Indonesian Political, Business & Finance News

Archive: 21 October 1995

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Private schools, colleges offered tax concessions

Private schools, colleges offered tax concessions JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Finance and private schools and colleges have finally come to a compromise over the new regulation requiring them to start paying income taxes.

Tourists bothered by beggars, traders

Tourists bothered by beggars, traders DENPASAR, Bali: Governor Ida Bagus Oka said he has received many complaints from foreign tourists annoyed by swarming souvenir hawkers in virtually every tourism location here.

Four killed in traffic accident

Four killed in traffic accident SEMARANG, Central Java: Four people were killed and one was seriously injured in a traffic accident yesterday in Mantianom village in Banjarnegara regency. Sources at the Central Java provincial police headquarters said a van, running at high speed, first fatally hit...

French power giant EDF eyes Asian countries

French power giant EDF eyes Asian countries SINGAPORE (Reuter): The world's biggest power company, Electricite de France, plans to leap into Asia over the next five years, spending US$1 billion on power stations and grids, its Southeast Asian representative said yesterday.

EU anti-dumping on RI

EU anti-dumping on RI BRUSSELS (AFP): The European Union applied anti-dumping duties to bicycles imported from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand yesterday, officials said. The duties would be enforced initially for four months and ranged from 13. 2 to 48.8 percent.

Tiny health posts mean a lot to Kalimantan villagers

Tiny health posts mean a lot to Kalimantan villagers By Primastuti Handayani SANGGAU, West Kalimantan (JP): The road to Sei Kelik village is bumpy and muddy. The motorcycle is the only vehicle that can travel it.

Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta: Music * Hotel Aryaduta Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Bonauli vocal group, Monday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Los Morenitos, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Los Paraguas, Friday and Saturday from 7:15 p.m.

Inco to pay interim dividend

Inco to pay interim dividend JAKARTA (JP): PT International Nickel Indonesia (Inco) announced yesterday that it will distribute an interim dividend of U.S. five cents per share on Dec. 13. The company said in a statement that the company's decision to distribute the interim dividend has taken into...

Cambodia logging project critizied

Cambodia logging project critizied PHNOM PENH (Agencies): Cambodia's most prominent opposition figure, former finance minister Sam Rainsy, has joined King Norodom Sihanouk in vehemently protesting the government's award of a massive logging contract to an Indonesian timber company.

Foreign loans to finance cement plant

Foreign loans to finance cement plant JAKARTA (JP): PT Osin said its cement plant in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, will be financed by US$133 million in loans from a Belgian bank and Asian Development Bank consortium.

Silk Air expands its flight service

Silk Air expands its flight service JAKARTA (JP): Silk Air, a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, will double the frequency of its flight service between Singapore and Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, to six times a week due to the increasing traffic volume, an official said yesterday.

Sujudi urges return to basic foods

Sujudi urges return to basic foods JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Health Sujudi appealed to the Indonesian people yesterday to get back to dietary basics and away from foods rich in fat and cholesterol. Speaking at a workshop in Denpasar on the impact of changing diet habits among Indonesians, Sujudi...

The Pulse of Paradise: Bali in Paul Nagano's watercolors

The Pulse of Paradise: Bali in Paul Nagano's watercolors By Garrett Kam JAKARTA (JP): Throughout East and Southeast Asia intensive wet-rice cultivation, immense archipelagos, extensive maritime trade, mighty rivers, and temperamental monsoons led to advanced civilizations with highly-refined art...

Indonesia urged to enact more economic laws

Indonesia urged to enact more economic laws JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia needs to continue its economic legal reforms by producing more governing laws on economic activities to anticipate the implementation of free trade in Southeast Asia and the Pacific region, according to lawyers.

APB-Net to convene in Osaka tomorrow

APB-Net to convene in Osaka tomorrow JAKARTA (JP): The Asia Pacific Business Network (APB-Net) will open a two-day meeting in Osaka, Japan, tomorrow to finalize its policy views prior to the Osaka meeting of the Leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in November.

Sleepless in Jakarta

Sleepless in Jakarta After having read about sleeping problems in "Your Letters" column dated Oct. 18, 1995, I felt relief. I used to think that I was the only citizen of Jakarta who has a sleeping problem. I lived in Cililitan for 12 years.

Three children die of dengue

Three children die of dengue GROBOGAN, Central Java: Three children of the Belor village have died, while 128 others have been hospitalized in a dengue outbreak striking the Ngaringan district. Hengki Pramono and Susanto, both four years old, and Kabudiyah, 11, died of the hemorrhagic fever over...

New NAM membership leads to lengthy debates

New NAM membership leads to lengthy debates By Meidyatama Suryodiningrat CARTAGENA DE INDIAS, Colombia (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas said that the admission of new members to the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) had "stalled".

Councilors upset at demolition of squatters' houses

Councilors upset at demolition of squatters' houses JAKARTA (JP): The City Council has expressed disappointment with the Central Jakarta mayoralty's demolition of 40 houses along the banks of the Ciliwung river on Thursday, two days ahead of schedule.

