Archive: 1 June 1994
52 articles found
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Information on computers
Information on computers I'd like to commend The Jakarta Post for publishing a very interesting and rather advanced computer article, Fast lane computing with new CPUs and OSes, by James O. Scharf (May 23, 1994). However, there are various errors within the article I'd like to point out. My first concern is Mr.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Authorities' move to seize Tebet site turns into conflict
Authorities' move to seize Tebet site turns into conflict JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of people were injured and several cars damaged yesterday in an ugly stone throwing incident when an attempt by security forces to occupy the site of the Tebet fire was resisted by the area's former homeowners. Some members of the force, which included personnel from the police, military and the South Jakarta Law and Order Office, were injured in the clash.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Indonesia needs US$26 billion for its power projects
Indonesia needs US$26 billion for its power projects JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will increase its power generation capacity by 13,000 megawatts (MW) during the newly begun Sixth Five Year Development Plan (Repelita VI) to meet rapidly increasing demand for electricity, a minister says. State Minister of Research and Technology Habibie told a press conference after opening the 1994 Indonesian Energy Symposium yesterday that the capacity expansion will need total investments of US$26 billion.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Candlelight procession in sympathy for AIDS victims
Candlelight procession in sympathy for AIDS victims By Lewa Pardomuan JAKARTA (JP): You lay on your bed, no more smile on your face, your hair falls. You don't have strength anymore. AIDS, you have taken many victims Those simple lines were read at the candlelight procession here last month to remember people who have died of the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Indonesian students set to retain title in S'pore
Indonesian students set to retain title in S'pore JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is out to retain the overall title at the ASEAN Students Games and will send 160 athletes to take part in all the 10 events of the competition scheduled for June 19-25 in Singapore. The athletes are from softball (30), track and field (25), basketball (24), football (18), pencak silat (15), swimming (13), sepak takraw (12), lawn tennis (10), chess (seven), and squash (six), the Antara news agency reported yesterday.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Italian cultural center
Italian cultural center From Bisnis Indonesia I am a university student and want to study Italian language. I was surprised to learn that the Italian Cultural Center on Jl. Diponegoro had been closed because its director died and no successor has been appointed so far, despite the great demand from the public that the center be reopened. I would like to call on the Italian Embassy to reopen the cultural center so that the books which are piled up in storage are taken care of. SULHA HMZ Jakarta
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
AC Milan keeping its fans waiting
AC Milan keeping its fans waiting JAKARTA (JP): AC Milan decided to extend its stay in Singapore for 24 hours and delay its visit here for two international exhibition matches. "They need more time to recover after their Latin American tour," promoter Eddy Sofyan said yesterday. The Italian Serie A and European champions were scheduled to land at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport yesterday afternoon.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
UI will get new professor
UI will get new professor Benny Hoedoro Hoed, 57, of the faculty of literature at the University of Indonesia (UI) will be inducted as professor on Saturday. The induction ceremony will held Saturday at the Convention Center at the university's new campus in Depok, West Java, where Hoed will give a scientific lecture titled Linguistics, Semiotics and Our Culture. Hoed completed his undergraduate studies in French literature at UI in 1964.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Alatas is getting better but remains hospitalized
Alatas is getting better but remains hospitalized JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas, who suffered a minor heart attack last week, is said to be recovering but will remain hospitalized for some time. Alatas, 61, has been removed from Medistra Hospital's Intensive Cardiac Care Unit since Saturday to a private room, the hospital's public relations officer said yesterday.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Crackdown on people 'jockeying' test for dishonest students
Crackdown on people 'jockeying' test for dishonest students JAKARTA (JP): The organizing committee of the state university entrance test (UMPTN) will apply a special method to minimize the role of jockeys, people who are paid to take the tests in the names of aspiring students. Rector of the University of Indonesia M.K. Tadjudin told reporters yesterday that as the chief UMPTN coordinator for region A, he has arranged to prevent this form of cheating.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta: Music * 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. to 11:30 p.m.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
World rated drivers to compete in Medan
World rated drivers to compete in Medan JAKARTA (JP): World rated rally drivers including Kenneth Ericson of Sweden, Japan's Kenjiro Shinozuka and the Scot Dom Burkley have confirmed their entries in the Medan rally in North Sumatra from June 17 - 19. Thirty-three drivers so far have registered. "Top national drivers are among those 33 participants already registered," a committee spokesman said.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Babies dying in Irian hamlets
Babies dying in Irian hamlets MERAUKE, Irian Jaya: Yatambor, an isolated village in southern Irian Jaya, has an infant mortality rate of 650 for every 1,000 births, well above the province's average of 70. Head of the Merauke Health Office Benjamin Simatupang said poor nutrition, rough terrain, its location and lack of access to medication combined to produce this alarmingly high figure, the Antara news agency reported.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Students nabbed for stealing bird
