Archive: 21 June 1994
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Tue, 21 Jun 1994
State budget
State budget Correction: The seventh paragraph of our story headlined Mar'ie reaffirms high budget discipline in yesterday's issue erroneously rephrased a portion of finance minister Mar'ie Muhammad's remarks in Semarang.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Medan gains support to host world rally
Medan gains support to host world rally JAKARTA (JP): New champion Kenneth Eriksson of Sweden gave his weight to Indonesia's bid to host one of the world rally championship legs in Medan, North Sumatra.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Merpati's fleet problems
Merpati's fleet problems JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto said yesterday Merpati Nusantara Airlines could return the five Advance Turbo Prop (ATP) planes to British Aerospace even though their lease contract would expire only in 1996.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Sahid Jaya completes refurbishment
Sahid Jaya completes refurbishment JAKARTA (JP): Sahid Jaya Hotel & Tower, a subsidiary of the Sahid Group, will be officially reintroduced on Thursday after the completion of the bulk of its extensive renovation work.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Wave victims need cash
Wave victims need cash SURABAYA, East Java: Governor Basofi Soedirman called on those wanting to assist victims of the recent devastating tidal waves on the southern coasts to donate cash.He said that medicines, food and clothing from donors have been "abundant," and that what the victims now need...
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Jakarta: Headache remains
Jakarta: Headache remains To most people coming from the rural areas, Jakarta's allure lies in more than its glitter. It is a city of hope and opportunity that holds the promise of a better life. Of course, such hopes are often not substantiated.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Warsito picked as governor candidate
Warsito picked as governor candidate JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Home Affairs Moch. Yogie S.M. placed his own candidate in prime position to take the governorship of Central Kalimantan by crossing the most popular indigenous contestant from the list yesterday.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
RP satellite stations
RP satellite stations MANILA (AFP): President Fidel Ramos yesterday announced the start of a 1.8 billion peso (US$67 million) project to set up 87 satellite stations to link the archipelago's most isolated parts.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
TV Today
TV TodayTVRI 2:30 p.m. World Cup 1994: Brazil vs Russia (rerun) 4:30 Science Film: Best of Magic 5:00 Regional News 5:30 English Lessons 6:05 Nusantara the Beloved Country: North Sulawesi 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Religious Teachings: Belief to God the Almighty 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Horizon 8:05...
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Judge takes fizz out of game plan
Judge takes fizz out of game plan MANILA (Reuter): A judge ordered 7,444 Filipinos suing a soft drinks company for damages over a promotional game to pay 45 million pesos ($1.6 million) in court fees before hearing the cases. The group is seeking nine billion pesos ($333 million).
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Bapindo branch executive denies taking bribes
Bapindo branch executive denies taking bribes JAKARTA (JP): A former Bapindo executive denied yesterday that he took bribes from businessman Eddy Tansil for allowing the latter to cash in huge sums of loans from the government bank between 1989 and 1992.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Spanish state looks to Indonesia for business
Spanish state looks to Indonesia for business JAKARTA (JP): The campaign gimmick "Come and trade with Catalonia" might prompt many people to ask "where?," but mention Barcelona, and they will quickly identify it as the host of the 1992 Olympic Games, or one of the leading Spanish soccer teams.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Jakarta still the best for less-privileged
Jakarta still the best for less-privilegedBy Meidyatama Suryodiningrat JAKARTA (JP): As Jakarta approaches its 267th birthday tomorrow, the bustling city remains a magnet for those willing to endure the cruel existence of laboring as petty traders and street vendors.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Alleged rapist beaten to death
Alleged rapist beaten to death An alleged rapist was found dead in his cell at the Penjaringan police precinct in West Jakarta yesterday.Tjeng Kim Tai, 34, is strongly believed to have been killed by another detainee identified only as St, following a bloody fight in the cell, Sinar Pagi reported.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Bus kills biker
Bus kills biker An angry mob destroyed a Metro Minibus after it struck and killed a motorcyclist in Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta, over the weekend.The biker, identified as Ruswanto, 45, was thrown from his motorcycle when the bus, being driven at high speed by Wawan Gunawan, 25, suddenly skidded...
