Archive: 7 April 1994
37 articles found
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Bureaucratic inefficiency hampers growth of mining industry
Bureaucratic inefficiency hampers growth of mining industry JAKARTA (JP): A leading businessman believes that the extensive bureaucracy at the mining and energy offices is responsible for the reluctance of project financiers to back mine construction.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Angry mob attacks government office
Angry mob attacks government officeTANGERANG (JP): Dozens of local public transit drivers destroyed the offices of the Tangerang Revenue Office in front of the Karawaci-Kebon Jeruk exit tollgate on Jl. Karawaci Raya here yesterday morning.All six of the on-duty officers managed to escape unharmed.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Non-oil exports fall for the first time
Non-oil exports fall for the first time JAKARTA (JP): For the first time in ten years Indonesia's non- oil exports have declined, raising concerns in a cabinet meeting on economy at the Bina Graha presidential office here yesterday.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Where to go in Jakarta, April 7
Where to go in Jakarta, April 7Jangan hapus: Dai-ichi Hotel, JAMZ Musico 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.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Garuda Indonesia recruits 19 Timorese technicians
Garuda Indonesia recruits 19 Timorese technicians BANDUNG (JP): Flag carrier Garuda Indonesia yesterday recruited 19 East Timorese who have just completed a one-year training course on aircraft maintenance with the Air Force.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
RI's changing demographics: pros and cons
RI's changing demographics: pros and cons JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has undergone sweeping demographic changes over the past 25 years thanks to its highly successful family planning program, population experts say.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Jakarta gets
Jakarta gets 250 more taxis The city-owned Greater Jakarta Taxi Drivers Cooperative, Kosti Jaya, has added 250 new taxis and 100 refurbished ones into its fleet, making the total number of its operating vehicles 1,250.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Indonesian spinners cannot use U.S. credit guarantee
Indonesian spinners cannot use U.S. credit guarantee JAKARTA (JP): Although the United States is looking to maintain and increase in its cotton sales to Indonesia with assistance to local yarn producers, government regulations bar spinning firms to use the aid.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
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Photo JP/alxINVESTMENT SECURITY: Dutch Foreign Minister P.H. Kooijmans (left) whispers to his Indonesian counterpart Ali Alatas after signing an agreement on promotion and protection of investments. The agreement was signed in Jakarta yesterday.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
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B JP/09 THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD: Atika Shahab and her children stare at their war-zone-like neighborhood after the area's developer, PT Kuningan Persada, appropriated most of the plots belonging to their neighbors. The company has started to build a high-rise tower on Jl.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
ASEAN At A Glance
ASEAN At A GlanceBetter protection for rebels urged MANILA (AFP): Philippine President Fidel Ramos told the police yesterday to provide better protection to former communist guerrillas following the assassination of a former top rebel leader who had surrendered.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
RI pushes new category for UNSC membership
RI pushes new category for UNSC membership JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is pushing for a new category in the United Nations Security Council to redress what they see as the overriding power of the five permanent members.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Rescue the farmers!
Rescue the farmers! Indonesian farmers, especially those in the East, Central and West Java, have been facing disasters such as floods and plant diseases which destroy their crops. More than 40,000 hectares of crops have failed.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Jakarta rivers
Jakarta rivers not properly cleaned Yesterday, Jakarta mayors complained about the poor job private contractors were doing in cleaning the city's rivers.North Jakarta mayor Suprawito complained that contractors only submerge floating garbage instead of removing it from the rivers.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Telkom to get $400 million in loans from WB
Telkom to get $400 million in loans from WB JAKARTA (JP): The World Bank will extend loans of US$400 million to the state-owned domestic telecommunications company PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) next year, an executive says.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Public Housing Akbar Tandjung said
JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Public Housing Akbar Tandjung said yesterday that the property business here is quite promising since Jakarta residents prefer to buy houses in real estate complexes rather than build houses of their own.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
All teams arrive for soccer c'ship
All teams arrive for soccer c'ship JAKARTA (JP): All seven visiting teams have arrived for the intercity amateur soccer championship finals, which kick off tomorrow, while a flux of fanatic supporters are not far behind.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Post-Cold War nuclear proliferation
Post-Cold War nuclear proliferation By Marty Natalegawa Jakarta (JP): The continuing uncertainty over North Korea's suspected nuclear program has shown how unfounded were the hopes that the end of the Cold War would reduce the world's preoccupation with nuclear issues.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Time ripe for NU to return to politics: Scholar
Time ripe for NU to return to politics: Scholar JAKARTA (JP): A political observer feels that the time is right for Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia's largest Moslem organization, to return to the political arena which it abandoned 10 years ago.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
New York private eyes hunt Tansil's wealth
