Archive: 8 April 1994
38 articles found
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
IFC wants to underwrite PT Indosat share issues
IFC wants to underwrite PT Indosat share issues JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian government isn't ready to line up the contestants for the underwriting of PT Indosat's international share issue, but at least one foreign interest is lobbying hard to wrap up first place .
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Share prices fall further on JSX
Share prices fall further on JSX JAKARTA (JP): Share prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) continued drifting lower yesterday in line with the downward trend on other Asian markets.The broad-based Composite Index closed 5.98 points lower from 473.96 on Wednesday.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Big names missing from world's richest run
Big names missing from world's richest run JAKARTA (JP): China's great Ma's Army talents and Morocco Olympic gold medalist Khalid Skah have opted to miss the excitement of this Sunday's 10-kilometer road race, leaving defending champion Addis Abebe the lone star in the world's richest run.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Safety in the urban jungle
Safety in the urban jungle No matter how modern and luminous a large urban center like Jakarta becomes, there is no guarantee the public can achieve a safe and secure environment. If years ago, the citizens of the capital felt obliged to secure their homes before they went out, now they must be...
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Otter may be next in line for extinction
Otter may be next in line for extinction BOGOR, West Java (JP): Experts warn that otters, the fish eating mammals widely resented by fish breeders, may join the list of extinct animals soon unless steps are taken to protect them.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m Cartoon: I'm Telling 3:05 Science Film 3:30 Langka dan Unik 4:05 Student Quiz 4:30 TV Series: Ibn Taimiyah 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Management 6:05 Nusantara the Beloved Country: Lampung 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Patching 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Dinamika 8:05 Music Program 9:00...
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Transmigration program to put horse in front of cart
Transmigration program to put horse in front of cart JAKARTA (JP): The government's transmigration program will now concentrate on building facilities at resettlement sites in order to lure people to move.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Australia initiatives in peacekeeping timely for the region
Australia initiatives in peacekeeping timely for the regionBy A.K.P. Mochtan JAKARTA (JP): A regular contributor to United Nation peacekeeping and multinational forces, Australia is at a new height of activity in the field of peacekeeping.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Labor negotiation deadlocked
Labor negotiation deadlocked JAKARTA (JP): The six-month-old dispute between employees and management of the PT Duta Busana Danastri garment company was prolonged when the two sides failed to reach an agreement at yesterday's negotiating session.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Haj pilgrims gets easy, cheap calls
Haj pilgrims gets easy, cheap calls JAKARTA (JP): If you miss home, call. It's easy and cheap.That's the message from PT Indosat, the government-owned international telephone company, to the nearly 160,000 Indonesians who will begin leaving for the haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia next week.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Across the Archipelago
Across the ArchipelagoProtest at Bogor court BOGOR, West Java: Around twenty people from the Front for Indonesian Youth Action (FAPI) staged a demonstration yesterday outside the Bogor District Court which is trying activist Dedi Ekadibrata on charges of arson.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Returning Timorese must pledge allegiance to Pancasila
Returning Timorese must pledge allegiance to Pancasila BANDUNG, West Java (JP): Some East Timorese living in Portugal may be allowed to regain their Indonesian citizenship, on the condition that they pledge allegiance to the national ideology Pancasila, East Timor Governor Abilio Jose Osoriao...
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
New company founded to watch labor exporters
New company founded to watch labor exporters JAKARTA (JP): The government yesterday launched a new company, called PT Bina Jasa Karya (Bijak), which has the tasks to bring to order the business of sending Indonesian workers overseas and to ensure greater protection for them abroad.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Road contractors blame shoddy work on official corruption
Road contractors blame shoddy work on official corruption JAKARTA (JP): Private road contractors working for the city administration told The Jakarta Post yesterday they have to construct substandard roads because of three factors: Bribery, bad timing and theft.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Firm to produce telephone sets
Firm to produce telephone sets JAKARTA (JP): PT Gajah Tunggal National Electronics (GTNE), an export-oriented manufacturing company, will start producing one million telephones per year this year with a target of using up to 80 percent locally produced parts.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Inco will not exploit SE Sulawesi's nickel
Inco will not exploit SE Sulawesi's nickel JAKARTA (JP): PT International Nickel Corporation Indonesia (Inco), a major Canadian nickel company operating in South Sulawesi, will only exploit nickel deposits in Soroako, one of the company's mines in Sulawesi, as the other mines were declared not to...
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Police still questioning bus crash suspect
Police still questioning bus crash suspect JAKARTA (JP): North Sumatra police are still questioning a man they suspect of having been the driver of a minibus that crashed fatally in Jakarta last monthHornas Silitonga has been in detention at the Dairi police precinct in Dairi regency since his...
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Focus on Jakarta
Focus on JakartaThug nailed at local pub EP, alias Edy, who has allegedly been involved in a series of robberies in Jakarta and Ambon, was arrested by police at a Central Jakarta nightspot on Wednesday, police said yesterday."The man was arrested at the Green Pub, Jakarta Theater building, on Jl.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Investigation into genereal's murder ends
Investigation into genereal's murder ends JAKARTA (JP): Police announced yesterday that the investigation of the killing of Brig. Gen. TMF Tampubolon on Monday evening has been completed."We've no more words to comment on the case because all three main elements in our investigation, namely...
