Archive: 9 January 1995
40 articles found
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
IAIN campus land may go up for sale
IAIN campus land may go up for sale JAKARTA (JP): The huge complex of the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic Institute (IAIN), which is strategically located on Jl. Ciputat Raya on the outskirts of South Jakarta, may soon be up for sale.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Election gun ban takes effect in RP
Election gun ban takes effect in RP MANILA (Reuter): A 150-day ban on people carrying guns took effect in the Philippines yesterday ahead of national legislative and local elections in May. The ban is aimed at curbing the traditional political violence that accompanies elections in the Philippines,...
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
China-Laos airline deal
China-Laos airline deal BEIJING (Reuter): China's Yunnan Airlines has signed a contract with Vientiane to lease and operate airliners on both domestic and international routes for Laos, the Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. The contract, signed on Dec.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
SCTV responds
SCTV responds From Forum Keadilan We refer to the letter by Mr. Warsito Sanyoto in Forum No. 19/III, Jan. 2, 1995, concerning the shooting of the drama Desy in his villa at Anyer. We wish to offer him our heartiest apology.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Donation for elderly, poor
Donation for elderly, poor JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta chapter of the Persit Kartika Chandra Kirana, an association of wives of Army members, has donated Rp 100,000 in cash to each of 100 elderly people and 100 children from poor families.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Donation for Merapi victims
Donation for Merapi victims JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Office of the Ministry of Education and Culture has donated Rp 65 million in cash to victims of the eruption of Mount Merapi in Central Java. In addition to the money, the office also donated rice, instant noodles, sugar, soaps, toothpaste,...
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
E. Timor to deport jobless migrants
E. Timor to deport jobless migrants DILI, East Timor (JP): The territory, which has been rocked twice by ethnic violence over the past couple of months, will draw up a regulation aimed at reducing the number of migrants from other provinces.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
'Openness' must be seen in cultural context
'Openness' must be seen in cultural context JAKARTA (JP): Armed Forces Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung asked the powerful Association of Indonesian Moslem Intellectuals (ICMI) to share the responsibility for safeguarding national unity.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Planning state investments
Planning state investments Government investment, which is itemized under the development budget in the treasury accounts, will put up only Rp 30.7 trillion (US$14 billion), or 26.4 percent, of the Rp 113.
Mon, 09 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.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Environment concern
Environment concern From Neraca Through this letter I would like to call on the young people of the nation to be concerned about the environment. I would also like to express appreciation of the Yudha Youth Club of Bekasi, West Java, for its interest in the preservation of nature. From Dec.
Mon, 09 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 Educational Program 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Foreign Reports 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama...
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
$450 million earmarked for plantation projects
$450 million earmarked for plantation projects JAKARTA (JP): The government has licensed 20 firms to establish plantations aimed at promoting transmigration to the country's less densely populated areas.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Milla's debut helps Pelita crush Kudus 5-0
Milla's debut helps Pelita crush Kudus 5-0 JAKARTA (JP): Pelita Jaya's too-easy 5-0 win over minnow Persiku yesterday might not have been a real challenge for Cameroon soccer star Roger Milla, Pelita's newest acquisition, who played in a duet with goal-minded Buyung Ismu.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Weekly Stock Exchange Review
Weekly Stock Exchange Review JAKARTA (JP): Share prices advanced across the board during the first trading week of the year on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX). Selective foreign buying on several undervalued big capped stocks gave fresh leads to the market, which had taken a beating for quite...
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
BNI ups deposit rates
BNI ups deposit rates JAKARTA (JP): State-owned Bank BNI will raise its short-term rupiah deposit rates today by a range of 0.5 to 1.25 points. Muchlis Harun, a director of Bank BNI, announced on Saturday that the interest rates on both one-month and three-month deposits will be raised by 1.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Photo credits
Photo credits Correction: Due to technical errors, the credits for five pictures on page 10 of the Sunday edition of The Jakarta Post were missing. The credits should go to Audy Mirza Alwi (Menanti Clinton), Maha Eka Swasta (Tangis Bahagia), Saptono (Tangis Robby), Zarqoni Maksum (Kembang Bintang)...
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Two arrested for duping teenagers into prostitution
Two arrested for duping teenagers into prostitution JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta police detectives have arrested two senior high school girls for allegedly duping a number of other teenage girls into prostitution.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Bukaka expands core business
Bukaka expands core business JAKARTA (JP): PT Bukaka Teknik Utama will use 50 percent of the Rp 128 billion (US$58.21 million) fund it generated last month from share sales to the public for the expansion of its core business, says a company director, H. Suratman.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
ABRI ready to hunt for communists
ABRI ready to hunt for communists JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI), if asked, is ready to conduct screening operations to weed out leftist elements from all political parties. ABRI Commander Gen. Feisal Tanjung said here over the weekend that such an investigation is always possible if it is...
