Archive: 30 January 1995
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Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
EC chief, Goh push for European-Asian summit
EC chief, Goh push for European-Asian summit DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuter): A summit of European and Asian heads of government to discuss strengthening economic and political links is becoming more of a possibility, two key leaders from the regions said on Saturday. Jacques Santer, newly installed president of the European Union's executive Commission, told the World Economic Forum in Davos he saw such a gathering along lines of two similar Asia- Pacific summits being held "in the near future".
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
WordPerfect for Windows revisited: Some tips
WordPerfect for Windows revisited: Some tips By Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): Recently I accepted a task that required me to use WordPerfect, the word processor that I abandoned more than three years ago when I moved to Windows. Actually, I could still use Ami Pro or Winword and convert the file I would create to WP file format before handing it to the WP-bound publisher, but I decided against doing so because the document would contain a large number of footnotes and would be too risky to convert.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Buddhist group vows loyalty to RI
Buddhist group vows loyalty to RI JAKARTA (JP): A Buddhist group, whose members are largely of Chinese descent, reaffirmed their loyalty to Indonesia Saturday and promised to support the government's assimilation drive. The leaders of the group, Niciren Syosyu Indonesia, said they planned to launch an assimilation campaign in Riau and West Kalimantan in two weeks time.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Vietnam-born Indians return home
Vietnam-born Indians return home Saigon's former Indian residents return to their roots. Satyanarayan Sivaraman of Inter Press Service reports. HO CHI MINH CITY (IPS): French, Vietnamese, Tamil -- it is a strange mix of tongues that greets the ear inside Delhi, Ho Chi Minh City's only Indian restaurant. But for Mohammed Housaine, a middle-aged Indian businessman who has become a patron of the place, this is the only natural way to converse.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Hero Customer Club Card
Hero Customer Club Card JAKARTA (JP): The Hero Supermarket Club expanded services to its members over the weekend by launching a new card with multi functions. The Hero Customer Club Card, issued jointly by the Hero Supermarket retail chain and Bank Bali, can be used not only to pay shopping bills at the Hero and Maestro International retail outlets but also to withdraw cash at Bank Bali, Alto and Cirrus automated teller machines all over the world.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Sanitation drive
Sanitation drive JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta Mayor H. Pardjoko launched a sanitation drive on Friday with the aim of creating a clean and healthy environment for area residents. The ceremony kicking off the drive was held at the Al Ittihad Mosque in Tebet district. Pardjoko said the drive is expected to encourage the public to be increasingly aware of the importance of clean and healthy living as part of their belief as Moslems. H.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Rude Dog & The Dweebs 3:00 Children's Program 3:30 TV Series: Unsolved Mysteries 4:30 School Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Culture Program 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Profesi 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama 8:05 TV Series: Santa Barbara 9:00 World News 9:30 Music 10:35 Late News 10:45 Film Program 2 4:30 p.m.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Prizes for parking
Prizes for parking JAKARTA (JP): City parking authority, BP Parkir, plans to increase parking revenues by offering prizes to motorists. The idea was first put forward by BP Parkir back in 1988. Under the earlier scheme, regular draws would decide the winners. "Under the new scheme there are no draws. Motorists see if they win straight away," said Sumaryono. Each parking receipt has three sections.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Indonesia needs local, healthy fast food
Indonesia needs local, healthy fast food By Yoko N. Sari JAKARTA (JP): Just like any other country in the world which has enjoyed outstanding economic growth, Indonesia is facing various changes which have changed people's behavior, including eating habits. This particular aspect has been influenced by the change in lifestyles, from one of tradition to one of modernity.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Shrimp ponds polluted
Shrimp ponds polluted SEMARANG, Central Java: Dozens of hectares of shrimp ponds in the Demak regency are being polluted by industrial waste, causing farmers to suffer losses of hundreds of millions of rupiah, Antara reported yesterday. According to the local office of the Directorate General of Fisheries, the industrial waste is believed to be coming from nearby industrial complexes.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Office set to boost U.S. business in Hanoi
Office set to boost U.S. business in Hanoi HANOI (Reuter): The new U.S. diplomatic mission in Hanoi, which starts work later this week, will help U.S. companies do business in Vietnam, American residents said. More than 100 Americans live in the Vietnamese capital and at least a third of them turned out on Saturday to celebrate the opening of the U.S. liaison office, which marked the start of formal relations between Hanoi and Washington for the first time since the Vietnam War ended in 1975.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Mahathir breaks ground at car plant
Mahathir breaks ground at car plant MANILA (Reuter): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad broke ground yesterday for an assembly plant in the northern Philippines that will put together his country's Proton Wira cars. "The plant provides a strong testament to Malaysia's faith in your country's effort towards industrialization," Mahathir said at the ceremony, where he was joined by Philippine President Fidel Ramos.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Shanghai trims number of money-losing state firms
Shanghai trims number of money-losing state firms SHANGHAI (Reuter): Shanghai has slashed by more than one-half the number of money-losing state enterprises in the space of a single year, according to Deputy-Mayor Jiang Yiren. Only 146 state enterprises are now in trouble, the official Xinhua news agency on Saturday quoted him as saying.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Manpower problem in East Timor
