Archive: 7 September 1994
58 articles found
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
UN official visits slums
UN official visits slums JAKARTA: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative C. Jan Kamp visited two slum projects in Tambora, West Jakarta, and Cipinang, East Jakarta, to monitor the activities of the UN Volunteers deployed to help improve the environment and living conditions of urban slum communities through enhancing community participation. Accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Manpower, Kamp visited the apartment complex in the Tambora subdistrict.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Metro Mini drivers stage protests against new fines
Metro Mini drivers stage protests against new fines JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of drivers of the 30-seat Metro Mini buses staged sit-in strikes in East and South Jakarta protesting the new ticketing fine scale, which is much higher than the one previous imposed. The strikes were carried out at bus terminals at Pondok Kopi, Pulo Gadung and Kampung Rambutan in East Jakarta and Pasar Minggu in South Jakarta.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Official at RI embassy in Canberra `move'
Official at RI embassy in Canberra `move' JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas said the government has reassigned a staff member of the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra before he was asked to leave by the Australian government for threatening East Timor protesters with a knife. Alatas declined to disclose the identity of the official or where he has been posted. He stressed, however, that the official is not a diplomat.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Criminologist deplores arson against buses
Criminologist deplores arson against buses JAKARTA (JP): The habit of the public to express its anger by setting city buses on fire recently shows that many members of the society have been influenced by the culture of violence, a criminologist has said.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Red light area to be closed
Red light area to be closed JAKARTA (JP): The West Jakarta administration will close down 26 brothels, comprising some 110 rooms, in the notorious Kalijodo red light district over the next week. Karsidin, an administration official, said on Monday that the government is still preparing a decree to ban prostitution in the area to pave the way for the government's plan to develop a green area.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Missing `ojek' driver murdered
Missing `ojek' driver murdered A team from the Criminology Laboratory of the University of Indonesia unearthed the body of an ojek (motorcycle taxi) driver in a gruesome end to an investigation into the man's whereabouts. The Pamulang police in South Jakarta have arrested two people believed to have killed the driver, identified as Nasa, 35, on Aug. 21, in order to rob him of his motorcycle.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
RP embassy probes Japan recruiters
RP embassy probes Japan recruiters TOKYO (Reuter): The Philippine Embassy in Tokyo has conducted its own investigation into suspected unlawful activities by Japanese employers of Filipino entertainers, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Yomiuri Shimbun said it was the first time a foreign embassy in Japan had conducted criminal investigations and raised the question of sovereignty.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Rival claimants show coolness to UN-brokered solution for Spratlys
Rival claimants show coolness to UN-brokered solution for Spratlys By Martin Abbugao MANILA (AFP): Coolness shown by rival claimants to South China Sea territories towards a proposal for a UN-brokered solution has one foreign policy expert warning that a prolonged stalemate could increase the dangers of armed conflict.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX), after gaining ground over the past three weeks, yesterday continued strengthening with the broad-based Composite Index recording a five-point increase to close at 524.50 yesterday from 519.41 on Monday. The narrower-based GTDBS-50 Index, meanwhile, rose slightly to 127.99 from 126.40. Total trading volume surged to 28.23 million shares worth Rp 144.71 billion (US$66.53 million) from 23.58 million shares valued at Rp 91.3 billion.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
German musicians contribute to Jakarta's music scene
German musicians contribute to Jakarta's music scene JAKARTA (JP): It has been a while since German classical musicians performed in Jakarta. Quite a noticeable gap when you consider that up to about four years ago they frequently visited Jakarta. This year, though, their presence will be quite strong, at the current Jakarta International Festival of the Performing Arts and outside it: one chamber orchestra followed by visits of four pianists.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Garuda wants daily flights to Kansai
Garuda wants daily flights to Kansai JAKARTA (JP): The national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia is urging the Japanese government to allow it to expand its flights from Indonesia to the newly-established Kansai International Airport in Osaka from three times to seven times weekly.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
LIA Foundation promote cultural/sport activities
LIA Foundation promote cultural/sport activities By Lenah Susianty JAKARTA (JP): "What a glorious weekend it was in Jakarta for lovers of music and art!" wrote Judith Butler Fravel, an expatriate living in Jakarta. "The people of Jakarta were presented with the vocal master piece,Carmina Burana, enhanced with a very professional chorus, vocal soloists and ballerinas.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Former employees of `Tempo' plan new magazine
