranto to be sworn in to replace Hendro By K. Basrie JAKARTA (JP): Former City Military Chief of Staff Brig. Gen. Wiranto is scheduled to be inducted as new Jakarta Military Commander this morning to replace Maj. Gen. AM Hendropriyono. The induction ceremony will be led by Army Chief of Staff Gen. Wismoyo Arismunandar at the city military headquarters on Jl. Sutoyo, East Jakarta. Last Monday Brig. Gen. Wiranto handed over the position of chief of staff of the command to Col. Sutiyoso.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Sole agent of Konica to float shares
Sole agent of Konica to float shares JAKARTA (JP): PT Perdana Bangun Pusaka (PBP), the sole agent of Konica film of Japan, will sell around 30 percent of its enlarged stocks to the public to raise funds for its expansion program. The company will be the third photographic firm listed on Jakarta and Surabaya stock exchanges after Modern Photo, the sole agent of Fuji film and Inter Delta, the distributor of Kodak film.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Dharmala and British corp. sign $20m loan accord
Dharmala and British corp. sign $20m loan accord JAKARTA (JP): Under an agreement signed yesterday, the British finance institution Commonwealth Development Corporation provided a loan of US$20 million to PT BBL Dharmala Finance, a publicly listed leasing company.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
More street lamps to be put up
More street lamps to be put up JAKARTA (JP): The Municipal Lighting Office has installed 72,000 street lamps and is planning to put up 50,000 more by the year 2005, bringing the total to 122,000 street lamps. "For the time being the placement of street lamps is limited to main roads due to the limited fund we have," the lighting office's chief Nazie Gani said on Monday. Nazie said at present, his office aims to install 7,000 lamps, due to be completed by the end of next year.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
No turning back on free trade
No turning back on free trade JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia must cautiously move with the global trend towards free trade but it must not waver because that is the direction the world is heading, President Soeharto said yesterday. Soeharto was placating critics who say that he was too quick in pushing for the free trade declaration at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum he hosted in Bogor last month.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Housing complex needs reviewing
Housing complex needs reviewing JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta administration has been urged to review the construction of a housing complex located near the Dolog Jaya Kelapa Gading rice barns. "The distance between the housing complex and the barns is very close. We are worried that residents will be affected by skin irritations caused by rice fleas," city councilor Hasan Dasy said as he and several other councilors made a site inspection of the warehouses.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Weight lifting title for W. Java
Weight lifting title for W. Java JAKARTA (JP): West Java outpointed favorite Lampung to win the overall title at the national weight lifting, power lifting and body building championships in Bekasi, West Java on Monday. The West Javanese muscle men and women scored 160 points after taking 70 gold medals, 78 silvers and 12 bronzes for the President's trophy.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
More witnesses testify for Yorrys
More witnesses testify for Yorrys JAKARTA (JP): The defense lawyers of Yorrys Raweyai, a prominent figure of a youth organization charged with organizing a gambling den, presented two more witnesses at court to counter all testimonies against his client.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Government concurs with stiffer sentence for Tansil
Government concurs with stiffer sentence for Tansil JAKARTA (JP): The government and a politician yesterday welcomed the Jakarta High Court's decision to raise the jail term handed to businessman Eddy Tansil, saying that it bodes well for the anti-corruption drive.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Piracy picking up in RI waters
Piracy picking up in RI waters KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Piracy is picking up in Indonesia's waters with nine attacks reported in the past two months in a new hot spot for sea robberies, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said yesterday. In a statement released through its Regional Piracy Center in Kuala Lumpur, the London-based IMB warned ships plying Indonesian waters that containers and bulk carrier vessels were favorite targets. The bureau said nine sea robberies occurred between Oct.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Glodok Plaza saved from fire gutting
Glodok Plaza saved from fire gutting JAKARTA (JP): Puspo Adiyuwono, the Managing Director of PT Multi Plaza Properties, said yesterday that Glodok Plaza, a shopping center managed by the company, was not damaged by a fire last Saturday. Puspo said the building affected by the fire was Plaza 21, which houses a cinema complex, a number of restaurants and stores selling a wide variety of electronics goods.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Tangerang needs pedestrian bridges
Tangerang needs pedestrian bridges TANGERANG (JP): The Tangerang Public Works Office wants the private sector to assist in building pedestrian bridges in the township because the administration has a very limited budget. "To fulfill the need for pedestrian bridges the office has invited the private sector to build them," Komarudin, the office chief, said yesterday.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Pop top and environment
Pop top and environment There are many grave threats to the global environment and even more threats to Indonesia's beauty. Many mills and factories dump their effluent into streams. Developers destroy forests and farms while urban sprawl threatens much of the country. The Jakarta Post recently published a letter from Ted and Jea Henning from the USA which, in the name of environmental concern, criticized the Coca Cola company in Indonesia for producing its drinks in pop-top (pull tab) cans.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Heavy flooding hits Jember
Heavy flooding hits Jember SURABAYA, East Java: Heavy flooding drove 3,000 from their homes to higher ground in four Jember regency districts on Sunday. Officials of the Jember regency government said that the floods were triggered by the collapse of a flood control structure in Kencong, 55 kilometers from Jember, following a day of heavy rain. They said the government had erected makeshift tents and provided seven tons of rice for the evacuees.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Local residents protest military detention of six