New York private eyes hunt Tansil's wealth JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad confirmed yesterday that he had hired the services of an American detective agency to hunt some of the assets belonging to Eddy Tansil, the man at the center of a $620 million corruption investigation.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Across the Archipelago
Across the ArchipelagoBalinese celebrate Galungan Day DENPASAR, Bali: Indonesia's Hindu community, especially those living in Bali, celebrated Galungan, marking the victory of good over evil, yesterday.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Your Letters
Your Letters Tourist industry I would like to bring your attention to the prevailing economic situation in Indonesia and how we can all help to improve it.Tourism, as we all know, is quite an important industry in Indonesia.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
JAKARTA (JP): The city police strongly denied yesterday
JAKARTA (JP): The city police strongly denied yesterday reports that the Metromini driver whose bus plunged into the Sunter river in North Jakarta on March 6 had been arrested."The man arrested in Dairi, North Sumatra, was not the wanted driver," Lt. Col. A.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
VISITING POLISH ABSTRACT PAINTER CAPTIVATED BY MODERN INDONESIA
VISITING POLISH ABSTRACT PAINTER CAPTIVATED BY MODERN INDONESIABy Hanka Kawecka-Lee [10pt ML] JAKARTA (JP): The Polish painter Jozef Kulesza says he is enchanted by Indonesia and flabbergasted by the progress it has made in the past 40 years.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
JAKARTA (JP): Prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX)
JAKARTA (JP): Prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) continued to plummet yesterday despite a sign of recovery on other Asian markets.The broad-based Composite Index lost another seven points to close at 473.96, the lowest level since October last year.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
KOTA IN JAKARTA, A LEGACY WORTH PRESERVING
KOTA IN JAKARTA, A LEGACY WORTH PRESERVINGBy Carla Bianpoen [10pt ML] JAKARTA (JP): While the city of Jakarta is rapidly becoming a giant metropolis, and the development of the city is requiring more space to provide social, economic and cultural facilities, there is a growing awareness that...
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Australian business reap rewards of early start in Vietnam
Australian business reap rewards of early start in Vietnam By Robert Templer HANOI (AFP): Alone in the dusty scrubland of an abandoned U.S. airbase in southern Vietnam stands a small symbol of Australia's march into Asia -- a factory producing the painted steel roofing that covers a million...
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Minister holds up recommendation for Djajanti's share issue
Minister holds up recommendation for Djajanti's share issue JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry Djamaloedin Soeryohadikoesumo will not recommend a share issue for PT Artika Optima Inti (AOI) unless the Djajanti Group's wood panel manufacturer is able to fulfill its forest concession obligations in...
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Warning on Indonesian debts
Warning on Indonesian debts Coordinating Minister for Economy and Finance Saleh Afiff's warning on Indonesia's foreign debts which have reached a total of US$90 billion is quite encouraging. That note of caution leaves us assured that the government is fully aware of the potential danger of...
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Abebe won't promise world record at 10K race
Abebe won't promise world record at 10K race JAKARTA (JP): The world best road racer Addis Abebe of Ethiopia promised no new record for his title defense attempt at the 10-kilometer run here on Sunday.Abebe, who yesterday started his training session less than nine hours after his arrival on...
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Accounting standard introduced for forest management
Accounting standard introduced for forest management JAKARTA (JP): The draft of an accounting standard specially designed for forest concessionaires has been introduced to businessmen to supplement the general principles of accounting which have been applied by the Association of Indonesian...
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Import tariffs restructured
Import tariffs restructured JAKARTA (JP): The government has fully adjusted the classification of import goods into the new version of the Harmonized System Convention.The Ministry of Finance announced yesterday that the adjustment on the classification of import goods was made in line with the...
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Harmoko must work hard for clean government: Politicians
Harmoko must work hard for clean government: Politicians By Santi WE Soekanto JAKARTA (JP): Golkar chairman Harmoko may have set himself too ambitious a task when he pledged that the ruling political group will fight for clean government.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Tanjung rules out conspiracy behing general's murder
Tanjung rules out conspiracy behing general's murder JAKARTA (JP): Armed Forces (ABRI) Commander Gen. Feisal Tanjung insisted yesterday that there is no evidence of a conspiracy behind the killing of Brig. Gen. TMF Tampubolon.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
Jakarta's preservation efforts enter 21st year
Jakarta's preservation efforts enter 21st year By Amir Sidharta [10 pts ML] JAKARTA (JP): Twenty years have passed since restoration work on Taman Fatahilah and the Jakarta History Museum was completed.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of families remain living in and
JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of families remain living in and defending their war-zone-like neighborhood in Guntur sub- district, South Jakarta, amid escalating tension between the residents and the area's developer, PT Kuningan Persada.In a bid to construct the 24-hectare Empire Tower on Jl.
Thu, 07 Apr 1994
TV Today: Thursday, April 7
TV Today: Thursday, April 7TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Tarzan 3:05 Children Program 3:30 TV Series: The Sword of Tipu Sultan 4:30 Scouts' Program 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Arabic Lessons 6:05 Nusantara the Beloved Country: Bengkulu 6:15 Village Program 6:25 Koran Recital 6:35 Religious...