Former employees of `Tempo' plan new magazine JAKARTA (JP): Former journalists and employees of the defunct Tempo weekly yesterday formally applied for a new publishing license, or SIUPP, for a weekly they plan to call Opini.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Bus drivers on strike
Bus drivers on strike SEMARANG, Central Java: Dozens of bus drivers plying the Solo-Semarang route went on strike to protest a bus company's operating outside of the designated hours. They parked the vehicles in front of the Central Java Highway and Transportation Office, located on the outskirts of the provincial capital, forcing the passengers to take other public transit vehicles into the city, Antara news agency reported.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
High added value key to competition
High added value key to competition JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has to systematically improve its industrial technology to enable it to compete with its main rivals, China and India, in the world markets, says an executive of a noted multinational company. Kenneth Courtis, the vice president of the Tokyo-based Deutsche Bank Capital Market (Asia) Ltd., said here yesterday that turning to high added value products is the key factor to enable Indonesia to compete with those two countries.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
APEC forum seen as model of partnership
APEC forum seen as model of partnership JAKARTA (JP): The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum is expected to become a laboratory for the envisioned global partnership between North and South as well as provide leadership to rectify the imbalances in the international economic order.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Experts study Timor history
Experts study Timor history DILI, East Timor: Australian historian Peter G. Spillet will be conducting a study on the history of Timor island together with the University of East Timor next month. Jorge da Conceicao Teme, a university staff member involved in the project, said the team is currently studying the methodology of the research, Antara reported. Spillet was in town recently to brief volunteers, mostly students, on the methodology of the study, Jorge said.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Regeneration of party cadres
Regeneration of party cadres From Neraca I hope the United Development Party (PPP), which has just concluded its congress, will deploy its younger generation in the House of Representatives both at the central as well as the provincial level in the 1997 general elections. Today we still have old members in the House. If it fails to regenerate, it will likely end up in third place after the ruling Golkar party and the Indonesian Democratic Party.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
First English language center celebrates 35th anniversary
First English language center celebrates 35th anniversary By Ati Nurbaiti JAKARTA (JP): Someone's heartstrings must have beaten faster when this message appeared in the August edition of Contact magazine, "Galuh, I think I love you and I swear I will love you with every beat of my heart!" Relations were meaner between "Me" and "Bud" with another statement in the "Hi There" column, "I hated you then; I hate you now and I will hate you tomorrow..." Regardless of "Bud"s feelings this was probably...
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Immigration centers planned to deter illegal workers
Immigration centers planned to deter illegal workers JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Manpower Abdul Latief says he is considering the establishment of immigration centers along Indonesian border points to help process Indonesians intending to work in Malaysia. These "center points" would provide fast services for workers in obtaining their travel documents as well as the necessary work permits, Latief told The Jakarta Post yesterday.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
NU plans to harmonize its position on PPP
NU plans to harmonize its position on PPP JAKARTA (JP): Leaders of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), licking their wounds at the way United Development Party (PPP) treated them at a congress last week, plan to take a common stand on their ties with the party which they helped found 21 years ago. Hasyim Muzadi, head of NU's executive board in East Java, said he plans to organize a meeting with other NU leaders in Java to forge a united stand in view of the PPP treatment, the Antara news agency reported.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Golkar issues restrained comments on Kanindo case
Golkar issues restrained comments on Kanindo case JAKARTA (JP): The ruling Golkar political group yesterday issued restrained comments regarding the scandal at the giant Kanindo Success Textile company which is owned by one of its major donors, the controversial businessman Robby Tjahjadi.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Third round of talks on Sipadan and Ligitan Isles begin today
Third round of talks on Sipadan and Ligitan Isles begin today JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia and Malaysia will begin the third round of talks on the disputed islands of Sipadan and Ligitan this morning. During the two-day meeting, the joint working groups are expected to discuss their findings based on the documents presented during the previous meeting in January.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Shortage, new demands boil Asian coffee prices
Shortage, new demands boil Asian coffee prices KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Asian coffee bean prices are on the boil again as domestic demand in Indonesia heats up, world supply of robusta beans tightens and the market awaits the arrival of the new Vietnamese crop, regional traders and analysts said this week.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Swords for two governors
Swords for two governors JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: The local Trikora Military Command has decided to bestow the Trikora Swords to the governors of Irian Jaya and Maluku Jacob Pattipi and Akib Latuconsina for their commitment to the development of the two provinces. Trikora Chief Maj. Gen. Tarub, whose jurisdiction covers the two provinces, said the awards are given because the two men succeeded in protecting and leading their people.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Lou Rawls shines at the Blue Note
Lou Rawls shines at the Blue Note By Paul W. Blair JAKARTA (JP): Lou Rawls, now midway through a week-long engagement at Jakarta's new Blue Note club, possesses what is surely one of the world's easiest-to-recognize singing voices. It is, in turn, mellow and throaty, then pleasingly raspy. Incredibly elastic, it sometimes drops a full octave unexpectedly in mid-phrase, to great dramatic effect. Rawls has power and also endurance.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Buddhist charity for the poor
Buddhist charity for the poor The Nimmala Buddhist monastery foundation has donated 40 tons of rice, noodles, cloth and school equipment to the poor and disabled people in several areas here, as well as Serang and West Jakarta. The contribution was handed over on Monday at an old folks' home in Cengkareng, West Jakarta, in commemoration of Ulambana (Social Solidarity) Day.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Manggarai bus station project needs Rp 7b
Manggarai bus station project needs Rp 7b JAKARTA (JP): The government will spend some Rp 7 billion (US$3.2 million) to develop the small bus station at Manggarai in South Jakarta into the largest integrated terminal in Indonesia over the next 10 years, an official said.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Sports council meets set budget for Asiad
Sports council meets set budget for Asiad JAKARTA (JP): Financial constraints no longer threaten Indonesia's preparations for the 12th Asian Games in Hiroshima next month, a top official of the national sports controlling body (KONI) says. KONI executive chairman Soeweno said yesterday the sports body had met the set budget of Rp 3 billion (US$1.38 million), following a last minute commitment from a group of entrepreneurs.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Developing East Timor
Developing East Timor We support the ideas of Joao Mariano de Sousa Saldanha in his newly launched book entitled Political Economic Development of East Timor (Ekonomi Politik Pembangunan Timor Timur). Also suggestions from experts like Dr. Hadi Soesastro of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies about the need to broaden the dimension of the solution through a dialog with Portugal.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Restaurants need `halal' label: Tourism office
Restaurants need `halal' label: Tourism office JAKARTA (JP): The head of Jakarta Chapter of the Tourism Office, Pudjo Basuki, said yesterday that all restaurants in the city should ready themselves for the plan to place the halal label on their doors or windows. "According to Article 9 of the Tourism Law, the development of tourism must be in line with religious teachings and local customs," Pudjo said.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Unsafe pedestrian overpass
Unsafe pedestrian overpass From Pelita A couple of days ago an acquaintance of mine told me of how, while waiting at the Baturaja bus shelter in front of the Kartika Plaza Hotel in Central Jakarta, he witnessed a gang of people crowding a foreigner. Moments later the man discovered that his wallet was gone. Although he pointed his finger at the ruffians it was too late to do anything.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Music and dance will dominate JIFPA
Music and dance will dominate JIFPA By Gus Kairupan JAKARTA (JP): JIFPA, a cultural event that shows every sign of being here to stay. Spelled out in full, JIFPA stands for Jakarta International Festival of the Performing Arts. The opening of the third one was held last Sunday at Gedung Kesenian Jakarta, and as the director of GKJ said in her welcoming speech, this one is to last a month. A good sign, that.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
RP, France to sign defense pact
RP, France to sign defense pact MANILA (AFP): The Philippines and France will sign a defense cooperation agreement when President Fidel Ramos visits Paris as part of a European tour this week, Foreign Secretary Roberto Romulo said yesterday. Romulo said this was one of 15 agreements to be signed by Ramos during his eight day visit to Italy, Spain, France, Belgium and Germany.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Eight Indonesian illegals drown
Eight Indonesian illegals drown KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Eight Indonesian illegal immigrants drowned and nine others went missing when they panicked and jumped into the sea after Malaysian customs officers opened fire at their speedboat, police said yesterday. Forty-one others, including a month-old baby boy and two women, were held captive after choosing to stay on the boat in the incident off Malaysia's southern Johore state late Saturday, police said. "The survivors will be deported.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Two missing in boat accident
Two missing in boat accident JEPARA, Central Java: Two people are missing since a motorboat with 16 passengers capsized during a storm in Karimunjawa waters. Fishermen rescued 14 passengers and sent them to the Karimunjawa health center. The two others are feared dead. One of the survivors said the boat was spun about and flipped over during a violent storm. The upper portion of the boat was smashed into pieces. Those who could swim managed to grab the fragments and survive.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Councilors not united about higher bus fare
Councilors not united about higher bus fare JAKARTA (JP): City councilors have voiced different opinions about the proposal endorsed by the Organization of Owners of City Land Transportation (Organda) to raise bus fares by up to 20 percent for night transportation. The chairman of City Council's commission for development, Mansyur Achmad, said yesterday the proposal was not necessary because the purpose of the transportation system is to provide better services to people.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
RI bourse rating raised
RI bourse rating raised SINGAPORE (AFP): US securities firm Merrill Lynch raised its rating yesterday of Malaysian stocks for the next three-to-six months, recommending investors take a slightly more aggressive stance on Asian markets. Merrill Lynch also upgraded the Indonesian and Thai markets, recommending a "significantly overweight Indonesia" with four-to- five percent and a 10-to-12 percent allocation for Thailand.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Vendor jailed for extortion
Vendor jailed for extortion A 22-year-old vendor was sentenced to eight months in jail on Monday after he was found guilty of pointing a knife at a couple visiting the National Monument (Monas) in Central Jakarta. The Central Jakarta district court handed down the verdict that Hardiana, alias Nanang, was guilty of extorting money from the couple at knife-point last June.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Medan workers' riots provoked by 3rd party: Activists
Medan workers' riots provoked by 3rd party: Activists JAKARTA (JP): The riots in Medan last April, which had their origins in a workers' protest, were the result of a provocation by a third party and not the trade union which organized the march, according to a group of labor advocates.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Merpati is striving to improve performance
Merpati is striving to improve performance JAKARTA (JP): As the tariff war among the country's scheduled airlines ends, competition in domestic air service is currently focusing on the quality of services and human resources, an executive says.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Sun Chlorella debate
Sun Chlorella debate From Bisnis Indonesia I recently came across a report of two conflicting research findings concerning the product Sun Chlorella. For me, who happens to be a biologist who graduated from the Bandung Institute of Technology and has an American Ph.D., comparing the flawlessness of research findings made by the University of Indonesia with those of Gajah Mada University is like comparing the flawlessness of an apple with that of an orange.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Ministry stay idle on brawls
Ministry stay idle on brawls From Neraca Student brawls have broken out again lately and the Jakarta office of the Ministry of Education and Culture has taken no action on the matter. The regularity of the brawls is so alarming that beaten up or stabbed school students are no longer in the news unless they are killed in the brawls. Even if students are killed I am skeptical that the ministry will take action unless the murdered students are children of high government officials.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
`Arisan' savings fraud
`Arisan' savings fraud From Republika I have received chain letters from the arisan savings enterprise a few times. I have also received material from people calling themselves Danasonic, arisan and finally arisan ukhuwah Islamiah. Essentially they are all the same. They ask you to send money to the address listed first while putting our own name in fourth place. Then they tell you to copy the letter and send them to others. True, there is a possibility of getting some money back.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Asiad runners enter Indonesia Open
Asiad runners enter Indonesia Open JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Open track and field championships due to start today will be the country's proving ground for its national relay team prior to their departure for the Asian Games in Hiroshima next month. The Asiad-bound relay team groups Antonius Sulistiono, Ernawan Witarsa, Khodik Juntasi and national 100m record holder Mardi Lestari.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Out of order during `Telekuis'
Out of order during `Telekuis' From Suara Karya On Aug. 24, Wednesday evening, a private television station which was celebrating its fifth anniversary was airing a quiz program titled "Knowing Our Country," promising most attractive prizes. Viewers who would like to answer the questions posed could dial a number which was announced by the station and the first caller giving the right answer would win a certain sum of money. That night the prizes ranged from Rp 3 million to Rp 6 million.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
RI, Australia set ties
RI, Australia set ties JAKARTA (JP): Australia and Indonesia are developing cooperation in a widening range of industrial and technological areas. Australian Charge d'Affairs Tony Hely said here yesterday that Indonesia's Agency for Strategic Industries (BPIS) has formed a "framework agreement" to cooperate in aerospace technology with the Australian Department of Defense.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
RI seeks to become SE Asia's largest stock mart by 2000
RI seeks to become SE Asia's largest stock mart by 2000 JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian capital market can become the largest in Southeast Asia by the year 2000, given the present upward trend in stock exchange activities, says an official. Bacelius Ruru, chairman of the Capital Market Supervisory Agency (Bapepam), said yesterday that in terms of trading volume, the Indonesian capital market remains the smallest in Asian countries despite the remarkable progress of the last five years.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Japan's Murayama steps into Asian Games dispute
Japan's Murayama steps into Asian Games dispute TOKYO (Reuter): Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama for the first time yesterday stepped into the diplomatic row which threatens the Asian Games clearly advising Taiwan not to send its president to the event. In a sign of how concerned Japan has become about China's threatened boycott of next month's Games in Hiroshima because of an invitation to Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui, Murayama reminded Taiwan that Tokyo has a one-China policy.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Fixed-cellular phone project postponed
Fixed-cellular phone project postponed JAKARTA (JP): The decline of foreign creditors' trust in Indonesian banking after the disclosure of fraud at Bapindo has forced a company to delay the establishment of a fixed cellular telephone project.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
E. Java v Aceh in U-15 final
E. Java v Aceh in U-15 final JAKARTA (JP): East Java and Aceh will lock horns in the Coke Cup national under-15 soccer championship final in Tondano Minahasa, North Sulawesi on Friday after scoring convincing wins in yesterday's semifinals. Playing before a crowd of 10,000 the newly built 30,000-seat Maesa stadium, last year's runner-up East Java ended arch rival West Java's dreams of emulating national champion Persib Bandung with a 2-0 victory.
Wed, 07 Sep 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.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Courier companies ask for equal airport treatment
Courier companies ask for equal airport treatment JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Association of Courier Companies (Asperindo) complained yesterday about the unequal airport treatment received by its members, compared to the treatment enjoyed by the state-owned postal service Perum Pos dan Giro. The association's chairman, Rudy J. Pesik, told reporters here that private courier companies, for example, have to store their cargoes, while storage is frequently unnecessary.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Committee set to solve land, forest problems
Committee set to solve land, forest problems JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Forestry and the National Land Agency (BPN) yesterday formed a permanent committee to address land and forest management problems related to land appropriation, license overlapping, swaps and planning.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Citizens arrest three rebels
Citizens arrest three rebels DILI, East Timor: Three members of the Security Disturbance Group, the official term for separatist groups, have been arrested and turned over to the military by the local people. Udayana Military Command Chief Maj. Gen. Adang Ruchiatna said the citizens' arrest reflected that the people were getting tired of the rebels' activities and they desire peace.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Fishermen find fake fuels
Fishermen find fake fuels Dozens of fishermen in Penjaringan, North Jakarta, were reluctant to take to the sea when they discovered that the diesel fuel they had purchased from a floating kiosk had a muddy color. They were strongly convinced that the fuel was fake or had been mixed with kerosene. The fishermen, who mostly sell their catch at the Muara Baru port, said that the engines of their boats immediately overheated after using the fuel.
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
`Butet' song composer
`Butet' song composer From Kompas On Aug.9 on TPI (Televisi Pendidikan Indonesia) I happened to be watching the singer Grace Simon sing the song Butet. It is most regrettable that the composer of the song was announced as being anonymous (NN) while in fact it was my father, S. Dis Sitompul. I suggest that television stations intending to broadcast songs check the composer's identity with YKCI (Yayasan Karya Cipta Indonesia -- the Indonesian Authors Foundation).
Wed, 07 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB
Settlement of external debts through the UN recommended
Settlement of external debts through the UN recommended JAKARTA (JP): Settlement of developing countries' external debts should be integrated with the programs of international institutions under the United Nations (UN), high- ranking officials said here yesterday. Emil Salim, chairman of the economic team of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), told newsmen yesterday that the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) will help solve the external debts of developing countries.