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
RI to use Australia Today as means to attract investors
RI to use Australia Today as means to attract investors JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is planning to use the ongoing Australia Indonesia Today '94 as a spring board for its own bid to attract Australian investors.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Intinusa to offer shares to public
Intinusa to offer shares to public JAKARTA (JP): PT Intinusa Selareksa, a natural granite processor and a subsidiary of the Napan group, will offer five million new shares amounting to 32.6 percent of its enlarged common stock to the public in the middle of July.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
RI, Malaysia in library ties
RI, Malaysia in library ties JAKARTA: Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed to cooperate in the development of library.The memorandum of agreement was signed here yesterday. Indonesia was represented by Adi Sasono of the Center for Information and Development Studies.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
RI businessmen to return to RP meeting
RI businessmen to return to RP meeting DAVAO, Philippines (AFP): Indonesian businessmen who pulled out of a conference in this southern city due to the controversy over a meeting on East Timor will attend a rescheduled gathering, an organizer said here yesterday.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX), which has lost ground over the past two consecutive weeks, yesterday continued weakening with the broad-based Composite Index dropping slightly to 475.72 from 476.54 on Friday.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Ginandjar receives honorary degree
Ginandjar receives honorary degree Jakarta (JP): State Minister of National Development Planning Ginandjar Kartasasmita has been awarded an honorary degree by a leading American university in acknowledgement of his eminent public service.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
City councilors not sure they can curb urbanization
City councilors not sure they can curb urbanization JAKARTA (JP): City councilors agree with Governor Surjadi Soedirdja that population remains the most serious problem in the capital but they appear a bid skeptical that the municipality can successfully impede the pace of urbanization.Lukman F.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Cambodia counts on continued RI support
Cambodia counts on continued RI support JAKARTA (JP): Cambodian leaders yesterday urged Indonesia to continue helping to rebuild their country after seeing it through a prolonged and destructive civil war.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Garuda to sell 11 DC-9s to American company
Garuda to sell 11 DC-9s to American company JAKARTA (JP): Garuda Indonesia will sell 11 DC-9s to an American company, a new executive of the national air carrier says."Several American companies have bid for the used DC-9s," Darmadi, the company's new operation director told reporters yesterday.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Indian on trial for drugs
Indian on trial for drugs MEDAN, North Sumatra: The district court yesterday opened the trial of an Indian charged with attempting to smuggle in almost 13 kilograms of heroin in February.The session lasted only about 10 minutes after the court was unable to provide an interpreter as the defendant,...
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Corruption: Indonesia, Germany
Corruption: Indonesia, GermanyFrom TempoWilly Kaligis wrote about corruption in Indonesia and Germany in Tempo several weeks ago.As an Indonesian who also lives in Germany (as Kaligis does) I will not criticize his opinion about what kind of punishment the crooks deserve, but rather his comparison...
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Madura proves love for cows
Madura proves love for cows PAMEKASAN, East Java: Eighty percent of poor villagers on the island of Madura who are eligible for a government aid program say they want to use the money to buy cows.The government has identified villages in four districts in Madura -- Bangkalan, Sampang, Sumenep and...
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Australia, RP to develop mine
Australia, RP to develop mine MANILA (AFP): The government has entered into a US$50 million agreement with Arimco Mining Corp. of Australia to develop a mine site in the northern Philippines, President Fidel Ramos said yesterday.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
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 12:30 a.m.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
House questions operation of US-based Freeport
House questions operation of US-based Freeport JAKARTA (JP): Members of Commission X of the House of Representative (DPR) yesterday asked Irian Jaya's Governor J. Pattipi if PT Freeport Indonesia's operations in the province have benefited the local people.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Prosecutors cleared from bribery charges
Prosecutors cleared from bribery charges JAKARTA (JP): The Attorney General's Office has cleared six prosecutors of allegations that they accepted bribes from three businessmen who were acquitted of tax evasion charges by the Surabaya court in East Java.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Toll roads and rights
Toll roads and rightsFrom Bisnis IndonesiaI was surprised when I looked at the notes written on toll road tickets. The notes include warnings such as do not litter; do not pass other cars from the left side, etc.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Govt program and liquor
Govt program and liquorFrom Media IndonesiaThe enforcement of "Operation Cleansing" will be more successful if the government institutions work as a team.I am not saying that this operation is a failure, but the government officials should realize that more than one aspect relates to the success of...