Manpower problem in East Timor DILI, East Timor: Commander of the East Timor Military district Col. Kiki Syahnakri said yesterday that the poor quality of manpower is the main social problem in the region. "We must pay a serious attention to this problem," Kiki was quoted by Antara as saying when responding to a question from visiting Deputy Secretary of the Norwegian Embassy, Niels Didrich Buch.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Bogor short of cemetery space
Bogor short of cemetery space JAKARTA (JP): The Bogor regency administration is having difficulty finding land for public cemeteries due to the rapid development of residential and industrial centers. Of the 33 districts in the town, located 70 kilometers from Jakarta, only 30 percent have allocated land for public cemeteries, Abdul Kodir, an official of the Bogor administration, told the Republika daily. He said housing developers are partly to be blamed for this problem.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Rights commission to mediate dispute
Rights commission to mediate dispute SEMARANG, Central Java: The National Commission on Human Rights has offered to mediate in the ongoing land dispute between the provincial government and the residents of Kedungombo, a commission member says. Muladi, who is also rector of Diponegoro University, said over the weekend that he would suggest that the two opposing sides resolve the dispute outside the courtroom.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Flower park
Flower park From Media Indonesia The condition of the Flower Park located at Cengkareng Timur village, West Jakarta, is bad. Many of the trees are dying because of neglect. The park was spruced up in the fiscal year 1993-1994. But after three months the park returned to its neglected state. This is partly because the quality of the work of the contractor was below par. When residents tried to complain to the contractor's supervisor about the bad work, he just laughed at them.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Revised tax laws
Revised tax laws From Gatra Early in September 1994, the Government presented four Bills on Revised Tax Laws to the House of Representatives. Law No 6/1983 concerned general regulations and tax procedures; Law No 7/1983 concerned Income Tax; Law No 8/1985 concerned Value Added Tax and Tax on Luxury Goods; and Law No 12/1985 covered Property Tax. After a hearing with the Government (the Finance Minister), a special House committee was set up. The committee held its sessions between Sept.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Susi, Hariyanto Arbi win Japan Open tournament
Susi, Hariyanto Arbi win Japan Open tournament TOKYO (Agencies): Susi Susanti and Hariyanto Arbi reinforced Indonesia's domination of the sport, winning the women's and men's singles titles at the US$125,000 Japan Open badminton championships yesterday. Olympic and world champion Susi, who demolished Bang Soo-hyun in the Barcelona final three years ago, repeated her excellent performance with an 11-7, 12-11 victory over the South Korean silver medalist.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Fasting won't affect work, top ulema says
Fasting won't affect work, top ulema says JAKARTA (JP): The Ramadhan fasting month, which begins this Wednesday, should not slow down the daily activity of Moslems even though they will be going without food and drink for the entire day, says the chairman of the Indonesian Ulema Council. "If Moslems truly live up to the spirit of the fasting, I'm confident that their work won't be affected," Hasan Basri told the Antara news agency on Saturday. "Basically, they're still eating.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Confusion, conflict surround land cases
Confusion, conflict surround land cases JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Agrarian Affairs/Chairman of the National Land Agency (BPN) Soni Harsono admits that he shares in the public's confusion regarding the Supreme Court and a number of their land dispute decisions. Soni noted that judicial verdicts on lands under dispute often conflict with lower court decisions. "We are sometimes bewildered," he told reporters after meeting with President Soeharto last week.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Toyota distribution in RI
Toyota distribution in RI NAGOYA (Kyodo): Toyota Tsusho Corp., a midsize trading house of the Toyota group, said it will jointly establish an auto parts distribution company in Indonesia in early February with Okamoto Freighters Ltd. The new company, called PT Toyota Tsusho Logistic Center, will start operation in June, with the aim of scoring US$700,000 sales in the initial fiscal year, Toyota Tsusho officials said last week. The distribution company will help Toyota Motor Corp.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Financial sector told to prepare for free trade
Financial sector told to prepare for free trade JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad is encouraging domestic financial and banking institutions to improve efficiency in a bid to prepare themselves for entering an era of free trade in services. "In the negotiations on General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), Indonesia included the financial sector in its schedule of commitments, meaning that we have to gradually open this sector," Mar'ie said on Friday evening.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
The cost of documents
The cost of documents From Bisnis Indonesia Now that the government is trying to eliminate excessive bureaucracy so that the business sector can function effectively, I hope deregulations will also be introduced in administrative procedures. For example, efficiency must be enhanced for obtaining such documents as publication permits, building permits, vehicle documents, land titles, marriage certificates from religious offices in the regions, and personal identification cards.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Rights activists ask govt to free political prisoners
Rights activists ask govt to free political prisoners JAKARTA (JP): Human rights campaigners called on the government on Saturday to release political detainees and prisoners and to discontinue the practice of political detention, because Indonesia means to be a democratic country which highly respects humanity. During a one-day seminar held by the Indonesian Society for Humanity, it was agreed that citizens should not be detained or imprisoned because of their political beliefs.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Police say judge to decide venue for Oki's trial
