Archive: 15 April 1994
35 articles found
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
Bus stations to take action against unsafe buses
Bus stations to take action against unsafe buses JAKARTA (JP): All city bus terminals have been authorized to fine unsafe buses and unlicensed bus drivers. "I have asked the heads of all Jakarta terminals to immediately ticket every bus they find guilty of not fulfilling the prescribed regulations," said J.P. Sepang, the head of the City Land Transportation and Traffic Control Office, at the City Council yesterday.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
Tourists face a Bali bereft of the Hyatt
Tourists face a Bali bereft of the Hyatt JAKARTA (JP): Fierce competition in the hotel industry on the holiday island of Bali is forcing the Bali Hyatt to launch a large-scale renovation in an attempt to hold on to its market share. The five-star hotel at Sanur Beach, is changing one of its three buildings to conform to a more Balinese style. The hotel's marketing and communications officer, Ayun Sundari, told The Jakarta Post yesterday that the Hyatt will be shut down for eight-months.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
Bangun Cipta Group starts constructing Semanggi Tower House
Bangun Cipta Group starts constructing Semanggi Tower House JAKARTA (JP): PT Arthaguna Saranapratama, a subsidiary of the Bangun Cipta Group, will start the construction of Semanggi Tower House on April 20, according to the company's president. The apartments are intended for middle income tenants.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
Alatas tells U.S. aid and rights just don't mix
Alatas tells U.S. aid and rights just don't mix NEW YORK (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas warned the United States against attaching political strings to its foreign aid programs yesterday, suggesting that doing so could make the problem worse.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
Photo
Photo JP/alx QUICK RECOVERY: Reporters, who have been curious about developments in the Bapindo credit scam, 'attack' the chairman of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), J.B. Sumarlin (left), who made his first appearance in three weeks yesterday. He announced at Bina Graha Presidential Office that he had been in Kyrgyzstan, not ill as speculated by many. He was accompanied by Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono (right).
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
Sumarlin 'appears' again
Sumarlin 'appears' again JAKARTA (JP): Former finance minister J.B. Sumarlin denied yesterday that his three week absence from the country had anything to do with the ongoing official investigation of the blossoming Rp 1.3 trillion ($620 million) bank scandal. Sumarlin said he was in Kyrgyzstan on an assignment from the World Bank to help with the economic reformation in the former Soviet republic.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
Medan workers take to the streets
Medan workers take to the streets MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): Some 11,000 workers marched to the Governor's Office yesterday in a protest demanding an official investigation to the death of one of their colleagues last month. One estimate put the number of demonstrators at 11,000 but the Antara news agency put the number of demonstrators at nearly 20,000. They were made up of workers from 24 different factories in Medan and Deli Serdang.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
Australians set example
Australians set example At first glance it might seem that there is nothing exceptional about the 10 Australian high school students now visiting this country. However, their ability to speak Bahasa Indonesia not only fluently, but also flawlessly, makes them special. These young people have studied our language in Perth, Western Australia, with an intensity that few Indonesians would exhibit in the learning of their native tongue.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
More welcome army's war on crime
More welcome army's war on crime JAKARTA (JP): The army-sponsored Operation Cleansing, which was designed to combat crimes in the Jakarta area, gained wider supports from the police and the public yesterday. In the latest development, Maj. Gen. Mochammad Hindarto, chief of the city police, said he appreciated Brig. Gen. Agum Gumelar, commander of the elite red beret Kopassus corp's offer to unleash his men on the city's criminal element.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
High-rise buildings to prepare for fire safety
High-rise buildings to prepare for fire safety JAKARTA (JP): Newly built high-rise buildings should be equipped with their own fire safety systems because the city's fire departments have limited capabilities due to lack of equipment and personnel, a city official warned yesterday. "Most ladders installed on the fire engines have a maximum reach of 40.9 meters, or the height of an eight-story building. "So, you can imagine what would happen if a fire broke out in a taller building," H.P.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
JP/10/PSSI
JP/10/PSSI By Dwiatmanta JAKARTA (JP): The country's most frenzied footballing extravaganza is going to get even wilder when Western division teams are pitted against their Eastside rivals in today's semifinals, with Bandung and Surabaya set for a renewed arch rivalry in Sunday's grand final. Bandung, which is favored to win the intercity amateur soccer supremacy, took a commanding lead after Group K preliminary round matches.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
Asia still under-represented in Paris documentary festivals
Asia still under-represented in Paris documentary festivals By Kunang Helmi-Picard [10 pts ML] PARIS, France (JP): At the recent Academy Awards in the United States, the Oscar for the best feature documentary was awarded to I am a Promise by Susan and Alan Raymond.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