Students nabbed for stealing bird Police in Ciracas, East Jakarta, have arrested two youths, a high school student and his unemployed friend, who had allegedly stolen a bird from the bird enclosure at the Indonesian Miniature Park (TMII). Eman, 17, a student of a nearby senior high school, and his accomplice, Daruloh, 19, are now being detained at the Ciracas police subprecinct on Jl. Raya Bogor.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Officials 'put pressures' on Bapindo
Officials 'put pressures' on Bapindo JAKARTA (JP): Three former Bapindo directors disclosed in court yesterday that pressures from two cabinet ministers led them to approve huge loans to businessman Eddy Tansil, bypassing standard banking practices. Towil Heryoto, Bambang Kuntjoro and Sjahrizal told the Central Jakarta District Court in separate testimony yesterday that Tansil's loan applications between 1989 and 1993 were not subjected to normal scrutiny.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Labor traffic a two-way street
Labor traffic a two-way street SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: The border city of Nunukan has been preoccupied with not only stopping Indonesians from illegally crossing into Malaysia, but also keeping Malaysians from entering Indonesia illegally in search of employment. The Immigration Office in Nunukan is currently detaining 20 Malaysians, including nine women, who were caught working illegally in the country, the Antara news agency reported.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Bapepam to get greater power for investigation
Bapepam to get greater power for investigation JAKARTA (JP): The government will propose a bill on the capital market to the House of Representatives (DPR) in early October which will grant greater investigative and supervisory power to the Capital Market Supervisory Board (Bapepam).
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Lawyer of murder suspect says indictment sloppy
Lawyer of murder suspect says indictment sloppy JAKARTA (JP): The defense lawyer for a man charged with the beheading of Dr. Riyama Yamoga said Monday the indictment is so sloppy the case should be thrown out of court.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Former Air Force chief questioned over land dispute
Former Air Force chief questioned over land dispute JAKARTA (JP): Former Air Force chief of staff Marshall (ret.) Mohamad Saleh Basarah Suradiningrat has been questioned over possible involvement in the fraudulent acquisition of a lucrative parcel in South Jakarta. "He was summoned by the Air Force Chief of Staff (Marshall Rilo Pambudi) to come to the headquarters for questioning regarding the case," National Police Chief Gen. Banurusman told reporters here yesterday.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
NAM foreign ministers begin meeting amid tight security
NAM foreign ministers begin meeting amid tight security CAIRO (JP): The 11th Foreign Ministers Conference of the Non- Aligned Movement member countries was opened yesterday amid very tight security, creating a chaotic situation for many member delegates and journalists attending the opening ceremony.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 2:30 p.m. Puppet Show: Prince Valiant 3:05 Gita Wicara: Sahabat Baru 3:30 Science World 4:05 Comedy 4:30 Documentary Film 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Indonesian Lessons 6:05 Nusantara the Beloved Country: Aceh 6:15 Village Program 6:45 Langka Tapi Nyata 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Beautiful Asia 8:05 Talk Show: Minister TB Silalahi 9:00 World News 9:30 Music 10:35 Late News 10:45 Film: A Brass Ring Program 2 4:30 p.m.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Timor conference debacle
Timor conference debacle For the last several weeks, after Philippines President Fidel Ramos, obviously under "pressure" from Jakarta, decided to stop a controversial conference on East Timor in Manila, no day has passed without world media reports on the conference.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Ambassador to drum up U.S. investment in RI
Ambassador to drum up U.S. investment in RI JAKARTA (JP): United States Ambassador to Indonesia Robert L. Barry said here yesterday that he will invite small and medium sized companies in the U.S. to set up investment projects in Indonesia because of its favorable investment climate. Barry told reporters that he, together with American ambassadors to the other ASEAN countries, will begin a 17-day American tour on June 6 to promote investment in Southeast Asia.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
RI to operate regional mobile satellite
RI to operate regional mobile satellite JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will offer regional mobile satellite telecommunication services in cooperation with other countries within the Asia-Pacific region, an executive said.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Golden Key Group workers laid off while boss stands trial
Golden Key Group workers laid off while boss stands trial JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of workers of petrochemical factories owned by the PT Golden Key Group are hovering between fear and hope as the owner, Eddie Tansil, stands trial for alleged corruption. On Monday, workers started to desert plants in Cilegon, a two hour drive west of here, after the government moved to freeze Tansil's bank accounts.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
South Korea
South Korea By Richard Pedler JAKARTA (JP): South Korea's record fourth Asian appearance at the finals owes much to World Cup 2002 rival Japan's generosity in allowing a last-minute Iraqi equalizer, which let the Koreans through on goal difference. In their first attempt back in 1954, the Koreans were hammered 9-0 by Hungary. In Mexico '86, the team was entertaining and unpredictable.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Destructiveness of local spectators is pathological
