Archive: 29 December 1994
46 articles found
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
$1b needed to build subway from Blok M to Kota area
$1b needed to build subway from Blok M to Kota area JAKARTA (JP): State Minister for Research and Technology B.J. Habibie said yesterday that building a subway, linking Blok M in South Jakarta and Kota (downtown) in West Jakarta, will need an investment of about US$1 billion.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Arts and politics do mix after all -- at a price
Arts and politics do mix after all -- at a priceBy Franki Raden JAKARTA (JP): In this era of the "New Order", the world of arts has mostly distanced itself from the commotion of politics. It has remained on the sidelines, whereas in the "Old Order", the arts were central to the public's daily life.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Eleven city-owned firm to be privatized
Eleven city-owned firm to be privatized JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will gradually privatize 11 city-owned companies in their effort to increase productivity and regional revenues.Deputy Governor for Economic Affairs Tb. M.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Ambon rocked by earthquake
Ambon rocked by earthquake AMBON, Maluku: An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale shook Ambon yesterday, but there were no reports of casualties or structural damage, the Antara news agency reported.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Training center for disabled
Training center for disabled JAKARTA (JP): The office of the Social Affairs Minister plans to build a national vocational training center for the disabled in Cibinong, Bogor, an official said.Director General of Social Rehabilitation Sudilo Supeno said the construction of the project, to be built...
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
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.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Unsolved cases question of bad luck: Police
Unsolved cases question of bad luck: Police JAKARTA (JP): Denying harsh criticism from the public, a high ranking police official claimed yesterday that luck was the chief factor behind a number of unsolved criminal cases.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Wide World of Kids 3:05 Children's Program 3:30 TV Series: Emergency Call 4:30 Children's Stories 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Arabic Lessons 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:25 Koran Recital 6:35 Religious Teachings: Islam 7:00 Evening News...
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Legislator sought witch doctor's help
Legislator sought witch doctor's help KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): A court was told how a Malaysian politician sought out the witch doctors accused of murdering him to oust rivals blocking his ministerial ambitions, reports said yesterday.Mazlan Idris, a 49-year old U.S.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Govt announces changes in capital market tax system
Govt announces changes in capital market tax system JAKARTA (JP): The tax collection on stock trading activities will be replaced with a single rate of 0.1 percent of the gross transaction value beginning next year.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Govt decedies to revamp student regiments
Govt decedies to revamp student regiments JAKARTA (JP): Despite growing unpopularity and public debate over university student regiments (Menwa), the government has decided to maintain their existence by redefining their role and function through a joint ministerial decree.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Jakarta host to prominent international musicians ...
Jakarta host to prominent international musicians ...By Rita A. Widiadana JAKARTA (JP): As far as music goes, it seems Jakarta will one day become as cosmopolitan as any other bustling metropolis anywhere in the world.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): Share prices rose slightly on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) yesterday in moderate trading after losing ground for two consecutive days due to the Christmas holiday mood.The broad-based JSX Composite Index closed 3.49 points higher at 469.64 yesterday from 466.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Administration to maintain current policy next year
Administration to maintain current policy next year JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirja has confirmed that next year the municipal administration will continue its efforts to enforce regulations in the city's development process.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Notorious panderer meets 'competitor' at courthouse
Notorious panderer meets 'competitor' at courthouse JAKARTA (JP): Hartono Setyawan, a notorious high-class panderer, met an alleged "competitor", Yuni Saputra, who came to testify at the trial of a man alleged to have sold his wife to Hartono and Yuni.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
JSX expects bullish growth next year
JSX expects bullish growth next year JAKARTA (JP): Better economic growth, share-price correction and some monumental changes in trading and policies will push the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) to bullish levels in 1995, the president of the exchange says.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
... as Indonesian music labors to survive in l994
... as Indonesian music labors to survive in l994 JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian musicians painstakingly tried to reestablish themselves in order to cope with the deluge of visiting foreign artists who dominated the stages this year in Jakarta.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Are cinemas ready to amuse holiday revelers?
Are cinemas ready to amuse holiday revelers?By Marselli Sumarno JAKARTA (JP): Do you want to spend your New Year's Eve in a movie theater? Don't worry. As in previous years, Jakarta cinemas will screen double features.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Housing complex
Housing complexFrom NeracaI am concerned with the social problems prevailing in our community. I deplore the Lebak Regent's policy of giving permission to a developer to construct a housing complex in the Rangkasbitung district, Lebak Regency, West Java, because the complex is built on productive...
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Yogie, Feisal keep hands off PDI's affairs
Yogie, Feisal keep hands off PDI's affairs JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Home Affairs Moch. Yogie S.M. and Armed Forces Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung yesterday kept out of the affairs of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) following a military statement that one of its leaders may have a past communist...
