Archive: 29 April 1994
41 articles found
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
Seribu island teachers urged prompt delivery of rations
Seribu island teachers urged prompt delivery of rations JAKARTA (JP): Teachers in the Seribu Islands expressed their long repressed frustrations to city councilors yesterday, saying the rice ration was difficult to fetch from Muara Angke, North Jakarta because of constraints on transportation.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
Sons believe culprit in father's murder with him moments before
Sons believe culprit in father's murder with him moments before JAKARTA (JP): The children of the victim of a gangland-style slaying last week are convinced that their father's death was a carefully plotted operation.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
S & P's bad rating to further worsen local bank's image
S & P's bad rating to further worsen local bank's image JAKARTA (JP): Standard & Poor's bad rating of Indonesian banks will further damage the image of the country's banking system on the world money market.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
Students might face 10-15 months jail terms
Students might face 10-15 months jail terms JAKARTA (JP): Government prosecutors yesterday demanded jail terms ranging between 10 and 15 months for six students who are being tried for defaming President Soeharto.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
Malaysia to deport some 4,000 RI jobseekers
Malaysia to deport some 4,000 RI jobseekers JAKARTA (JP): Malaysia will begin deporting some 4,000 Indonesian jobseekers who have entered the country illegally, a senior Malaysian official said.However, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Dato Megat Junid stressed that the move would spare these...
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
Where to go in Jakarta, April 29
Where to go in Jakarta, April 29 (TOLONG DISET 8 pts)Jangan hapus: Dai-ichi Hotel, JAMZMusico 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.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
U.S. envoys raises questions during Medan visit
U.S. envoys raises questions during Medan visit MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): U.S. Ambassador Robert L. Barry, who was in Medan yesterday, had questions about the recent workers' riots, his hosts said.Barry met with the North Sumatra legislative assembly and the director of the Medan Legal Aid...
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
Minimum wage one of core labor problems
Minimum wage one of core labor problems By Fauzi Abdullah JAKARTA (JP): The article by Amir Santoso which appeared in the Insight column of this newspaper on April 25 may be interpreted, among other things, as a call for further reflection on a number of points in our labor policy.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
Threats do the trick as power prices come down
Threats do the trick as power prices come down JAKARTA (JP): Strong pressure from the Coordinating Minister for Economy and Finance Saleh Afiff may have finally persuaded three consortiums led by foreign power giants that it is better to bring down their prices then it is to lose their projects.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
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JP;MDS; ANPAa..i.. Vietnam-Indonesia 'No alternatives for boat people but to return to their countries' JP/1/Galang 'No alternatives for boat people but to return to their countries'JAKARTA (JP): The government reasserted yesterday its stand that all of the 9,000 Vietnamese and Cambodian boat...
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
Reuter HATA'S TEAM: New Japanese Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata (front) leads his new cabinet following a formal group portrait at the premier's official residence. The cabinet line-up announced yesterday includes new Foreign Minister Koji Kakizawa (extreme left).
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
The various roads to finding purpose in life
The various roads to finding purpose in lifeBy Mochtar Buchori JAKARTA (JP): "Life consists of trivialities," a friend said to me long time ago. "Making money, paying taxes, getting married, sending your children to school -- those are all trivial things. "Even having an affair is a trivial thing.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
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JP/3/IBUKOTA/set lead 2 lines, 10 cols,, crosshead 12 MBEthnic heterogeneity poses problems for the city JAKARTA (JP): Ethnic heterogeneity, spurred on by rural-to- urban migration, leaves the city with a particular problem in carrying out the Least Developed Village Development (IDT) Program.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
Share prices higher on Jakarta Stock Exchange
Share prices higher on Jakarta Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): Trading on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) was brighter yesterday with the broad-based Composite Index strengthening to 465.28 from 461.72 on Wednesday.The narrow-based GTDBS-50 Index also slightly increased to 108.45 from 107.64.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
JP/3/ADJAR
JP/3/ADJAR Police ticketed 9,200 motorists and impounded 320 vehicles JAKARTA (JP): City traffic police have ticketed about 9,200 motorists and impounded 320 vehicles for various traffic violations during their one-month operation which ended last week.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
Wardiman enlists Kadin for apprenticeship program
Wardiman enlists Kadin for apprenticeship program JAKARTA (JP): The government yesterday secured the participation of the powerful Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) in the high school industrial apprenticeship program to be launched in July.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
Workers are partners
Workers are partners of their companies President Soeharto appealed to workers to resist being easily incited by third parties in labor disputes and to insist on solving problems with management through negotiation.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
Western Armada sets up amphibious unit
Western Armada sets up amphibious unit JAKARTA (JP): The Navy's Western Armada inaugurated a new unit for amphibious operations in anticipation of new ships arriving from Germany to strengthen naval defense in Indonesia's western waters.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
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Heading: 28 Helvetica Bold Condensed, 2 lines, 2 cols, l/c Three suspected robbers shot deadJAKARTA (JP): Three suspected robbers were shot dead by police in the wee hours of the morning yesterday.They were identified as Ramin Rakujan, 29, a resident of Cengkareng, West Jakarta, Nurjudin Rahmani,...
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
Tarmizi counters critics, says he has right facts
Tarmizi counters critics, says he has right facts JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Religious Affairs Tarmizi Taher, who has come under fire for the way he is handling the haj pilgrimage problems, yesterday said he's got his facts right.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
Vietnam's boat people
Vietnam's boat people The pledge issued by visiting Vietnamese President Le Duc Anh the other day that his country will prepare for the return of the 8,000 Vietnamese boat people now in Indonesia, undoubtedly came as a final blow to them. Now their fate is sealed.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
JP/7 /harmoni/set 1 cols Box
JP/7 /harmoni/set 1 cols BoxMusician creates melody from aluminum, bamboo, trays SURAKARTA, Central Java (JP): Asep Saerul Haris, a graduate student of the Surakarta STSI music school, not only composed a piece for his degree, but also designed his own instruments with unique materials to produce...