Local residents protest military detention of six JAKARTA (JP): A group of residents from Sawangan Lama village, Depok, West Java, yesterday met with members of the House of Representatives to question the detention of six villagers by the district military command in relation to an unsettled land dispute in their area.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Indonesia warned of emerging competitors
Indonesia warned of emerging competitors By Rikza Abdullah KUALA LUMPUR (JP): U.S. economists warned yesterday that Indonesia may lose out in competition with other developing nations if it fails to continue reducing its bureaucracy, monopolies and costs.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Hendro favored to take PJSI's helm
Hendro favored to take PJSI's helm JAKARTA (JP): Hendropriyono will hand over his Jakarta Military Command baton to Wiranto today, but is likely to receive another baton from the Indonesian Judo Association (PJSI). Hendro, who joined PJSI under the chairmanship of Wismoyo Arismunandar, has quickly come up as the favored candidate for PJSI's chief after Wismoyo hinted disinterest in extending his term. Wismoyo, the Army Chief of Staff, has led PJSI for 12 years.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Telkom offers holiday telegrams
Telkom offers holiday telegrams JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta chapter of the state-owned telecommunications company PT Telkom will start serving public demand for decorative Christmas and New Year greeting telegrams tomorrow. Djaman Sinaga, speaking for the company, said here yesterday that Telkom has prepared 220,000 telegrams, comprising 149,000 Christmas greetings and 71,000 New Year greetings.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
PDI protesters want Megawati to quit post
PDI protesters want Megawati to quit post JAKARTA (JP): A controversial activist of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), who was sacked recently for insubordination, retaliated in kind yesterday by demanding the party chairperson's dismissal. Latif Pujosakti, the self-styled chairman of the East Java chapter of the party, brought over 100 supporters to PDI headquarter in protest over his dismissal and demand that Megawati Soekarnoputri step down.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): Selling pressures remained strong on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) yesterday, pushing down most share prices. The JSX Composite Index continued falling to end the day at 447.04 against 447.75 on the previous day. The index, which lost six points on Monday, survived from another big loss due to a significant increase in the price of Indosat shares, the largest stock on the market . The GTDBS-50 Index also fell to 104.65 from 104.75.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Attack on E. Timor newsman condemned
Attack on E. Timor newsman condemned JAKARTA (JP): Last week's assault on a journalist and the office of the only East Timor newspaper by members of a youth organization has triggered strong reactions from officials and the local bishop. The attack was carried out by eight youths from Pemuda Pancasila on Dec. 7. They charged that Suara Timor Timur (STT) ran a story that damaged the reputation of Ahmad Alkatiri, the chairman of the organization's local chapter.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Public grievances compiled
Public grievances compiled JAKARTA (JP): Got any complaints about hospital services other than the food? Here's your chance to get even. The health magazine Higina, in collaboration with the Indonesian Medical Association, is now compiling complaints from members of the public who have a grievance about hospital services. According to a statement made by the magazine, the campaign, launched on Dec. 1 and lasting until Jan.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Asia told to close ranks to face world competition
Asia told to close ranks to face world competition KUALA LUMPUR (JP): Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is inviting Asian nations to close ranks to improve competitiveness in facing the increasing global business competition following the implementation of the GATT principles.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Decision on Marsinah not final
Decision on Marsinah not final JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Justice Oetojo Oesman said yesterday that the East Java high court's decision to free businessman Judi Susanto, the main suspect in the murder case of labor activist Marsinah, was not final. "The prosecutors may appeal to the Supreme Court if they feel that the high court's decision to release Judi from all charges was unacceptable," Oetojo told reporters after meeting with President Soeharto.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
New NU board excludes rival of Abdurrahman
New NU board excludes rival of Abdurrahman JAKARTA (JP): Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) selected members to the new board of executives, though conspicuously absent from the lineup was Abu Hasan, the strongest contender during the Moslem's organization's recent chairmanship election. Abu, who reportedly enjoyed the government's endorsement in the recent race for NU's top spot, did not get any NU leadership seat, despite calls from various quarters to Abdurrahman that he "embrace" his opponents.
Wed, 14 Dec 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.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
Troops kill Aceh rebel
Troops kill Aceh rebel BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Troops were engaged in a shootout with a group of separatist rebels in Tangse district, Pidie, on Sunday night, killing one of them. Chief of the Liliwangsa Military Command Col. Djoko Subroto, who oversees security in the Pidie regency, identified the man as Harun Abu Bakar, 30, from Tiro, 135 kilometers east of here. He said the troops seized a rifle and 75 bullets from the rebels after the 30-minute encounter.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
The need to go the extra mile
The need to go the extra mile Three bullets did the job. The death of the man who held hostage the daughter of his former boss, put an end to the eleven-hour drama in Kebon Jeruk, West Jakarta, on Dec. 8, 1994. Many praised the highly efficient and effective action taken by the three special police officers who fired the shots. The frightened hostage was freed alive, though she had been wounded by her abductor.
Wed, 14 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB
British Gas eyes RP
British Gas eyes RP MANILA (AFP): British Gas plc conducted talks with four local oil firms for possible oil and gas exploration activities in the Philippines, the Energy Department said yesterday. Officials of the British firm met with executives of state- owned Philippine National Oil Co., South China Petroleum, Petrofields Corp. and Cophil Corp., Energy Undersecretary Rufino Bomasang told reporters.