Archive: 1 July 1994
43 articles found
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Media ban not to affect Australian business in RI
Media ban not to affect Australian business in RI JAKARTA (JP): The recent media ban will not dissuade Australian business people from investing in Indonesia, Australian Minister for Trade, Senator Bob McMullan, said here yesterday. "There is nothing to suggest that Australian business people should regard this as an unstable environment in which to invest," McMullan told reporters.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Attorney General's office presents Towil dossier
Attorney General's office presents Towil dossier JAKARTA (JP): The South Jakarta District Court yesterday received the dossier of Towil Heryoto, one of the four former Bapindo directors suspected of involvement in the Rp 1.3 trillion scandal at the government-owned bank. Towil's trial promises to be even more spectacular than those of the first two defendants because three former cabinet ministers are slated to give testimony of the extent of their roles in the scandal.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Awards for jockey busters
Awards for jockey busters SEMARANG: Six Diponegoro University students are being awarded after helping the college bust a syndicate of jockeys, the term used to refer to people paid to take university entrance tests on behalf of applicants. Diponegoro rector Muladi said the six jockey busters will be entitled to join the next round of military training, considered a privilege and a plus for their academic record.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Latief blasted over policy on workers
Latief blasted over policy on workers JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Manpower Abdul Latief came under fire yesterday during a hearing with the House of Representatives for some of his restrictive policies governing the Indonesian manpower supply trade. The House's Commission VI, which deals with manpower affairs, questioned Latief's decision to establish PT Bijak, a company under his charge, which was supposed to bring some order into the lucrative but often troublesome business.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
New banking regulation introduced
New banking regulation introduced JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia, the central bank, yesterday enforced a new ruling on the uniform practice for documentary credits imposed on local trading activities as part of the government's effort to accelerate non-oil and gas exports.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
PAM breaks agreement on water price hike: Council
PAM breaks agreement on water price hike: Council JAKARTA (JP): City councilors have called on the city-owned PAM Jaya water company to cancel the application of the new rate for water at public hydrants since what was announced by the company regarding a raise in water prices runs counter to the one approved by the council.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Govt told to delay merger of firms
Govt told to delay merger of firms JAKARTA (JP): A commission of the House of Representatives (DPR) wants the government to postpone a plan to merge three state-owned transportation companies until it takes necessary steps to improve their operations.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Govt pledges to end illegal export levies
Govt pledges to end illegal export levies JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Trade Satrio B. Joedono pledged yesterday to eliminate illegal levies and to simplify procedures which have increased costs for exports. "We will reduce the number of people involved in licensing procedures through computerization," he said in a hearing with Commission VII of the House of Representatives (DPR).
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Teachers bear burden for teaching ideology
Teachers bear burden for teaching ideology JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday reminded school teachers of their heavy responsibility in teaching the national ideology of Pancasila to their pupils. "The teachers must have deep convictions about the truth of Pancasila so that they can discuss the matter with their pupils from the primary to the high school level," Soeharto was reported to have said during a meeting with leaders of PGRI, the teachers union.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Deregulation and small business
Deregulation and small business One of the important points contained in the government's June 27 economic package concerns measures to strengthen small businesses and cooperatives. Without intending to go into details on this matter, it is proper that we express our appreciation of the government's measures. Quite a number of measures have already been taken to encourage small businesses, whether they are privately run endeavors or cooperatives.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Commuters want more buses
Commuters want more buses Dozens of commuters working for government agencies and private firms in the city are complaining of having difficulties getting buses in the afternoon due to a lack of city buses plying the Tanah Abang-Bekasi route. "We have to wait for an hour or more for the bus to come," said a Bekasi woman working for a private company on Jl.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