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Malaysia's SEAL Inc in a reverse takeover deal with Indonesian
Malaysia's SEAL Inc in a reverse takeover deal with Indonesian firm KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): SEAL Inc, a listed Malaysian timber firm, will be 58.4 percent held by Indonesian and foreign entities in a reverse takeover, officials said yesterday. But the 345.6 million ringgit (US$138.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
JAKARTA (JP): A Rp 50 million (US$23,500) bonus awaits each
JAKARTA (JP): A Rp 50 million (US$23,500) bonus awaits each Ujungpandang player if the South Sulawesi squad manages to retain its title at the intercity amateur soccer championship which swings into full action today.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
RI against inclusion of social clause in world trade agreement
RI against inclusion of social clause in world trade agreement JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is opposing industrial countries' efforts to link trade with labor conditions in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) that will be signed in Morocco next week.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Singapore imposes new tax policy for foreign tourists
Singapore imposes new tax policy for foreign tourists JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian tourism executives are urging Singapore to revise its newly-implemented three-percent general sales tax, which they claim has burdened Indonesian tourists.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Philippine officials, rebel leader see peace deal
Philippine officials, rebel leader see peace deal ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (Reuter): Philippine government and Moslem rebel negotiators ended two days of talks yesterday optimistic a permanent solution to the 22-year separatist war on Mindanao island was close.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Common factors lead to East Asia's economic growth
Common factors lead to East Asia's economic growth JAKARTA (JP): A set of common fundamentals has powered East Asia's tremendous economic growth over the past three decades despite the wide range of specific institutions and policies in each country.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
British loan extension accord signed
British loan extension accord signed JAKARTA (JP): Great Britain signed an agreement here yesterday for the extension of a soft loan of 80 million pounds (US$117.6 million) for Indonesian development projects, including modern transportation systems, educational equipment and environmental...
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Kooijmans explores RI's human rights condition
Kooijmans explores RI's human rights condition JAKARTA (JP): Dutch Foreign Minister Kooijmans met with leading activists in Indonesia, including a number of vocal critics of the government yesterday, to explore the human rights condition here.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Indonesian observers to monitor S. African elections
Indonesian observers to monitor S. African elections JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is currently in the final stages of preparing a team of observers to oversee the first non-racial elections in South Africa."I still have to check on the team's preparations but it is certain that we will be sending...
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Low cost apartments planned at industrial estates
Low cost apartments planned at industrial estates JAKARTA (JP): The government announced yesterday that it is requiring industrial states in the Jakarta area to provide land at discounted rates and also providing financing for the construction of 2,000 low-cost apartments.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Dutch company helps PLN reduce electricity losses
Dutch company helps PLN reduce electricity losses JAKARTA (JP): The State Electricity Company (PLN) has assigned a consortium of three Dutch electricity companies to resume assistance in order to reduce electricity losses in Indonesia.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Keating proposes free trade links with ASEAN countries
Keating proposes free trade links with ASEAN countries BANGKOK (AFP): Australia and Thailand will create a bilateral trade commission and explore ways to link ASEAN and the Australia-New Zealand free trade zones, Prime Minister Paul Keating said here yesterday.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Texan band sings of cowboy tradition
Texan band sings of cowboy traditionBy Paul W. Blair JAKARTA (JP): "When I was going to high school in Sanford in the Texas Panhandle oil country," says Red Steagall, "one radio station you could hear in our town -- KDDD, broadcasting from Dumas -- broadcast a one-hour country music show called...
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Former central banking chief cleared in banking scandal
Former central banking chief cleared in banking scandal JAKARTA (JP): Adrianus Mooy, the former governor of the central bank, has been virtually cleared of involvement in the Rp 1.3 trillion ($620 million) scandal at Bank Pembangunan Indonesia (Bapindo), at least by President Soeharto.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Textile exports expected to keep declining
Textile exports expected to keep declining JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's textile exports, which started falling in the forth quarter of last year, will likely continue declining in the coming months due to decreased competitiveness of its products and weaker demand in industrial countries.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Police post in Galur attack
Police post in Galur attack JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of local residents in Galur district, Central Jakarta, destroyed a police post and threw its contents into the Kali Sentiong river yesterday afternoon.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Companies told to think it through before going international
Companies told to think it through before going international JAKARTA (JP): International financial analysts foresee great interest among investors in New York in buying shares of high- quality companies from Indonesia.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
State firm to set up plants
State firm to set up plants JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur (Pupuk Kaltim) fertilizer company in Bontang, East Kalimantan is investing US$9.5 million in ammonia bicarbonate and hexamine- producing plants."The new $5.
Fri, 08 Apr 1994
Where to go in Jakarta, April 8
Where to go in Jakarta, April 8Music * 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.