Officials suggest HIV test for Sea Games athletes

Officials suggest HIV test for Sea Games athletes JAKARTA (JP): A senior sports official of the National Sports Council (KONI) suggested yesterday that all Indonesian athletes to be sent to the 18th Southeast Asian Games in Chiang Mai, Thailand, be tested for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)...

Ciputra Group to build satellite city in Hanoi

Ciputra Group to build satellite city in Hanoi Hanoi (DPA): A 2.5-billion-dollar satellite city project for the Vietnamese capital Hanoi has moved closer to reality after winning the key support of senior Vietnamese leaders, government officials and businessmen said in a news report yesteday.

Church Services

Church Services * Catholic Church, University of Atmajaya, Jl. Jend. Sudirman: Saturday 5:30 p.m., Sunday, 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m. (with songs) and 5:30 p.m. * First Church of Christ, Scientist, Jl. Teuku Cik Ditiro 48, Menteng, Central Jakarta: Services on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. (in Indonesian) and 8 a.m.

Injured Yayuk set to lead SEA Games team

Injured Yayuk set to lead SEA Games team JAKARTA (JP): Yayuk Basuki, struggling with a back injury, intends to give everything she has to Indonesia's quest to win five tennis gold medals at the 18th Southeast Asian Games.

Research on ancestors

Research on ancestors I am a German artist from France and staying here in Jakarta, working on a book project about two ancestors of mine. They lived in Batavia (now Jakarta) and Palembang in the 19th century. My great-great-great-grandfather Carl Wilhelm Reinhard Voigt came to Batavia in 1836.

Gov't urges credit unions to become corporate bodies

Gov't urges credit unions to become corporate bodies JAKARTA (JP): The government urged independent credit unions yesterday to turn themselves into legal entities to allow for government supervision and prevent irregularities which could be detrimental to union members.

Stock Exchange

Stock Exchange Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct. 20, 1995: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ---------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,500 -75 1,000 AHAP Insurance 3,250 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,150 0 0 Andayani Megah 2,100 100 151,500...

Pornographic film posters

Pornographic film posters From Bisnis Indonesia The film posters displayed at the two cinemas, one on Jl. Raya Pondok Aren and the other in Pondok Betung have caused great concern because they are so pornographic. Everybody, including children can see the posters very clearly.

Indonesian appointed as UNESCO director

Indonesian appointed as UNESCO director JAKARTA (JP): An Indonesian education professor, Moegiady, has been appointed director for the Central Asia region of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Antara reported yesterday.

Colombia summit to endorse NAM action programs

Colombia summit to endorse NAM action programs By Rikza Abdullah CARTAGENA DE INDIAS, Colombia (JP): A declaration to be endorsed by the leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) will guarantee the implementation of the group's programs, particularly those on cooperation among developing countries,...

Teluk Naga developer pledges to help locals

Teluk Naga developer pledges to help locals JAKARTA (JP): The management of the Salim Group of companies has been quoted as saying that it will place the local people's needs before the group's business interests in carrying out its Teluk Naga project in Tangerang.

Bomb tests for security

Bomb tests for security Whenever in Bali, I buy The Jakarta Post to see what is happening in the world. In these days of France's atomic tests I found my own opinion reflected in your paper of Aug. 7, 1995, under the headline France's "great power" argument cuts no ice abroad.

Potential projects in ASEAN identified

Potential projects in ASEAN identified MANILA (AFP): A study financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has proposed 121 possible projects to be undertaken within the recently formed East Asean Growth Area (EAGA), officials said yesterday.

Aussie firms tie up in RI project

Aussie firms tie up in RI project MELBOURNE (Reuter): Australian energy group Energy Equity Corp Ltd said it has formed a strategic alliance with Tenneco Gas Australia, a unit of U.S. gas group Tenneco Inc.

Indonesian scholars too inward-looking: Historian

Indonesian scholars too inward-looking: Historian DEPOK, West Java (JP): As Indonesia embarks on various regional cooperation programs, leading historian Taufik Abdullah warned yesterday that the nation has a dire shortage of scholars who really know about the region.

Victim in hotel murder may have been raped

Victim in hotel murder may have been raped JAKARTA (JP): The Malaysian businessman charged with killing a local woman in a five-star hotel in Central Jakarta on Monday may have raped the victim before the killing, a police officer said yesterday.

Support for Megawati 'against' establishment

Support for Megawati 'against' establishment JAKARTA (JP): The call for Megawati Soekarnoputri, the chairwoman of the minority Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), to run for president in 1998 is a symbol of her support in Central Java and a sign of growing rejection of the establishment, a political...

Bekasi has new police chief

Bekasi has new police chief BEKASI (P): Deputy to the Greater Jakarta police chief, Brig. Gen. Hamami Nata yesterday installed Lt. Col. Elfrizo L. Tobing as Bekasi police chief to replace Lt. Col. Hari Pribadi.