CSIS seminar to review Aussie-RI ties
CSIS seminar to review Aussie-RI ties JAKARTA (JP): The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host a seminar here beginning tomorrow to review the state of relations between Indonesia and Australia. The four-day conference, to be divided between Jakarta and Surabaya, will focus on strategic, economic and political interests between the two countries, CSIS Vice Chairman Hari Tjan Silalahi told reporters yesterday.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
PWI, SPS hail government's press gesture
PWI, SPS hail government's press gesture JAKARTA (JP): The associations of journalists and publishers, PWI and SPS respectively, yesterday hailed the government's offer to issue new publishing licenses to journalists and employees of three magazines that were closed down last week. "The offer is in accordance with our request and our expectations," PWI Secretary General Parni Hadi said.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
TV Today
TV Today TVRI 2:30 p.m World Cup 1994: Greece vs Nigeria (rerun) 4:30 Student Quiz 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Dunia Pustaka 6:05 Nusantara the beloved country: Aceh 6:15 Village Program 6:45 Sebaiknya Anda Tahu: processing of fish-based oil 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Dinamika 8:05 Music 9:00 World News 9:25 Journal of World Cup 1994 9:55 Music Quiz: Berpacu Dalam Melodi 11:00 Late News 11:10 Film Program 2 4:30 p.m.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): Share prices, which have been on downward trend for over one month, continued to decline on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) yesterday. The broad-based Composite Index closed 0.44 point lower at 457.29 yesterday from 457.73 on Wednesday. The narrower-based GTDBS-50 Index, however, rose by 0.22 point to 109.49 from 109.27.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
China to help arrest Filipino kidnapper
China to help arrest Filipino kidnapper MANILA (Reuter): China has promised to help locate and deport a suspected Filipino-Chinese kidnap-gang leader believed to be hiding in Beijing, Philippine Vice-President Joseph Estrada said yesterday. Estrada said the suspect, William Teng, was sighted in Beijing and elsewhere in China last year after he left the Philippines.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Irianese want to return home
Irianese want to return home JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Some 3,000 people from Irian Jaya who are now living in refugee camps across the border in Papua New Guinea have asked to be returned home, the Antara news agency reported yesterday. Moses Tandung, the information attache of the Indonesian embassy in Port Moresby, said that most of the 3,000 Irianese had crossed the border at the instigation of separatist rebels.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Collective leadership for Muhammadiyah
Collective leadership for Muhammadiyah JAKARTA (JP): The Islamic organization Muhammadiyah has opted for collective leadership to fill the vacuum left when its chairman Ahmad Azhar Basyir died on Tuesday, the official Antara news agency reported. Muhammadiyah's secretary Dr.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
City Council upsets Melawai traders
City Council upsets Melawai traders JAKARTA (JP): Around 300 small-scale traders of the Melawai marketplace in the Blok M terminal shopping center once again marched to the City Council yesterday to protest the Matahari Department Store's ongoing construction of two escalators for the building. Several representatives of the protesters, led by Dasril, were received for a hearing by members of the city's Commission B, which oversees trade affairs.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Indonesia, Malaysia to cooperate, take on western greens
Indonesia, Malaysia to cooperate, take on western greens KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Indonesia and Malaysia, the two world's largest timber producers, pledged yesterday to cooperate closely to counter rising anti-tropical timber pressure in the West and fight for better prices overseas.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Moerdiono sings for billions
Moerdiono sings for billions SURABAYA: Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono displayed his singing talent on stage Wednesday night and raised Rp 2.7 billion ($1.3 million) in the process. The money will be donated to the victims of the killer tidal waves in East Java's Banyuwangi regency which left over 200 people dead and thousands homeless in early June. During the charity concert, Moerdiono sang two numbers accompanied by top female singer Dewi Yull.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Gov't gives $420,000 for athletic support
Gov't gives $420,000 for athletic support JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI) received US$420,000 (Rp 950 million) in funds, yesterday, to finance team Indonesia's training for the upcoming Asian Games in Hirosima, Japan. They received the money from the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Hayono Isman. "This is the first time the government has put aside this much funding from the State Budget for KONI," the Minister said.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Small-scale credit