JP/2/across
JP/2/across Across the Archipelago Acting regents to be appointed DILI, East Timor: Governor Abilio Jose Osorio Soares will replace nine regents in the province on Saturday. The outgoing officials are Armindo Soares Mariano (Dili), Gaspar Sarmento (Liquisa), Col.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Jakarta, April 14
Where to go in Jakarta, April 14 Jangan hapus: Dai-ichi Hotel, JAMZ Music o The Aryaduta Jakarta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambassador Lounge: Amir (pianist) Monday to Friday 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.; Boece (pianist) & Rima Monday to Thursday 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., Friday & Saturday 7 p.m. to 00:30 a.m.; Jakarta String Fantasy Trio (chamber music) Sunday 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday to Saturday 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Yusuf (pianist), Sunday 7 p.m.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
Focus on Jakarta
Focus on Jakarta Man shot for attempting theft Police yesterday shot a 19-year-old man as he attempted to steal a sedan next to a movie theater on Jl. Pramuka in East Jakarta. During the questioning at the City Police Headquarters, the suspect, identified only as Har, said he had originally intended to steal a tape recorder from a white sedan parked near the Tawang movie theater. However, when he saw the keys were still inside "I decided to steal the car," Har said.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
Another delegation of Koja residents visit DPRD
Another delegation of Koja residents visit DPRD JAKARTA (JP): A delegation which claimed to represent over 500 families of North Koja residents in North Jakarta told the City Council they are willing to receive lower compensation for their plots. The undertaking has been viewed as a move to reduce the land compensation demanded by another group of residents, which visited the City Council last month asking for Rp 2.27 million per square meter. Y.E.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
Indonesia to launch massive haj operation today
Indonesia to launch massive haj operation today JAKARTA (JP): Four wide-bodied jets will leave almost simultaneously from Jakarta, Medan, Surabaya and Ujungpandang this morning, marking the start of the massive operation to send more than 157,000 people for the haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. They will all be flown eventually in 360 different flights between today and May 14.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
Cop killer gets 16 years
Cop killer gets 16 years JAKARTA (JP): A 23-year-old student of the Jakarta-based Jayabaya University was sentenced to 16 years in jail yesterday by the East Jakarta district court for his role in the brutal murder of Police Sgt. Bambang Sumarno. "Evidence and witnesses proved conclusively that defendant Iman Alamin took part in the murder and later kept the victim's gun as well as its ammunition," presiding judge I Gede Ketut Sukarata said while reading his verdict.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
Nashar's show must go on despite his death
Nashar's show must go on despite his death JAKARTA(JP): The planning of a retrospective exhibition of the works of noted painter Nashar, which began in January, continues in the wake of his death at the age of 65 on Wednesday. Mara Karma, chairman of the Fine Arts Committee of The Jakarta Arts Council, said yesterday that there will be further meetings of the committee before a final decision is made.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
Firms involved in bad debts get special audit
Firms involved in bad debts get special audit JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia Governor J. Soedradjad Djiwandono said here yesterday that the central bank has carried out a special audit on a number of companies laden with bad debts. "The special audit has been undertaken as part of the central bank's integrated measures to deal with non-performing loans in both state and private banks," Soedradjad said at a business luncheon organized by the Financial Club.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
Questioning of Primadosa writer begins
Questioning of Primadosa writer begins JAKARTA (JP): Police are interrogating the author of the banned Prima Dosa (Prime Sin), who is facing charges of defaming President Soeharto. The questioning, led by head of the investigation crime unit for general affairs, Maj. Hari Pribadi, began at 10 a.m. and ended at 12 a.m. on Wednesday at the City Police Headquarters. "Today, they only questioned me about the history of my life," author Wimanjaya K. Liotohe, 60, told reporters.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
JAKARTA (JP): Trading on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX)
JAKARTA (JP): Trading on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) continued gaining ground yesterday with share prices mostly strengthening in active trading. The broad-based Composite Index rose another 4.9 points to close at 467.28 from 462.36 on Wednesday. The index, the market's main price barometer, recorded an increase for the first time in more than six weeks on Wednesday. The narrower-based GTDBS-50 Index also strengthened to close at 110.64 from 109.16.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
Expert advisor for capital market development hired
Expert advisor for capital market development hired JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad yesterday named Dahlan M. Sutalaksana, chief of the central bank's money and capital market department, as his expert advisor in charge of capital market development. Mar'ie also appointed Darsjah as the new director general for the state budget, to replace Benyamin Parwoto. Darsjah was formerly director of the routine government budget.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