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Justice is but an old man's hoe
Justice is but an old man's hoeBy Prapti Widinugraheni JAKARTA (JP): They say justice is blind. It discriminates against nobody, be they rich or poor. It always sides with the good guys and punishes the bad guys.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
George ignores police summons
George ignores police summons SALATIGA, Central Java: Outspoken scholar George Junus Aditjondro has ignored a summons from the Yogyakarta police for the third time.He is wanted for questioning about statements attacking the government he allegedly made at a seminar early this year.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Six years for killing soldier
Six years for killing soldier BANDARLAMPUNG: An ex-convict was sentenced to six years and six months imprisonment by the local district court for murdering a member of the Armed Forces.The Tanjungkarang District Court found M.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Students' morals
Students' moralsFrom KompasI have learned what high school students from schools in Salemba Raya, Kramat Raya and Matraman in Jakarta are subjected to on their way home from school.After the school day is over irresponsible people offer narcotic-flavored cigarettes to the students.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
New Year's Eve supervision
New Year's Eve supervision JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta mayoralty will deploy 120 officers to supervise entertainment activities at 48 amusement centers, mostly in Blok M, Mayestik and Kebayoran Lama, on New Year's Eve.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
One missing in sea accident
One missing in sea accident JAMBI: A sailor went missing when a motor boat capsized in heavy seas in Berhala Strait.Jambi harbor master, Zulretmika, said the accident occurred on Friday about 15 miles from Nipah Panjang beach in Tanjung Jabung district, Antara reported.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
LBH avails itself to Kedung Ombo villagers
LBH avails itself to Kedung Ombo villagers JAKARTA (JP): The Legal Aid Institute office in Semarang is offering its services to 34 Kedung Ombo villagers in Central Java who were recently defeated in a battle in the supreme court over land disputes with the government.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Holiday
Holiday In observance of Prophet Muhammad's birthday, The Jakarta Post will not appear on Friday. The Post will appear again on Saturday. -- Publisher
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Verdicts show court integrity: Expert
Verdicts show court integrity: Expert SEMARANG, Central Java (JP): The integrity of the courts of law is determined to a large extend by the verdicts they produce, noted law expert Satjipto Rahardjo said.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
France, RI sign aid deal
France, RI sign aid deal PARIS (AFP): France and Indonesia have signed a financial protocol calling for France to grant 761.5 million francs (US$140 million) worth of financing for various projects, the French Economics Ministry said.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
China's Li Peng winds up visit to Myanmar
China's Li Peng winds up visit to Myanmar YANGON (AFP): Chinese Premier Li Peng ended his first visit here yesterday with praise for Myanmar's efforts at "national reconciliation" and a rejection of claims that Beijing wants to expand its influence in the region.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
AIDS poster winner
AIDS poster winner JAKARTA (JP): M. Yayat Afianto, a student of SMAN 34 senior high school, has been chosen as one of the winners of the international AIDS poster competition held in Japan.The competition entitled "Third Kanagawa AIDS Poster Contest" was held in conjunction with the commemoration...
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Japan makes noodles in RI
Japan makes noodles in RI TOKYO (AFP): Japan's Myojo Foods Co. Ltd. plans to start producing instant noodles at its joint venture with Indonesia's Salim group in March, aiming for 20 percent of the local market, a spokesman said yesterday.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Number of workers' strikes soared in 1994
Number of workers' strikes soared in 1994 JAKARTA (JP): All was not well on the labor front in Indonesia, at least not in 1994.The All Indonesian Workers Association said yesterday that the year saw a total of 1,130 workers' strike, an increase of 350 percent over 1993, which recorded only 312...
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Austere budget signaled
Austere budget signaled JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto, signaling an austere 1995-96 state budget, instructed all ministers and senior officials yesterday to increase efficiency, generate more revenues and intensify supervision next year.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
More public transport needed
More public transport neededFrom NeracaA new road stretches from Jl. Sultan Agung (Manggarai) to Jl. HR Rasuna Said, passing through the road below the Dukuh Atas bridge, and leads to Karet cemetery in Pejompongan.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Labeling of wood required
Labeling of wood required JAKARTA (JP): The city administration has issued Gubernatorial Decree No. 1624/1994 requiring lumber sellers label the wood they sell.Soenaryo, head of the city's forestry office, yesterday said that the decree requires the labels identify the type of wood.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Sabah chief vows to bring changes
Sabah chief vows to bring changes KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Sabah's newly appointed chief minister, Mohamed Salleh Said, yesterday pledged to rid Malaysia's north Borneo state of its money-and-timber politics image, and to get the economy moving.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Manila's debt to hit $37b
Manila's debt to hit $37b MANILA (AFP): The Philippines' foreign debt is projected to increase by 10.5 percent on a year earlier to US$37.9 billion by the end of 1994, but the debt service ratio and its proportion to gross national product (GNP) were down, the Central Bank said yesterday.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
New subscription rate
New subscription rate Due to increases in the price of newsprint and in production costs, The Jakarta Post has increased its monthly subscription rate to Rp 18,000 as of January 2, 1995.The new unregistered mailing rate has gone up from Rp 48,000 to Rp 54,000 for a three-month subscription.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
NU rival board non-existent: Abdurrahman
NU rival board non-existent: Abdurrahman JAKARTA (JP): Abdurrahman Wahid, chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), cold-shouldered attempts to unseat him, saying that as far as he's concerned there's no such thing as "rival board".
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Soldiers told to maintain discipline
Soldiers told to maintain discipline JAKARTA (JP): Without a high degree of discipline, integrity and loyalty, soldiers will end up becoming trigger-happy and harm the nation, the newly installed Jakarta military commander Maj. Gen. Wiranto said yesterday.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Medanese urged to sacrifice
Medanese urged to sacrifice MEDAN, North Sumatra: Medan Mayor Bahtiar Djafar urged residents in the sprawling city to be prepared to sacrifice for the sake of the city's development.The municipality cannot turn Medan into a metropolitan city if residents are making unreasonable compensation demands...
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
The choice ahead
The choice ahead As 1994 is coming to an end, the question being most widely asked is which is the proper option: to be a prosperous nation that is lacking in freedom, or to be free but lacking in welfare? An equally as pressing a query is whether it is possible for a developing country as...
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Police brace for inevitable rise in white-collar crime
Police brace for inevitable rise in white-collar crime JAKARTA (JP): What will the biggest challenge to the National Police be next year?Financial crimes, at least that was the response from National Police Chief Gen.
Thu, 29 Dec 1994
Government sets new phone charges
Government sets new phone charges JAKARTA (JP): The government announced yesterday reductions of up to 56 percent on long distance calls and the installation of new telephone lines, and a 10 percent rise in the rate for city calls as of Jan. 1.