Small-scale credit From Republika I am a small-scale businessman and I know how difficult it is to obtain credit from either government banks or private banks. My application for credit has been repeatedly rejected for unimportant reasons, despite the possibility that my project could be promising. But I felt relieved when I read a report in this paper (June 6, 1994) that HIPPI (Association of Indonesian Indigenous Entrepreneurs) is willing to become a guarantor for small-scale businessmen.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
RI-S'pore roaming deal
RI-S'pore roaming deal JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia and Singapore have signed an agreement on roaming pager service between the two countries which will promote business, tourism and telecommunications, an executive said here yesterday. Paulo Wang, president of PT SkyTelindo, said that the agreement will support his company's national paging service, called Skytel.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
`Mastermind' in Marsinah's killing gets 17 years in jail
`Mastermind' in Marsinah's killing gets 17 years in jail JAKARTA (JP): The Surabaya District Court yesterday sentenced a businessman to 17 years in jail after finding him guilty of plotting to kill labor activist Marsinah last year. The court said Yudi Susanto, owner of watchmaking firm PT Catur Putra Surya, "masterminded" the killing of Marsinah and paid five men Rp 1.5 million each to carry out the murder. Yudi, 47 years old, is the eighth person to be convicted for the murder.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Thai-Cambodian border crossing reopened
Thai-Cambodian border crossing reopened ARANYAPRATHET, Thailand (AFP): Some 10,000 traders streamed across the Thai-Cambodian border yesterday as officials reopened the Klong Luek-Poipet checkpoint for the first time in two months. In a brief ceremony which had been scheduled for today, Cambodian Army Gen. Duang Khaem and Kasaem Chaiyasith, the governor of Thailand's Sakaew province, declared the Thai- Cambodian Friendship bridge open and safe.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Unhealthy smoking
Unhealthy smoking From Jayakarta It is now common to see young people of 10 to 20 years old lingering in the streets smoking freely. It is a pity that we, the adults, do not pay attention to them and never bother to intervene. In our days, smoking among high school students was "taboo." Then smoking was done somewhere hidden from public notice. But now, even elementary school children have been seen smoking. What a sad thing! Our small children have been poisoned by deadly smoke.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Firm to pay dividends
Firm to pay dividends JAKARTA (JP): PT Bakrie Sumatra Plantations (BSP) announced yesterday it will distribute to shareholders Rp 10.5 billion in dividends or Rp 285 per share from its 1993 net profits. The company's directors told an annual meeting of its shareholders here that the company had total profits of Rp 15.8 billion last year, compared to Rp 11.8 billion in 1992.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Malaysia-PNG timber deal
Malaysia-PNG timber deal KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian property firm Damansara Realty Bhd. will acquire control of a timber firm in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to develop a mammoth agro-forest project on the island under two deals clinched yesterday, officials said. Under one of two agreements signed, Damansara would acquire 85 percent equity in Aitape Agro-Forest Pty. Ltd. from Arrow Pacific Timber (PNG) Pty Ltd. for 108,375 ringgit (US$43,350).
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Foreign investments likely to increase
Foreign investments likely to increase JAKARTA (JP): Foreign investments, which substantially decreased last year, will most likely increase again this year, State Minister of Investment Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo said here yesterday. Sanyoto, who is also chairman of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), said in a seminar on the petrochemical industry that foreign investments approved by the board during the period between Jan. 1 and June 10 had reached US$5.1 billion.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
DLLAJ can ticket traffic offenders
DLLAJ can ticket traffic offenders City Land Transportation and Traffic Control Agency (DLLAJ) officials who are on duty in the street are allowed to ticket drivers of public vehicles, taxis and delivery vans who commit traffic infractions, a police officer says. "These DLLAJ officials have the authority to do so provided that, before being submitted to court, the dossiers must be accompanied by letters of recommendation signed by traffic police officers," Col.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Banned media
Banned media I was shocked to learn of the revocation of the publishing licenses of the three magazines, Tempo, Editor and DeTIK, by the government on the grounds that the three media have endangered the national stability. Is this act by the government really necessary while we are trying to uphold openness? If the government wishes to maintain security and protect the people's interest, why did the government resort to banning the media, which are needed to provide information for the society?