Government plans series of seminars on labor
Government plans series of seminars on labor JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Manpower will organize a series of seminars beginning next month to make a thorough review of the labor conditions in the country and to recommend plans of action. Baroto Sardadi, the ministry's secretary general, told reporters that the first seminar will kick off on May 3 and will be officially opened by President Soeharto at the State Palace.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
JP/3/Hooliga
JP/3/Hooliga Nine unruly fans sent to the cooler JAKARTA (JP): The police arrested nine rowdy soccer fans for hooliganism during the amateur championships at the Senayan stadium on Wednesday. Lt. Col. Latief Rabar said yesterday the nine were apprehended at separate occasions as Persebaya played PSMS and Persegres played Persija in tension filled matches to put the teams through to the semifinals.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
Officer testifies students insulted Soeharto
Officer testifies students insulted Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): A police officer testified in a defamation trial yesterday that the poems read by students during a protest against the government last December contained strong words which attacked the President's integrity. Made Kamaraman, an officer at the Central Jakarta police precinct, identified four defendants, Yeni Rosa Damayanti, Adi Kurniawan, Masduki and Hendrik Dikson Sirait, as the students who took turns reading the poems during the Dec.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
Business alliance definitely workable in Indonesia
Business alliance definitely workable in Indonesia By Bob Widyahartono JAKARTA (JP): Business alliance is emerging as a new strategy to meet diversifying markets and a changing environment. The concept underlying business alliance in Japan was introduced by Yoshiya Teramoto, a professor at University of Tsukuba, who defined it as "economy of scope".
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
ASEAN At A Glance
ASEAN At A Glance Malaysia deports RI immigrants KUALA LUMPUR (UPI): Malaysia deported 105 Indonesian immigrants from the northern resort island of Penang, immigration officials said yesterday. Immigration Director Tasnim Othman said the Indonesians, who were traveling from Penang in three tour buses, entered Malaysia on social visit passes to seek employment.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
Power projects still in limbo
Power projects still in limbo JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Mines and Energy I.B. Sudjana yesterday declined to explain the fate of the State Electricity Company's (PLN) three major power projects in Java, which have been in limbo for almost a year. "We are still negotiating with all the contractors involved," Sudjana told newsmen after meeting President Soeharto at the Bina Graha office here yesterday. "The negotiations are being handled by PLN's special team," the minister said.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
Police block feminists' attempt to picket Malaysian king
Police block feminists' attempt to picket Malaysian king MANILA (AFP): Riot police foiled an attempt by a leftist feminist group to picket against the visiting Malaysian king over his country's arrests of Filippinas, when he arrived in the Philippines yesterday for a three-day visit.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
JP/3/BASUKI/0
JP/3/BASUKI/0 Defense calls for dismissal of all charges in Basuki trial JAKARTA (JP): The defense for Amiruddin (nicknamed Nanda), charged with robbing and killing the painter Basuki Abdullah, on Wednesday asked the South Jakarta district court to acquit the defendant, saying the prosecution's case is empty. The prosecutor Sadjidi has demanded a sentence of 20 years in prison for a man he has described as a calculating criminal.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
Social injustice threatens unity
Social injustice threatens unity ________________________________________________________________ The followings are excerpts from a paper presented at a seminar organized by the Driyarkara School of Philosophy recently in connection with its 25th anniversary. This is the first of a two-part article. _________________________________________________________________ By Franz Magnis-Suseno JAKARTA: We have to realize that the seemingly impressive national unity is not impervious to disintegration.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
JP/2/across
JP/2/across Across the Archipelago Acting regents to be appointed DILI, East Timor: Governor Abilio Jose Osorio Soares will replace nine regents in the province on Saturday. The outgoing officials are Armindo Soares Mariano (Dili), Gaspar Sarmento (Liquisa), Col.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
2 col 14 pt. excel bold italic
2 col 14 pt. excel bold italic ________________________________________________________________ The concept of regional autonomy, which should have served as one of the underpinnings of national unity, has been subject to narrow-minded suspicions. ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ In regions where primordialism prevails, nationalism must fade.
Fri, 15 Apr 1994, 00:00 WIB
Hospitals caught in social duty vs profit dilemma
Hospitals caught in social duty vs profit dilemma By Santi WE Soekanto JAKARTA (JP): Nurganti Bangun, a young mother in Medan, North Sumatra, left her newborn son at a maternity clinic because she could not pay the bills. As she promised the clinic manager, she would pick the baby up as soon as she had Rp 25,000 ($59). In spite of her weak condition, Nurganti went to work in the field right away, planting cassava alone because her husband had previously left her.