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Tampubolon's sisters upset with court proceedings
Tampubolon's sisters upset with court proceedings JAKARTA (JP): Hysterical wailings filled one of the East Jakarta District Court rooms yesterday where the four suspected killers of Brig. Gen. TMF. Tampubolon were being tried.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Serang has changed
Serang has changedFrom RepublikaI have lived in Serang, West Java, since my childhood. It was a lovely life. All social activities focused in and around the town's square. I used to go to the square just to relax.But Serang changed as I grew up. Factories and plazas came in.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Crimes and liquor industry
Crimes and liquor industryFrom Neraca"Operation Cleansing" and its effort to eliminate criminals and repress the distribution of liquor has obviously been a relief for most of the people. But unfortunately, as widely reported by national newspapers, the Ministry of Trade stated that the government...
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Thai firm to tap coal deposits in Sumatra
Thai firm to tap coal deposits in Sumatra JAKARTA (JP): A joint Thailand-Indonesia coal mining project will soon be initiated in Sinamar, West Sumatra, close to the Jambi border, and in Mampun Pandan in Jambi.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Are RI's intellectuals being betrayed?
Are RI's intellectuals being betrayed?By Hidayat Jati JAKARTA (JP): Recently, a foreign friend who had been in Indonesia for only a month or so, confronted me with curiosity about recent political debates, such as the debate about "intellectual organizations" and the apparent rampant anti- Semitism.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
New telephone cards
New telephone cards JAKARTA (JP): The government will soon introduce validated telephone cards to replace the current ones which turned out to have been falsified.Director General of Post and Telecommunication Purawidjaja told reporters yesterday that the present phone cards will be replaced...
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Qantas boosts RI services
Qantas boosts RI services SYDNEY (AFP): Australian flag-carrier Qantas Airways Ltd. announced plans yesterday to boost its services to Indonesia with extra flights from Darwin, Perth and Sydney from October.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
State forest firm books sharp rise in net profit
State forest firm books sharp rise in net profit JAKARTA (JP): The after-tax profits of the state-owned Perhutani forestry company rose by 168 percent from Rp 24.1 billion in 1992 to Rp 64.6 billion (US$30.76 million) in 1993, the company said yesterday.The president of Perhutani, Harnanto H.M.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
New details in the death of naked lovers
New details in the death of naked lovers JAKARTA (JP): Police revealed new information today regarding the mysterious case of a man and a woman found dead in the back seat of a sedan on Sunday morning.Today, police announced that the male victim had gotten out of the car to ask a housemaid for a...
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Photo gallery offers promising talents
Photo gallery offers promising talentsBy Samsudin Berlian JAKARTA (JP): Promoted as the first journalistic photo gallery in the country, Galeri Foto Jurnalistik Antara shows promise of great things to come through its current exhibit.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Big mission to Australia
Big mission to Australia JAKARTA (JP): A 315-member trade, investment and tourist promotion mission comprising businessmen and officials from Indonesia's eastern provinces will make a week-long visit to Australia beginning on June 24.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Bapindo would have collapsed: BI official
Bapindo would have collapsed: BI official JAKARTA (JP): The huge financial losses incurred by Bapindo from its transactions with Eddy Tansil destroyed the state-owned bank -- or would have, according to a bank executive, if it hadn't been for a government bail out.Antony M.T.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Roma Irama's film
Roma Irama's filmFrom MerdekaLast weekend, the Indonesian Education Television (TPI) aired the film Bunga Desa (The Village Flower) with Roma Irama as the main star. In fact the film was directed by Roma Irama (popularly known as King of Dangdut music) himself. I was quite impressed by the film.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Poisonous noodles
Poisonous noodles The case of poisonous instant noodles in Sumatra, which claimed five lives, proves that protection for consumers is weak. The incident took place in April, but there has been no serious handling of the matter since then.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
CASH shares hit limit-up
CASH shares hit limit-up KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Shares of Construction and Supplies House Bhd (CASH) hit limit-up when trading in the counter resumed yesterday after the signing of an agreement whereby Indonesian timber tycoon Prajogo Pangestu will take over CASH in a 2.59 billion ringgit deal.
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Prostitute found dead at brothel
Prostitute found dead at brothel Another prostitute at the Kramat Tunggak red-light district in North Jakarta was found dead in the brothel in the wee hours yesterday.Asih, 25, who hailed from Indramayu, West Java, was the third prostitute to have been found dead in the red-light district in the...
Tue, 21 Jun 1994
Dead Saudi citizen a victim of robbery
Dead Saudi citizen a victim of robbery JAKARTA (JP): The Saudi citizen who was found dead at a Central Jakarta hotel last week was a victim of robbery, the police concluded here yesterday.Based on preliminary questioning and on-the-spot investigation, police believe Abdul Karim al-Mubarak, 55, was...