Destructiveness of local spectators is pathological Unruly behavior of spectators at major sports and music events have haunted organizers. The latest case being the Thomas Cup badminton championship in which the two final matches were called called off. Zainul Biran, head of the Social Psychology Department of the University of Indonesia, discusses this phenomena in an interview with The Jakarta Post.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): Share prices, which fell Monday, went on sinking on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) yesterday in moderate trading. The Composite Index, which fell slightly to 504.48 on Monday, sagged another 2.69 points to finish at 501.79 points yesterday. Meanwhile, the narrower-based GTDBS-50 Index lost 1.08 points to end at 119.95 from 121.03.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Eleven held for slaying
Eleven held for slaying BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: The local police said they have apprehended 11 people believed to be involved in the slaying of a village figure and his son on Pinang Island off the South Kalimantan coast. Daniel Bangsawan, 70, and his son Indra, 26, were killed in front of his home and restaurant by a mob which came in two trucks on the night of May 12, the Antara news agency reported. South and Central Kalimantan Police Chief Brig. Gen.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
On intellectuals
On intellectuals The Chairman of ICMI (Association of Indonesian Moslem Intellectuals), B.J. Habibie denies the accusations that the organization which is based on religion is leading to sectarianism. He says that PIKI (Association of Indonesian Christian Intelligentsia), ISKA (Association of Catholic Scholars) and ICMI were established to welcome the second stage of the National Awakening.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Tin firm's industrial estate
Tin firm's industrial estate JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned tin mining company PT Tambang Timah, in cooperation with PT Bakrie Investindo, will establish an industrial estate in Belinyu on Bangka Island, South Sumatra, next year with an investment of US$10 million. "The government has in principle approved the planned cooperation in the development of the industrial estate," the company's president, Erry Riyana Hardjapamekas, told reporters here on Monday.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
First private int'l telecom company to start up soon
First private int'l telecom company to start up soon JAKARTA (JP): Telephone subscribers will soon have a choice when choosing international telecommunication services because state-owned PT Indosat will soon get a new competitor.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
No objections to more intellectual groups, ABRI says
No objections to more intellectual groups, ABRI says JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) said yesterday it has no objection to the creation of new intellectual organizations as long as they fall in line with national objectives. "Intellectuals, like other professionals, have the right to organize and they are free to establish new groups," ABRI's chief spokesman, Brig. Gen. Syarwan Hamid, told reporters yesterday. Syarwan said any new organization should refrain from sowing divisive seeds.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Manila goes ahead with Timor conference
Manila goes ahead with Timor conference JAKARTA (JP): The conference on East Timor being held in Manila, the subject of heated dispute both here and in the Philippine capital, went ahead as planned yesterday after the Supreme Court overruled a lower court order for a temporary postponement. This news was received calmly in Jakarta, in contrast to the emotional tones earlier when officials here expressed their displeasure with the Philippine government's refusal to bar the conference.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Top investment priorities focus on garment and wood
Top investment priorities focus on garment and wood JAKARTA (JP): The implementation of the new General Agreement on tariffs and Trade (GATT) will help increase the competitiveness of Indonesia's wood and textile products, leather goods, electronics, and machinery on the world market, a minister says.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
RI set to sever trade-labor link
RI set to sever trade-labor link JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia plans to fight all out at the upcoming annual conference of the International Labor Organization (ILO) to stymie attempts by industrialized countries to link trade with labor conditions. Minister of Manpower Abdul Latief told reporters yesterday that Indonesia has already forged a common stand with the other five members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in a meeting in Singapore last week.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Mitsubishi, Bakrie sign deal
Mitsubishi, Bakrie sign deal JAKARTA (JP): Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) of Japan yesterday agreed to provide technical assistance to PT Bakrie Tosanjaya, a foundry company affiliated with the widely- diversified Bakrie Group.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Indonesia facing difficult challenges
Indonesia facing difficult challenges By Juwono Sudarsono The following is an excerpt of a paper presented at the Asia- Pacific Forum meeting on May 20. JAKARTA: Indonesia's second long-term development (1994-2019) promises to be far more challenging than the first (1969-1994) 25-year stage.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Prices of power plants in Indonesia much higher: Team
Prices of power plants in Indonesia much higher: Team JAKARTA (JP): A special fact-finding team of the Ministry of Mines and Energy concluded after a one-week comparative study of power plants in Malaysia and Thailand that the prices offered by the foreign contractors for three steam and gas power projects in Java turned out to be much higher.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Female circumcision retained here for cultural identity
