Indonesian Political, Business & Finance News

Archive: 15 January 1995

29 articles found

ASEAN wants Japan funding

ASEAN wants Japan funding BANGKOK (AFP): The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is to ask Japan to finance its social development fund after South Korea refused to do so, The Nation newspaper reported yesterday.

Fund managers told dollars available

Fund managers told dollars available JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad challenged speculators yesterday with the announcement that the government will meet all their demands for U.S. dollars. "I challenge everybody. How many dollars do they want, I'll pay. Even for forward purchases.

Guess What?

Guess What? A candlelight dinner is usually romantic but the one the new German envoy Heinrich Seeman enjoyed extended throughout the house of his host, Rudolf Baarth. The blackout in Cipete, South Jakarta, lasted for most of the recent gathering but did not deter Seeman from meeting more people.

Middle class' foundness for art flourishes

Middle class' foundness for art flourishes By Franki Raden JAKARTA (JP): One of the most interesting phenomena in Indonesia's development is the rise of a class in society called as the middle class. Economic growth under the New Order is one explanation for the emergence of this new class.

Estimates of monthly expenses:

Estimates of monthly expenses: Case 1: Christian, a section head at the Ministry of Mines and Energy, level IV for two years, married and has a five-year-old and a 13-year-old: - Maximum total earnings, including net minimum salary of Rp 900,000 with extras from projects allowances include car,...

Navy clears S'baya mines

Navy clears S'baya mines JAKARTA (JP): The chief of the Navy's Eastern Armada Rear Admiral Gofar Soewarno has ordered his minesweeping unit to search for mines that might have been placed off Kenjeran beach in Surabaya during World War II. The armada's chief spokesman, Lt. Col.

Crash report upsets family

Crash report upsets family JAKARTA (JP): The family of M. Rahman in Bali have been anxiously waiting to hear if he was indeed on board the Merpati plane which crashed on Tuesday in Molo Strait off Flores in East Nusa Tenggara.

Airport taxis

Airport taxis Soekarno-Hatta Airport is an international gateway. It is here that visitors first set foot on Indonesian soil and our hospitality should therefore be truly visible and not remain a mere slogan.

Kasongan is emerging as handicraft village

Kasongan is emerging as handicraft village By R. Fajri Yogyakarta (JP): Kasongan, in the Bantul regency, is famous for producing gerabah (clay artifacts). Flower pots, horse sculptures, chairs, ashtrays and wall decorations are made according to a specific Kasongan design -- unglazed surfaces with...

Anatomy of Indonesia's anxiety about succession

Anatomy of Indonesia's anxiety about succession A Nation in Waiting: Indonesia in the 1990s; Adam Schwarz; Published by Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd, Australia, 1994; 370 pages JAKARTA (JP): This is the latest effort of dissecting the anatomy of the anxiety in Indonesia today, especially among the elite...

Guess What?

Guess What? "I want all of you to use every single spare moment you have to keep on developments in the forestry business," said Minister of Forestry Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo to executives during a visit to state forestry firms last week. "Read in the plane, train or car while you travel.

The problem of doping in sports

The problem of doping in sports By Hario Tilarso JAKARTA (JP): The word "doping" is very well-known in the sporting community. Doping is an effort to improve performance with chemical substances or techniques prohibited by the International Olympic Committee.

Inside the Jakarta to Surabaya mobile market

Inside the Jakarta to Surabaya mobile market JAKARTA (JP): The noise inside the Gaya Baru Malam train is like that of a traditional market. Only the roaring of the wheels across the tracks deafens passengers to the sound of dozens of vendors shouting out the goods they have for sale.

Vasek, Haarhuis race for 1st singles title

Vasek, Haarhuis race for 1st singles title JAKARTA (JP): Czech Radomir Vasek stormed to an upset victory over Ronald Agenor of Haiti yesterday to set up a final showdown against second seed Paul Haarhuis of the Netherlands in the US$300,000 Indonesia Men's Open tennis championships.

How they survive on small salaries

How they survive on small salaries Call it magic, but civil servants manage to live on their small salaries. Their ability to survive might be considered one of the world's wonders. The recent announcement of a 10 percent salary hike by the government was received coolly by its four million...

