Archive: 21 October 1995
54 articles found
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. Although the scenes in the films may not be as provocative as advertised, the influence of the posters is devastating in itself. A few years back the area might have been sparsely populated, but this has changed.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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 Aneka Kimia Raya 6,450 0 0 Anwar Sierad 1,025 -50 96,000 Aqua Golden Mississippi 2,400 0 0 Argha Karya Prima Industry 1,900 0 16,500 Argo Pantes 2,075 -425 500 Asiana IMI Indusrties 950 0 0 Aster Dharma...
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. He was working as a doctor for the Dutch health service.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. Yayuk, representing her teammates, told the touring National Sports Council (KONI) Chairman Wismoyo Arismunandar yesterday that the national tennis team would battle it out to reach the target at the Dec. 9-17 Games in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. (in English). * All Saints' Anglican Church (opposite The Aryaduta Jakarta), Jl. Arif Rahman Hakim No. 5, Central Jakarta: Services on Sunday at 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m. ; at G.K.I. Pondok Indah at 6 p.m.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. The city, to be built over an area of 400 hectares, is an undertaking of the Ciputra Group, an Indonesian developer, which has built nine cities in its home country.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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) before and after the Games.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. Chairman of the Council's commission for government affairs, M. Aman, said yesterday that, although the deadline set by the mayoralty had been today, the squatters' houses had been demolished on Thursday.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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". Alatas was explaining to journalists the lengthy debates among states participating in the ongoing XI NAM Summit here regarding the applications of several countries to the Movement.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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 the past few days.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. I remember having always gone to bed accompanied by a choir or a vocal group practicing which went on until close to midnight (most of the people in this neighborhood are talented singers).
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. Under the compromise formula, foundations that run education institutions are exempted from the income tax if the surplus revenues generated were spent on buildings, land and other facilities destined for the good of the education.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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 styles all influenced by water. Thus of all the artistic media, watercolor is the most suitable for portraying scenes where water is an important thematic element.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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 said people in several countries have begun to shun fast food in favor of traditional cuisine.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. Supit Arif Barata of the Silk customer service in Mataram was quoted by the Antara news agency as saying that the Singapore- Mataram service which was launched last March has enjoyed a fairly high load factor.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. "The remaining $57 million of the investment needed for the project will be funded by loans from several other local businessmen," PT Osin's president A. Baramuli was quoted by Antara on Thursday as saying in Kupang.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. to 11 p.m. - Ambassador Lounge: Boece & Ayu (pianist and singer), Tuesday and Saturday, from 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Pianist of Jakarta String Fantasy Trio, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 8 p.m.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. Every month paramedics from Batang Tarang subdistrict have to pass this way to visit mothers and their babies. Around midday, about 40 women with their toddlers have gathered at the health post, waiting for their turn.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. Ministers of the European Union (EU) would decide on the final rate of duty. Some bicycles imported from China have attracted dumping duties since September 1993.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. Pierre Moriette said state-owned EDF was considering a major investment in Indonesia and ventures in the Philippines and Thailand, plus previously announced projects in Laos and China.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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 a pedestrian. The car then swerved out of control and plunged into the river, instantly killing all three passengers. The first victim was identified as Mrs. Sumardi, 45.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. "For example, I received the other day two letters from tourists from America and Germany, complaining about beggars and the small traders in the Nusa Dua and Kuta beaches," Oka was quoted by the Antara news agency as saying yesterday.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. The OAA, which will admit Asiana Airlines of South Korea as its 16th member at an annual assembly of presidents in Brunei on Saturday, said in a statement that total operating revenues of current members were up 16.2 percent to $45.12 billion.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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 sprinter has failed her drug test.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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 :Demonstone 10:55 Late News 11:05 Film (continued) Program 2 4:30 p.m.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. The complainants, representing 40 traders who have shop-houses in the area adjacent to the Cisalak market, said on Thursday that the wall has stopped people from patronizing their shops since early last year.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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 offices downtown. And they require another three hours to get home, crawling along the capital's overcrowded thoroughfares.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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 help the country's orphans and orphanages.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. Murawi Effendi said yesterday that the suspect, identified as Zakaria Sidik, alias Jaka, 27, was picked up on Thursday evening from a friend's house in Condet, East Jakarta.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. The FIA announced that it would return to its traditional 16- race format, one fewer than this season, without even naming Indonesia as a candidate for the auto sporting extravaganza.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. An Akzo spokeswoman said the joint venture would own the Raung resins production plant in Surabaya, which was already producing Akzo-licensed resins. Akzo Nobel will have a majority stake in the new joint venture.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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 descendants of the Heren van de Thee (tea gentry), as in the title of a Dutch historical novel by Hella Haasse (1992, serialized in Indonesian in the Kompas daily between September and December 1993).
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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 a speech read by Vice President Try Sutrisno during a reception celebrating the 31st anniversary of Golkar at the Jakarta Convention Center. "History is the wisest teacher.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. Moegiady, 53, is currently serving as education and cultural attache at the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra, Australia.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. They returned with help but the tiger had already fled. The four injured men were taken to a military hospital where they are now recovering.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. The recent announcement by the Armed Forces (ABRI) of three men accused of being behind some of the recent unrest was intended to serve as a warning, Soesilo said. There was no cause for panic, he added.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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 other.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. Hari Pribadi will start his new job as the West Jakarta police chief Monday to replace Lt. Col. Made Mangku Pastika. The new Bekasi police chief, Tobing, will leave his former position as head of the narcotics division at the National Police Headquarters next week.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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 observer says. Afan Ghaffar of Yogyakarta's Gadjah Mada University said yesterday that the popularity of Megawati is also an "interesting" reflection of the growth of civil society in Indonesia.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. A postmortem examination by the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital stated that the victim had been a virgin and was raped, a senior detective who asked not to be unidentified told The Jakarta Post.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. Most Indonesian scholars are still only interested in their own country and lack knowledge about their neighbors, Taufik told The Jakarta Post.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. Energy Equity said that under the agreement Tenneco will purchase 50 percent of the Australian group's interest in the Sengkang production sharing contract and in the Sengkang power station project in Sulawesi, Indonesia for A$28 million.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. The project proposals were contained in the study put together by the Hong Kong-based GHK Ltd. consultancy firm using a 1.8- million-dollar ADB grant. No cost estimates for the projects were given.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. France is a nation Germany never can be friends with, unless one partner submits to the other. And this Germany is going to do at the moment in order to stabilize the friendship.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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, Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas said yesterday.
Sat, 21 Oct 1995, 00:00 WIB
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. The agreement was signed by Pelabuhan II president A. Harbani and PSA Deputy chief executive officer Goon Lok Loon.