Female circumcision retained here for cultural identity By Ati Nurbaiti JAKARTA (JP): A bank employee just gave birth earlier this month to her third child, a girl, at the elite Pondok Indah Hospital in South Jakarta. Back at home in Ciputat, Tangerang, a maid was sent to the local dukun anak, or midwife, to have the placenta, which is believed to be the newborn's sibling, for traditional cleansing and burial.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Armed Forces chief endorses planned ulemas meeting
Armed Forces chief endorses planned ulemas meeting JAKARTA (JP): Armed Forces (ABRI) Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung has endorsed a planned meeting of ulemas who are locked in a power struggle within the Moslem-based United Development Party (PPP). The military's support was announced by Lt. Gen. Hartono, chief of ABRI's socio-political affairs, to PPP deputy chairman Hamzah Haz who will lead the controversial meeting.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Home jumpers lead after second day of Kopassus Open
Home jumpers lead after second day of Kopassus Open JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian chutists, overcoming rain and fog, ruled the sky in both the men's and women's team accuracy events after the second day of competition in the Kopassus Open International 1994 skydiving championships on Monday. Host Kopassus-A, the elite army units known for their blood- red berets, led the men's four-men team-accuracy contest with a total score of 0.38.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Bank teller hypnotized
Bank teller hypnotized KEBUMEN, Central Java: Two men who claim to be Turkish citizens have been arrested for duping a bank teller into handing over some Rp 520,000. Idawati, a teller at the local branch of government-owned BRI, said something caused her to become hypnotized when one of the two men gave her US$210 to change into rupiah. She lost consciousness and the two men walked away with both the rupiah and the dollars, according to the Antara news agency.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Labor code sparks debate in Vietnam
Labor code sparks debate in Vietnam By Philippe Agret HANOI (AFP): The adoption of Vietnam's first labor code has provoked intense debates in the country's national assembly, convened to address an absence of social legislation and low economic development.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
KL denies CNN's report on Bosnia
KL denies CNN's report on Bosnia KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia denied yesterday that it was planning to defy a UN embargo and supply weapons to Bosnia in a bid to save Moslems in the rump Yugoslav state from Serb aggression. "We are not in the gun running business," the Bernama news agency quoted Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad as saying in response to a Cable News Network (CNN) report that Kuala Lumpur planned to arm Bosnia's Moslems.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Japan aids Solo theater group
Japan aids Solo theater group JAKARTA (JP): The Sriwedari Wayang Orang (wayang dancers) Theater in Surakarta (Solo), Central Java, yesterday received 45 million yen (US$418,600) in cultural grant aid from Japan. The signing and exchange of diplomatic notes was conducted by Japanese ambassador to Indonesia Kimio Fujita and Surakarta Mayor R. Hartomo at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "The aid will be used to purchase lighting and sound system facilities for the theater," said Fujita.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
PDFCI pays dividend of Rp 100 per share
PDFCI pays dividend of Rp 100 per share JAKARTA (JP): Bank PDFCI will give its shareholders a dividend of Rp 100 (4.6 US cents) per share out of its 1993 profits. The president of the bank, Bistok Hutasoit, told reporters after an annual meeting of the bank's shareholders here yesterday that the bank's after-tax profits increased by 5.2 percent to Rp 13.8 billion ($640 million) or Rp 221 per share last year from 1992.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Mass media asked to join anti-smoking drive
Mass media asked to join anti-smoking drive JAKARTA (JP): Anti-smoking lobbyists in Indonesia are urging the local mass media and organizers of sports competitions, beneficiaries of huge sponsorship and advertising spending by cigarette manufacturers, to join in their endeavor.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Music performance planned at Hilton
Music performance planned at Hilton The Nusantara Chamber Orchestra will hold a one night performance at the Golden Ballroom of Jakarta Hilton International on Monday. The one-night performance will feature famous works from noted world musicians, such as R Schumann, A Borodin and L V Beethoven. The musical performance, which will be led by conductor Yazeed Djamin, will also present young, talented pianist Joseph Setiawan Djafar, the winner of the 1993 National Yamaha Piano Contest. (has)
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Vietnam needs vision to build peaceful and affluent society
Vietnam needs vision to build peaceful and affluent society By Asvi Warman Adam JAKARTA (JP): For Vietnam's leaders, these days are full of worries. Indeed, the times of war have long past, but strangely enough it is during this peacetime that they are facing an extremely difficult decision to make. If we took a close look at the long history of this nation, we would understand that this nation has long been one of never- ending struggles.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Free condoms for prostitutes
Free condoms for prostitutes SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: The city's health office has distributed more than 15,000 condoms to workers in a local red light district in its drive to prevent the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The move was taken two months after the authorities discovered that one prostitute had contracted the deadly virus after all occupants were given blood tests.
Wed, 01 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB
Taiwan may ban helpers from RP
Taiwan may ban helpers from RP TAIPEI (AFP): Taiwan yesterday said it may impose a ban on Filipino domestic helpers if the Philippines does not back down on new employment requirements making Taiwanese employers declare their financial conditions. "The requirements were unilaterally made by the Philippines and were unreasonable.