Painters vie for Indonesian Art Awards '95

Painters vie for Indonesian Art Awards '95 By R. Fadjri YOGYAKARTA (JP): One of the drawbacks of a competitive arts world, that of paintings in particular, is that some painters refrain from taking part in what they perceive as a competitive event, believing that art works cannot compete with each...

Five foreign giants enter RI telecoms

Five foreign giants enter RI telecoms JAKARTA (JP): Foreign companies will operate domestic telecommunication services throughout Indonesia, except for Greater Jakarta and East Java, under 15-year concessions as of January 1996.

Soesilo: Be alert but don't panic about communism

Soesilo: Be alert but don't panic about communism JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for Political Affairs and Security Soesilo Soedarman yesterday urged the public to stay vigilant, but not to panic, over recent official warnings about a possible communist resurgence.

Four injured in tiger attack

Four injured in tiger attack PEKANBARU, Riau: A Sumatran tiger attacked six forestry workers sleeping in a tent, seriously mauling four of them, Antara reported on Thursday. In the incident that occurred on Sunday near Sungai Rawa village, Bengkalis regency, two workers escaped the attack.

PT Pelabuhan II, PSA cooperate

PT Pelabuhan II, PSA cooperate JAKARTA (JP): PT Pelabuhan Indonesia II, the company with manages Jakarta's Tanjung Priok port and several other seaports, signed a technical cooperation agreement yesterday with the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) to improve port services and daily operations.

Soeharto tells Golkar to learn from history

Soeharto tells Golkar to learn from history JAKARTA (JP): "Never forget the past," President Soeharto told members of the ruling political grouping Golkar yesterday. "In looking ahead, meeting challenges in developing the future that we dream about, we must never forget our past," Soeharto said in...

Alleged killer of Hutagalung's family arrested

Alleged killer of Hutagalung's family arrested BEKASI (JP): City police have arrested a man strongly believed to be the country's long-wanted suspect in the brutal killing of six members of Herbin Hutagalung's family here early last year, reliable sources said.

A tour in the Preanger: The tea gentry and their women

A tour in the Preanger: The tea gentry and their women By Tineke Hellwig BANDUNG (JP): Fifty-five Dutch tourists conducted tour of West Java's tea plantations in July, known as the 1995 Tea Tour. For the larger part, this group of travelers, whose ages ranged from 13 to 80 years old, consisted of...

Akzo plant in Surabaya

Akzo plant in Surabaya AMSTERDAM (Reuter): Dutch chemicals and pharmaceuticals company Akzo Nobel NV said it had signed an agreement to set up a synthetic resins manufacturing joint venture with Indonesia's P.T. Raung Nusa Chemicals in Surabaya.

FIA drops RI's bid for Formula One race

FIA drops RI's bid for Formula One race JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia looks certain to lose its bid to bring a prestigious Formula One grand prix race to the Sentul circuit next year, after the International Automobile Federation (FIA) excluded it from the 1996 provisional calendar on Thursday.

Servant arrested over killing

Servant arrested over killing JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta police have arrested a servant at a boarding house for Thursday's rape and murder of a 25-year- old woman in Central Jakarta. Central Jakarta Police Chief Lt. Col.

World Vision reaches remote regions

World Vision reaches remote regions JAKARTA (JP): World Vision International (WVI) was established in 1950 by Dr. Bob Pierce to help children victims of the 1950-53 Korean war. The Christian-affiliated organization, which has its headquarters in Washington, started operation in Indonesia in 1960 to...

Better transit service

Better transit service Many analysts believe that Jakarta will no longer be a healthy place to live beyond the year 2000. One of the reasons is the worsening traffic congestion. Today it take three hours for the people who live in the Depok area, 30 kilometers south of Jakarta, to get to their...

Traders complain about high wall

Traders complain about high wall JAKARTA (JP): Seventeen Bogor residents have complained to the National Commission on Human Rights about the erection of a four- meter-high wall in front of their shop-houses, saying it has killed their businesses.

TV today

TV today TVRI 2:35 p.m. TV Series: Teenage Mutant Ninja 3:05 Sports 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Science Film 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Music Program: Jazz 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Lemhanas 8:05 Bintang Nusantara 9:00 World News 9:30 Music: Rona Nusantara 10:30 Film...

Sri Lankan sprinter awaiting test results

Sri Lankan sprinter awaiting test results JAKARTA (JP): The organizing committee of the 11th Asian Amateur Track and Field Championships, which concluded in Jakarta on Sept. 24, is waiting for the result of Susanthika Jayasinghe's second drug test sample before confirming if Sri Lanka's top...

Asian airlines raise profits

Asian airlines raise profits SINGAPORE (AFP): The 15-member Orient Airlines Association (OAA) yesterday reported a threefold annual jump in combined net profits to US$1.3 billion in fiscal year 1994-95.