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Our loan burden
Our loan burden By the end of the 1995/1996 fiscal year Indonesia's foreign loans are expected to reach US$100 billion. On the face of it, this is indeed a formidable sum. It looks like a burden that is threatening our children and grandchildren.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Germany's Hack wins Indonesia Open
Germany's Hack wins Indonesia Open JAKARTA (JP): Top seed Sabine Hack of Germany struck back to fight off a scaring Irina Spirlea of Rumania on her way to winning the Indonesia Women's Open title yesterday.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Displaced residents starve
Displaced residents starve SERANG, West Java: Residents of Tersana village in the Kaseman sub-district, whose houses were recently flattened in a major wind storm, are running out of food stuffs, Antara reported on Saturday. "Most villagers here are farmers with a daily income of Rp 2,500 ($1.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Foreign investors deceived
Foreign investors deceived I would appreciate my letter printed in your paper with the hope that my experiences, along with a lot of my friends, not only Western but Indonesian as well -- makes investors in this country be careful where they invest their hard earned money.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Blue Bird service
Blue Bird service As I live close to Blue Bird Headquarters in the Jatipadang area, I thought it would be easy to order one of their taxis. On Jan. 4, 1995, at 5.10 p.m., I ordered a Blue Bird, normal meter, taxi for the next day, to take me to my office at Printis Kemerdekaan but I was rejected by...
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Development in E. Timor bears fruit for few people
Development in E. Timor bears fruit for few people JAKARTA (JP): East Timor has seen significant progress since it integrated with Indonesia in 1976, but only a few people enjoy the fruit of its development, according to an author.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
New oil deals to be signed by Pertamina
New oil deals to be signed by Pertamina JAKARTA (JP): After a two-year suspension, the state oil company Pertamina is scheduled today to sign an agreement on the construction of a US$35-billion gas liquefaction project in Natuna and to sign eight oil production sharing contracts.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Track and field meet for students
Track and field meet for students JAKARTA (JP): The Sports Department of the Jakarta Office of the Ministry of Education and Culture will hold track and field championships for elementary, junior high and high school students, as well as college students, from Jan. 27 through Jan. 29.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Jakarta has coherent housing policy: Official
Jakarta has coherent housing policy: Official JAKARTA (JP): The municipality has denied allegations that it has no coherent policy in building low cost apartments. Soenarjudardji, the Assistant of City Secretary on People's Welfare, said the flurry of construction of low cost apartments was not...
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Greater efficiency called for
Greater efficiency called for JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia needs to improve efficiency and the transparency of administration nationwide to cope with its structural economic problems, Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad says.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Crimes at Pulogadung
Crimes at Pulogadung From Neraca The Pulogadung bus station in eastern Jakarta is becoming infested with pickpockets and robbers who prey on passengers. One day during the recent Christmas and New Year holidays I saw a gang of youths grabbing the necklace of a young lady at knife point just before...
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Bus routes
Bus routes From Pelita Commuters from the Jakarta Metropolitan Administration -- civil servants, worker, traders, etc. -- need more public transport facilities to enable them to carrying out their daily activities.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Education the key to industrial transformation
Education the key to industrial transformation JAKARTA (JP): Education plays a major role in the process of transforming an agricultural society into an industrial one and in curbing the cultural clashes that might occur in the process, Minister of Education and Culture Wardiman Djojonegoro says.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Merpati aircraft aborts flight
Merpati aircraft aborts flight PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: An airliner belonging to Merpati Nusantara Airlines was forced to returned just minutes after take off due to engine trouble Saturday. The plane with 54 people on board landed safely, though it ended up blocking the runway and disrupting...
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Mayor takes aim at buildings along banks
Mayor takes aim at buildings along banks JAKARTA (JP): Bogor mayor H. Eddy Gunardi will summon the Bogor water office chief in connection with the construction of a number of illegal brick structures along the banks of the Ciliwung and Cisadane rivers.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Supermarkets
Supermarkets Your correspondent James Richards (The Jakarta Post, Jan. 4, 1995) may be correct in his call to boycott Jakarta 's most prestigious supermarket. However, it is just this "prestige atmosphere," and an adequate supply of apparently overpaid shoppers (or should I use the term...
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Land conflict in Cengkareng intensifies
Land conflict in Cengkareng intensifies JAKARTA (JP): The municipal administration faces another potentially explosive land conflict in Cengkareng Timur in West Jakarta as around 1,500 families squatting on state land resist pressure to move.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
28 caught for fake IDs
28 caught for fake IDs SEMARANG, Central Java: Head of the city immigration office Syaiful Rachman said over the weekend that his office caught 28 people trying to obtain passports with fake identity cards.
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Mt Krakatau spews ashes
Mt Krakatau spews ashes BANDUNG, West Java: Mount Krakatau in the Sunda straits still spews volcanic ashes 200 to 300 times a day, an official said Saturday. Head of the agency monitoring activities of volcanoes in Sumatra and West Java, Igan Supriatman Sutawidjaja, said that the frequent small...
Mon, 09 Jan 1995, 00:00 WIB
Irian forms AIDS task force
Irian forms AIDS task force JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: The local administration has set up a task force in charge of disseminating information on venereal diseases, especially the deadly Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).