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
Government and private sector build garbage compactor
Government and private sector build garbage compactor JAKARTA (JP): The City Sanitation Office is planning to enter into a 25-year build-operation-and-transfer (BOT) agreement with PT Intan Maru Mahkota (IMM) to build a garbage compactor.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
More variety of women's images needed in films
More variety of women's images needed in filmsBy Sita Aripurnami [10pt ML] JAKARTA (JP): "Get out if you can't pay me by tomorrow afternoon!" the landlady shouts at Gita, a young woman who then helplessly enters her room, undresses and cries on her bed.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
Bakrie to acquire two subsidiaries
Bakrie to acquire two subsidiaries JAKARTA (JP): Shareholders of PT Bakrie and Brothers (B&B), a conglomerate controlled by the Bakrie family, yesterday approved its plan to acquire PT Bakrie Investindo's (BI) shares in two sister companies -- PT Indocopper Investindo and PT Arutmin Indonesia at...
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
No smokers at
No smokers at Thomas, Uber cups finals JAKARTA (JP): More comfort is offered to players and spectators at the Thomas and Uber Cup world badminton team championships as the venue will be a no smoking area.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
The various roads to finding purpose in life
The various roads to finding purpose in lifeBy Mochtar Buchori JAKARTA (JP): "Life consists of trivialities," a friend said to me long time ago. "Making money, paying taxes, getting married, sending your children to school -- those are all trivial things. "Even having an affair is a trivial thing.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
Good Prospects for the Jakarta Symphony Orchestra
Good Prospects for the Jakarta Symphony Orchestra By Gus Kairupan [10 pts ML] JAKARTA (JP): Listeners heard some good and some bad at the first concert for 1994 given by the Jakarta Symphony Orchestra (JSO), led by Yudianto Hinupurwadi, at the Patra Jasa building, South Jakarta, on Wednesday.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
APEC not forum to achieve unilateral benefits
APEC not forum to achieve unilateral benefits JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia does not want the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) to become a forum through which certain countries can fulfill their ambitions of obtaining unilateral benefits after failing to achieve this at the recently concluded...
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
Kadin begins campaign to help indigenous businesses
Kadin begins campaign to help indigenous businesses JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has begun a campaign to lobby for support from the central bank, large conglomerates and the government to boost small businesses owned by indigenous entrepreneurs.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
Not enough monitoring being done to stop illegal logging
Not enough monitoring being done to stop illegal logging JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry Djamaloedin Soeryohadikoesoemo said yesterday that his ministry will keep a closer watch on the timber industry to prevent illegal cutting.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
More variety of women's images needed in films
More variety of women's images needed in filmsBy Sita Aripurnami [10pt ML] JAKARTA (JP): "Get out if you can't pay me by tomorrow afternoon!" the landlady shouts at Gita, a young woman who then helplessly enters her room, undresses and cries on her bed.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
Across the Archipelago
Across the Archipelago Batam workers start slow downs BATAM, Riau: More than 200 workers at PT Toyo Kanetsu Indonesia (TKI) have slowed down production since Tuesday while pressing their demands for improved remuneration.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
Govt to revise flight routes
Govt to revise flight routes JAKARTA (JP): The government will soon revise domestic airline routes to help reduce costs for passengers due to inefficient flight operations, an official said."The realignment of domestic routes has been completed, but we cannot announce the changes yet because we are...
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
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JP/3/Focus/0 set 12pts U75 1 col 2 lines Minangkabau dance show begins today The Cilay Dance Theater is scheduled to perform contemporary dances based on the Minangkabau, West Sumatra, tradition today and tomorrow at the Jakarta Arts Center in Central Jakarta.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
Govt will not neglect conglomerate: finance minister
Govt will not neglect conglomerate: finance minister JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad pledged here yesterday that the government will not ignore business conglomerates despite its increased emphasis on the development of small- and medium-scale companies.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
`Guilt and shame' culture needed for country's future
`Guilt and shame' culture needed for country's future JAKARTA (JP): A leading scholar says rampant corruption and other violations of the law are caused by a growing "culture of shamelessness".Dr. Toety Heraty Noerhadi, a professor of philosophy at the University of Indonesia, told a discussion on...
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
Sons believe culprit in father's murder with him moments before
Sons believe culprit in father's murder with him moments before JAKARTA (JP): The children of the victim of a gangland-style slaying last week are convinced that their father's death was a carefully plotted operation.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
JP/10/tennis
JP/10/tennis Yayuk wards off a shocker at Indonesia Open JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian third seed Yayuk Basuki frightened the home crowd but managed to overcome in a more than three hour thriller against Kristin Godridge of Australia 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (7- 0), 6-4 and secure a quarterfinal berth at the...
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
JP/3/POLLUTE
JP/3/POLLUTE Workers protest while their boss faces trial JAKARTA (JP): More than 200 employees of the PT Menara Djaja bike factory staged a strike yesterday to demand more benefits while their employer was being tried at the East Jakarta district court on water pollution charges.
Fri, 29 Apr 1994
Pelni to procure new ships
Pelni to procure new ships JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned shipping firm PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia (Pelni) will increase the number of its passenger vessels from 13 to 24 within the next four years, says Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto.