Archive: 14 February 1995
40 articles found
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Man imprisoned for vandalism
Man imprisoned for vandalism DILI, East Timor: The district court yesterday sentenced a man to 17 months in jail for burning houses and pelting stones at a fire brigade in the wake of ethnic rioting in November. Judge Barita Sinaga said Agustino Belo was found guilty of inciting rioting on Nov. 12 last year, in which 38 houses near the Becora market were reduced to ashes, causing a lost of about Rp 50 million ($22,000). Earlier, prosecutors sought two years in jail for Agustino.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
PLN under fire for cooperation
PLN under fire for cooperation JAKARTA (JP): The state electricity company PT PLN was under fire yesterday over its dealing with private investors involving power generation, which has caused high prices of electricity for subscribers and PLN.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Army's strength still below ideal, Gen. Feisal says
Army's strength still below ideal, Gen. Feisal says JAKARTA (JP): The strength of the Indonesian Army is still below an ideal level, given its immense task to defend the nation and maintain security and order in the huge archipelago, Armed Forces Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung said yesterday.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Manila to seek UN help on Spratlys
Manila to seek UN help on Spratlys MANILA (Reuter): The Philippines said yesterday it was considering elevating the issue of China's occupation of a coral reef in the disputed Spratly islands to the United Nations Security Council and the World Court. Foreign Secretary Roberto Romulo refused to give details of "the military aspects" of the country's strategy but made it clear the Philippines had no wish for a military confrontation with China.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Traffic jams
Traffic jams From Bisnis Indonesia Traffic congestion is a daily scene in the capital city. Even the toll roads are not spared the daily traffic jams. Actually there are many ways to overcome traffic jams. The Jakarta Metropolitan Administration has in fact made every effort to solve the problem, albeit unsuccessfully. For example, the three-in-one system for the restricted area does not really serve its purpose as many children offer themselves as passengers to make up the number.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Man denies forcing wife to become a prostitute
Man denies forcing wife to become a prostitute JAKARTA (JP): A man alleged to have sold his wife into prostitution denied the charges in court yesterday in a last ditch attempt at his defense. Yudhi Haryadi Sutikno told Judge Doris A.A. Taulo of the South Jakarta District Court yesterday that the prosecutor's accusations are based on faulty evidence.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Flood fighters face difficult challenges
Flood fighters face difficult challenges JAKARTA (JP): The municipal agencies responsible for flood prevention face three tremendous problems which must be solved or ever larger portions of the capital will continue to vanish under water every rainy season. The first problem is domestic and industrial waste. Many of the city's residents are still having problems properly disposing of household waste, Antara news agency reported. All 13 rivers in Jakarta are clogged with garbage.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Dropping of charges against Kim questioned
Dropping of charges against Kim questioned JAKARTA (JP): Law practitioners questioned the government's decision to drop criminal charges against textile businessman Kim Johannes Mulia, saying that he needs to do more than just repay his debts and pay "administrative" penalties. "Repaying the state's money does not eliminate one's crimes," Harkristuti Harkrisnowo of the University of Indonesia's School of Law told Antara.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Mayor wages war on brothels
Mayor wages war on brothels JAKARTA (JP): West Jakarta Mayor H. Sutardjianto is waging war on brothels operating in his mayoralty. "I'm firmly determined to wipe out prostitution places located in my area," the mayor said as quoted by Antara yesterday. He asked pimps and prostitutes operating in the Kalijodo red light district, one of the biggest and most notorious flesh markets in the capital, to immediately abandon their professions and seek other jobs which are lawful and allowed by religion.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Martial arts for Irian journalists
Martial arts for Irian journalists JAKARTA (JP): Journalists working in Irian Jaya have been advised to take lessons in martial arts to protect themselves against beatings from officials, one of the occupational hazards increasingly encountered in their line of work nowadays. The Irian Jaya chapter of the Association of Indonesian Journalists said that, this year, there have already been two incidents of officials beating journalists because they did not like what they read in the newspapers.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Bambang's fate to be decided today
Bambang's fate to be decided today JAKARTA (JP): Leaders of the House of Representatives (DPR) are expected to make a decision today on Golkar's proposal to expel its outspoken House member Bambang Warih Koesoemo. The dominant political grouping, however, is certain that House Speaker Wahono will make a ruling in Golkar's favor.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Textile factories told to move to cheaper areas
Textile factories told to move to cheaper areas JAKARTA (JP): Can't pay your workers the minimum wage? Then relocate your plant to areas where the official minimum wages are relatively lower. That's the message given yesterday by Minister of Manpower Abdul Latief to 70 textile and garment manufacturers in West Java who raised objections to the increases in the minimum wages in their area from Rp 3,800 to Rp 4,600 a day effective April 1.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Dili residents live in fear of `ninja' attacks
Dili residents live in fear of `ninja' attacks DILI, East Timor (JP): Residents are hiding in their homes under a self-imposed curfew as reports about mysterious gangs in "ninja" hoods terrorizing the capital spread like wildfire. Taxis and other means of public transportation, which are usually available until 11 p.m., stop operating as early as four o'clock in the afternoon, causing workers to have to walk home. Most of them walk in groups for fear of being attacked by the "ninjas".
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
New policy to boost 'the east'
New policy to boost 'the east' JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto is considering the introduction of new tax incentives to companies planning to invest in eastern provinces of Indonesia, a minister said yesterday. "The President is considering new incentives, but he said they must not contradict existing regulations," State Minister of Research and Technology B.J.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
TV Today
TV Today TVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Hassai Sensei 3:05 Dilentasia 3:30 TV Drama: Di bawah Kilatan Pedang 4:30 Youth Program 5:00 Regional News 5:30 English Lessons 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Religious Teachings 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Wawasan 8:05 Music: Dangdut 9:00 World News 9:25 Koran Recital 9:40 Music Program 10:45 Late News 10:55 Film: The Crackers Factory Program 2 4:30 p.m.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Manila licenses 10 banks
Manila licenses 10 banks MANILA (Reuter): For the first time in nearly 50 years, Manila has granted full banking licenses to foreign institutions -- and more may be on the way, Philippines Central Bank Governor Gabriel Singson said yesterday. Singson told a news conference Manila would likely decide within the next six months whether the banking sector would be further opened to foreign competition.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
APEC begins first talks for Osaka summit
APEC begins first talks for Osaka summit FUKUOKA, Japan (AFP): Senior officials of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum kicked off a three-day meeting here yesterday, the first talks since leaders of the 18-member group agreed to work towards the goal of free trade and investment in the region by 2020.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Share prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Feb. 13, 1995 Trading Shares Close Change Volume --------------------------------------------------------- ADES ALFINDO 2,400 0 AHAP INSURANCE 3,350 0 ALUMINDO PERKASA 1,100 2,000 ANDAYANI MEGAH 2,425 277,500 ANEKA KIMIA RAYA 5,400 -100 20,000 ANWAR SIERAD 1,650 -50 108,000 AQUA GOLDEN MISSISSIPI 2,800 0 ARGHA KARYA PRIMA INDUSTRY 2,000 -25 355,500 ARGO PANTES 2,750 -50 24,000 ASIANA IMI INDUSTRIES 1,700 0 ASTER DHARMA...