TV today

TV today TVRI 7:00 a.m. Morning News 7:30 Healthy and Fresh 7:40 TV Series: Vicky The Viking 8:10 Science Program 8:40 TV Series: Voltron 9:00 People and Events 9:30 Comedy: Ria Jenaka 9:45 Music 10:45 Youth Program 11:15 Search For The World 11:45 Sports: Dari Gelanggang Ke Gelanggang 12:45 p.m.

The Club: Beauty care for city's elite

The Club: Beauty care for city's elite By Rita A. Widiadana JAKARTA (JP): Beauty was once thought to spring from a fountain of eternal youth, but today we are told it awaits us at hundreds of beauty salons or spas.

The key to your children thoughts

The key to your children thoughts JAKARTA (JP): Up until the age of five or six, children's thought processes are different from older children in two ways. First, a preschool child tends to see things only from their own perspective (known as being egocentric), which has a significant effect on...

Understanding what's inside your child's head

Understanding what's inside your child's head By Novita Tandry JAKARTA (JP): Understanding how your children's minds works will help you teach them at home, says Dr. Richard Woolfson, a child psychologist working for the headquarters of Tumble Tots Preschool in London.

Teacher shares joy with three generations

Teacher shares joy with three generations By Ati Nurbaiti JAKARTA (JP): One morning at a kindergarten, children stepped gleefully across a long wooden block. Teachers then raised the block a few inches higher on its supporting benches and the little ones spotted a happy challenge -- all except one.

Students upward bound at Jakarta International School

Students upward bound at Jakarta International School By Jim Plouffe JAKARTA (JP): For most Jakartan junior high school student, a challenge is getting to the final level of the latest Super Mario or Kickboxer video game.

Lowest and highest monthly salary of civil servants *

Lowest and highest monthly salary of civil servants * Year Lowest Highest ** Inflation rate (Level I/A, 0 years) (IV/E, 24 years) 1992 Rp 51,000 Rp 399,200 4,94 % 1993 Rp 78,000 Rp 453,600 9,57 % 1994 Rp 78,000 Rp 453,600 4,47 % * those entitled to living allowances are civil servants posted in...

Turtles struggle to lay eggs on remaining nesting beach

Turtles struggle to lay eggs on remaining nesting beach Text and photos by Mulkan Salmona Pangumbahan, West Java (JP): Soft sand and towering waves mark the beautiful beach of Pangumbahan in southern West Java, but on New Year's Eve it was bleak and unattractive.

Does small salary affect employees' productivity?

Does small salary affect employees' productivity? JAKARTA (JP): Many people's view of civil servants is that of someone who chats with colleagues or on the telephone in a crowded room with the radio blaring, while those who need their help patiently queue outside.

Drawing inspiration from the elegant Mt. Merapi

Drawing inspiration from the elegant Mt. Merapi By Agus Dermawan T. YOGYAKARTA (JP): Central Java's Mt. Merapi is an endless source of aestheticism. It is a large part of the landscape and its natural elegance is forever the focus of attention for the people living around it. The beauty of Mt.

Police question Oki over LA triple murder

Police question Oki over LA triple murder JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Police expanded their interrogation yesterday of Harnoko Dewantono, alias Oki, over the Los Angeles triple murder. Jakarta Police Chief Maj. Gen.

Guess What?

Guess What? Is there any reason to shave your head besides going for the Telly "Kojak" Savalas sexy bald look? The president of RCTI, a private television company, had an answer. Andi Rali Siregar, who was hairless at the inauguration of Indosiar, a new private television station, made most of it...

Croatian PM visits RI

Croatian PM visits RI JAKARTA (JP): Croatian Prime Minister Nikica Valentic is scheduled to arrive in Jakarta this afternoon to begin a brief two-day visit. Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono announced yesterday that Valentic and President Soeharto are expected to explore ways to establish economic...

Jazz accelerates toward golden days in Indonesia

Jazz accelerates toward golden days in Indonesia By Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): Jazz has never been as prominent in Indonesia as it is now. Almost every week a world caliber jazz musician comes into town; the New York-based Blue Note jazz club opened a club in Jakarta last year, the fourth...