Police say judge to decide venue for Oki's trial By K. Basrie JAKARTA (JP): The site of the trial of Hernoko Dewantono, alias Oki, the only suspect in a triple murder in Los Angeles, is once again up in the air. Police officers, who earlier insisted that Oki had to be tried in Indonesia, now say a judges' decision will determine the place of trial.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Diamonds, dragons on European pens
Diamonds, dragons on European pens By Ati Nurbaiti JAKARTA (JP): A pen that doesn't conk out when you're in the middle of signing something important is all the average writer wants; but when pens come beautifully engraved, in shiny cases and priced at millions of rupiah, there must be something more to it. These were featured in a display of French, German and Italian pens from the respective companies of Waterman, Mont Blanc and Montegrappa.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
JSX down on rumors of likely U.S. interest hike
JSX down on rumors of likely U.S. interest hike JAKARTA (JP): Stock prices fell sharply across the board on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) last week as the market took another plunge ahead of the possible rise in U.S. interest rates at the end of the month. The JSX Composite Index closed the week 4.72 points (1.07 percent) lower to 437.15. There were persistent and large selling orders from foreign investors preferring to be on the sideline for the short term. Falls in the U.S.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Deductions from teachers' salaries
Deductions from teachers' salaries From Kompas In Magelang regency, Central Java, amounts are deducted from the salaries of teachers without the approval of the teachers concerned. The deductions are Rp 5000 per month from kindergarten teachers' wages and Rp 7000 from junior and senior high school teachers. The deductions were for five consecutive months beginning in October 1994.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
No short cuts to change: PPP chairman
No short cuts to change: PPP chairman JAKARTA (JP): The United Development Party (PPP) has affirmed its customary stance by rejecting the revolutionary "people's power" and, instead, advocating gradual change and reforms. "The PPP will not budge from its stance that changes in all aspects of life should be made constitutionally, gradually and continuously," Chairman Ismail Hasan Metareum said while opening a meeting of the Jakarta branch of his party yesterday.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Tycoons to be honored for donations: Minister
Tycoons to be honored for donations: Minister JAKARTA (JP): The names of 23 prominent business tycoons will be engraved on a plaque which will be unveiled by President Soeharto in March when he dedicates a low-cost housing complex in Bidaracina, Jatinegara, East Jakarta. The engraving of the names is an expression of gratitude for the tycoons' donations, said Minister of Social Services Inten Suweno while she was inspecting the buildings on Friday.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Invitation to seminar
Invitation to seminar From Gatra In November 1994, I was supposed to attend a one-day seminar on Enhancing the role of the private sector and the community in support of the government's effort to curb hepatitis B. According to the invitation the seminar was scheduled for Dec, 19, 1994. Included in the Committee were the Health Minister, the Minister of Population/Chairman of the National Family Planning Board, Chairman of the Indonesian Medical Association, and two retired Armed Forces members.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Double digits loom as inflation rate rises
Double digits loom as inflation rate rises JAKARTA (JP): The inflation rate is likely to approach the psychological barrier of 10 percent this year in spite of the government's pledge to keep it below, a senior economist says. Anwar Nasution, speaking in a one-day seminar on the state budget, said on Saturday that this year's inflation rate will likely be higher than last year's level of 9.24 percent. The inflation rate reached 9.77 percent in 1993.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Lack of facilities slow development
Lack of facilities slow development MANOKWARI, Irian Jaya: Inadequate infrastructure is hampering development in Irian Jaya and Maluku, says chief of the Trikora military command Maj. Gen.I Ketut Wirdhana, who oversees security in those provinces. He said the lack of trained people and the eastern territories' geography also contributed to the slow progress of development.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
MNLF chairman sees hope in talks
MNLF chairman sees hope in talks MANILA (AFP): Philippine Moslem rebel leader Nur Misuari said yesterday he was hopeful the rebels could reach a settlement with Manila to end 20 years of fighting, but warned against "unexpected developments" that could derail peace talks.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta: Music * The Aryaduta Jakarta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Bonauli vocal group, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Lost Morenitos, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. - Ambassador Lounge: Amir (pianist), Monday to Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.; Saturday 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.; Jakarta String Fantasy Trio, Monday to Saturday from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Sunday from 12:30 p.m.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Moslems need greater political roles
Moslems need greater political roles CILOTO, West Java (JP): A senior political scientist has lashed out at Moslem organizations and the Indonesian government for preventing Indonesian Moslems from playing more than a merely marginal role in politics -- internationally and also at home. Despite perceived improvements in relations between Moslem societies and the economically powerful countries, Dr.
Mon, 30 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Red Cross has new members
Red Cross has new members JAKARTA (JP): Chairperson of the Indonesian Red Cross Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana has sworn in 4,000 students as new members of the Adolescent Red Cross. The 4,000 Red Cross members, who were sworn in at the East Jakarta mayoralty office on Friday, are students of 168 elementary and high schools in East Jakarta. Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, the eldest daughter of President Soeharto, also swore in 200 new members of the Red Cross disaster prevention team.