RI to get new $7.2b oil refineries JAKARTA (JP): The Investment Coordinating Board has approved investment commitments of US$7.2 billion for the construction of four oil refineries in South Sulawesi, North Sumatra and East Java. State Minister of Investment Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo told a hearing of Commission VI of the House of Representative on Friday that the four refineries will be constructed by private companies under a foreign investment licensing scheme.

Moslem leaders want `True Lies' withdrawn JAKARTA (JP): The influential Indonesian Ulema Council appealed to the authorities yesterday to stop the screening of the action-comedy film True Lies because of the feud it has caused. The council refrained from categorically stating that the film denigrates Islam as some of its members had earlier proclaimed.

Perumka makes train ride more comfortable BANDUNG, West Java (JP): Traveling by train used to mean queuing in long lines for tickets, flocking to dirty coaches, delays and discomfort. That was years ago, when trains were looked upon as an inferior mode of transportation designed for people in low income brackets. Today, the depressing scene is changing. Smartly dressed celebrities and chic executives carrying handphones are part of the standard scenery, at least on certain trains.

Young booters need longer training stint abroad By Arif Suryobuwono JAKARTA (JP): One year of strenuous training stint won't be enough for young booters to turn themselves to top players even though they took the lesson the hard way in Italy, one of the world powerhouses in soccer. At the ongoing 29th Asian Under-19 soccer championship at Senayan, they only managed to hold Qatar to a 1-1 draw during the first round, and fell victim to the marauding Syrians with 0-4 defeat in the second.

Safe insecticides? Congratulations on your maiden issue of the Sunday edition of The Jakarta Post, which I found at once entertaining and informative. On behalf of our company, S.C. Johnson & Son, I would also like to thank you for publishing excerpts from a recent interview by Ms. Lenah Susianty on our newest aerosol insecticide Raid Non-Kerosene in the feature article entitled Are There Really Any Safe Insecticides?

JP/1/RAILWAY.@05 The state-owned Perumka railway company celebrates its anniversary on Sept. 28. On that fateful day in 1945, control of the service was wrested from the Japanese run Tedsudo Kyoku by the company's young Indonesian employees. The action was precipitated by Indonesia's declaration of independence, which inspired the youths who worked for the company to stage a coordinated action all over the country to seize the reins of the company.

Swiss waltz a 3-0 win in D. Cup JAKARTA (JP): The 1992 French Open winning pair of Marc Rosset and Jakob Hlasek secured Switzerland a 3-0 unassailable lead over Indonesia in their Davis Cup World Group qualifying round match yesterday. Armed with ballistic serves and blistering strokes, the Swiss overcame the stiff challenge of Indonesian doubles team Bonit Wiryawan and Donny Susetyo 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 in a match which lasted two hours and 15 minutes.

Crossword Let me first congratulate you on the launching of The Jakarta Post on Sunday. I particularly enjoyed the piece on Lake Patengan. I was reading from article to article when, to my horror and disbelief, I came to the crossword in Bahasa Indonesia. To a British person like myself the Sunday crossword is a time for relaxing and enjoyment. If I could read Bahasa Indonesia then I would have chosen to read a newspaper in Bahasa Indonesia and not in English.

Six Indonesians killed in air crash in Hong Kong JAKARTA (Agencies): Six Indonesians were killed and six others injured when a Hercules transport plane belonging to the private operator Pelita Air Service plunged into the harbor at Kai Tak airport, officials said. In Jakarta, a Pelita spokesman confirmed that the plane had been on its way home to Jakarta on Friday after flying refugees from Hong Kong to Vietnam for the United Nations.

JAKARTA (JP): A fire swept through the southern section of the Pondok Indah Mall, a posh shopping center in South Jakarta early in the morning yesterday. No casualties were reported in the blaze, which took 17 fire engines, 130 firemen and dozens of security officers more than eight hours to extinguish. E. Sumarna, the chief of South Jakarta fire department, told reporters that the fire may have started in Nelayan Village restaurant on the second floor of the building.

Tobacco ads ban planned in Pacific KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Delegates at a World Health Organization (WHO) meeting say they plan to push Western Pacific governments to ban advertising and sponsorship by cigarette companies by 2000. A ban on any kind of tobacco promotion would lead to a reduction in smoking in a region where more and more people were lighting up, the delegates to the 45th WHO committee meeting for the Western Pacific said on Friday.

Business section lends train a touch of class By Ati Nurbaiti JAKARTA (JP): It used to be easy to spot the train from Rangkasbitung, West Java, along the numerous tracks at Kota station in downtown Jakarta. "It was always the one with the cleanest roof, wiped clean by all the passengers' bottoms. They were always the dirtiest compared to the other passengers," says Muhari, an official at the Sudimara station in Tangerang. No more.

Indonesia's quest for gold at Asiad By Dwiamanta JAKARTA (JP): History always repeats itself, but it is uncertain when Indonesia will emulate its glorious performance 32 years ago in the Asian Games. It was at the fourth Games in 1962 when Indonesia, playing host to Asia's biggest sporting extravaganza for the first time, carved out a piece of national history by nabbing second spot behind longtime sport giant Japan. Nobody had ever expected such a feat.

No water, no worries JAKARTA (JP): There are a few things I have taken for granted in my life. Electricity, telephones and running water head this list. Living in Jakarta has shaken my belief in these icons of modern living, none more so than when our water supply ran dry a few weeks ago. It was a warm afternoon when we received the diagnosis of our water situation.