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
In defense of Pizza Hut
In defense of Pizza Hut I join the "healthy" debate going on in The Jakarta Post regarding the foreign food outlets in Indonesia. Pizza Hut is a favorite jaunt for many Indians living here, especially for the vegetarian-gourmet lovers. When I first came over here a few years ago, I was quite surprised to find that people here had never heard of a vegetarian restaurant. I couldn't even find the equivalent word for "vegetarian" in Bahasa Indonesia!
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Magazines
Magazines Correction: In the article entitled Harmoko offers a way out..., Goenawan Mohamad's statements Good stability is not built on legal certainty.... should read Good stability is built on legal certainty.... We regret the error. -- Editor
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Magazine ban
Magazine ban From Sinar Pagi I express my support to the recent demonstrations launched by reporters and students following the revocation of publishing licenses of three magazines -- Tempo, Editor and DeTIK. Obviously as a result of the government's ban, many reporters and employees have lost their jobs, which is a great concern to the All-Indonesia Journalists Union (PWI) and Association of Newspapers Publishers (SPS).
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Panin Bank gets B/C rating from Canadian company
Panin Bank gets B/C rating from Canadian company JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed Panin Bank has won a short-term credit (intra-country-issuer) rating of B/C from Thomson BankWatch of Canada. "The rating granted to Panin Bank places the institution among the best in the country," Thomson BankWatch's president for Asian operations, Philippe F. Delhaise, told reporters here yesterday.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Police get motorcycles
Police get motorcycles Police precincts in the city's five mayoralties have received two motorcycles each and a typewriter from PT Bimantara Citra, a widely diversified business group. The aid was symbolically handed over by Indra Rukmana, PT Bimantara Citra chief commissioner, to officers from the five police precincts in a simple ceremony marking the 13th anniversary of the company at its headquarters on Jl. Kebon Sirih, Central Jakarta, yesterday.
Fri, 01 Jul 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 12:30 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.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Traffic fine
Traffic fine From Media Indonesia On June 23, 1994 at about eight in the evening, the patrolling policemen in the Pamulang area stopped a car driven by a student with two other passengers. The driver was charged with violating the traffic law because one of his rear lamps was off. For this fault, the Jakarta Police had the right to confiscate the vehicle and fine the driver Rp 36,000.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Nude Dewi disks seized
Nude Dewi disks seized SEMARANG: The provincial prosecution office has seized 22 floppy disks containing scantily-clad pictures of Ratnasari Dewi, a widow of the late president Sukarno. The pictures were taken from her book Madame D. Syuga (Japanese for Superior in Elegance) which the government has declared illegal in Indonesia. Harry Moerdjono, head of the prosecution office, said the disks were found at computer rental outlets in many cities in the province. Central Java military chief Maj.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Deadly bus
Deadly bus From Kompas On June 18, 1994 at about 7 p.m. there was a road accident in which a passenger bus going to Java from Sumatra collided with a motorcycle on a trans-Sumatra road. The exact location was in Gunung Liwat village, Ogan Komering Ulu regency, South Sumatra. The motorcyclist, who was my own brother, was instantly killed in that accident. It was a most horrible accident I have ever seen in my life. His body was cut into two parts and the motorcycle was completely totaled.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Land woes may scare foreign investors
Land woes may scare foreign investors JAKARTA (JP): Legislators urged the government yesterday to ease land-use restrictions for foreign investors, with the aim of making Indonesia a more attractive place to do business. In a hearing with State Minister of Agrarian/Chairman of National Land Agency Soni Harsono, they said the government's policies were intended to woo foreign investors and should be accompanied by concrete moves to create legal certainty.
Fri, 01 Jul 1994, 00:00 WIB
Merpati flies to Yogya
Merpati flies to Yogya JAKARTA (JP): Merpati Nusantara Airlines, a subsidiary of national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, today begins serving Yogyakarta twice daily. A spokesman for Merpati, Agus Soedjono, said here yesterday that a DC-9 will depart Jakarta at 7 a.m. for Yogyakarta before proceeding to Denpasar in Bali at 8:50. The aircraft will then depart for Jakarta via Yogyakarta at 11:50. The second flight, by Fokker-100, is scheduled to leave Jakarta at 3:15 p.m.