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Sidewalk vendors in Binjai
Sidewalk vendors in Binjai From Merdeka At a discussion to commemorate 75 years of TB Simatupang in Jakarta on Jan. 31, 1995, many participants deplored the involvement of the Armed Forces in raids to clear out sidewalk vendors to the benefit of entrepreneurs or certain officials. This mostly happens in Jakarta. In Binjai, North Sumatra, the police and Armed Forces raided sidewalk vendors' stalls, destroying equipment like tables, carts etc. in Pajak Tavip complex (Jan.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Three elephants die in action
Three elephants die in action BUKIT KEMUNING, Lampung: Three elephants that security authorities used to destroy illegal coffee plantations have died in action, a press reports said yesterday. It is unclear why the trained animals died but the operation's leader, Subari Effendi, said that the elephants might have been ill before they were brought in to uproot coffee trees planted by semi-nomadic farmers on reserved forests.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Goverment urged to drop taxes on CPO, oleins
Goverment urged to drop taxes on CPO, oleins JAKARTA (JP): The Federation of Edible Oil and Fats Associations yesterday called on the government to drop export taxes on crude palm oil (CPO) and oleins -- CPO products for cooking oil production -- to regain Indonesia's stake in overseas markets.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Fighting soccer hooliganism
Fighting soccer hooliganism We do not doubt that the State Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Hayono Isman, meant well when he urged that soccer hooligans be punished with severe penalties -- even by using the anti-subversion law if necessary. And given the growing brutality of those hooligans, perhaps there are quite a number of us who might tend to agree with the minister. The phenomenon of soccer hooliganism is of course not new.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Pay rise threatens shoe factories
Pay rise threatens shoe factories SERANG, West Java: Shoe makers received the government's policy to raise workers' minimum wages with fears that it will lead many small and medium scale companies to bankruptcy. Deputy chairman of the Indonesian Shoe Producers Association Anton J. Supit said yesterday that when the policy goes into effect in April, scores of shoe factories in industrial centers in the province may sound the death knell. "They are financially weak," he said, Antara reported.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
President wants more exports of textiles
President wants more exports of textiles JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto asked yesterday that the Indonesian Textile Association make concerted efforts to increase exports of textiles and textile products, which last year dropped 8.1 percent to US$5.6 billion over the previous year. "President Soeharto instructed us to find ways to improve our exports," the association's new chairman, Bambamg Yoga Soegomo, told journalists after meeting with Soeharto.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
People start thronging city pawn shops
People start thronging city pawn shops JAKARTA (JP): Many people start thronging pawn shops to mortgage their belongings ranging from house utensils and jewelry to luxury cars in a bid to get cash easily and quickly during the Ramadhan month. Soeparto, spokesman of the state-owned Perum Pegadaian which oversees pawn shops, told reporters yesterday that this is common during Ramadhan, when people pawn their belongings for cash.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
KL worried over isles in RI's map
KL worried over isles in RI's map KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia was investigating reports that Indonesia had included two islands claimed by both countries in its latest national map, local reports said yesterday. "As far as we are concerned, the two islands belong to us," Foreign Minister Abdullah Badawi was quoted as saying yesterday of the Sipadan and Ligitan islands, jointly claimed by Malaysia and Indonesia.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Research on Walter Spies
Research on Walter Spies I have been doing research on Walter Spies, a painter of German nationality, to make a documentary film on this cultural man. When he arrived Indonesia in 1923, Walter Spies lived in Bandung and Yogyakarta, before he lived permanently in Campuhan, Ubud, Bali. In Bandung he worked as a pianist in a silent movie theater. At the end of 1923 he moved to Yogyakarta, and early the following year he became a musician in the Yogyakarta Sultanate.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for Jakarta Tuesday Maghrib 06.19 p.m. Wednesday Imsak 04.30 a.m. Subuh 04.40 a.m.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Edhi holds Russian in Dhaka tourney
Edhi holds Russian in Dhaka tourney JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's number two Grand Master Edhi Handoko squandered a winning chance only to draw with Russia's GM Krasenkov in an international chess tournament in Dhaka on Sunday. The tie put Edhi in the fifth place with 4.5 points, three points away from pacesetter GM Mark Hebden of England. Krasenkov stayed safely at third.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Four arrested for murder in Bongkaran
Four arrested for murder in Bongkaran JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested four of the five men suspected of brutally killing a prostitute's client in the low- class Bongkaran red-light district in Central Jakarta. "The suspects were arrested in different places over the weekend while the remaining one is believed to have left the city for his hometown in South Sulawesi," First Sergeant Soetrisno, head of the crime investigation unit of the Tanah Abang police subprecinct, told reporters yesterday.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Telecommunications in eastern regions
Telecommunications in eastern regions JAKARTA (JP): The development of telecommunication and tourist facilities in eastern provinces will be accelerated in cooperation with foreign parties, Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave said.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Vietnam wants time before joining AFTA
Vietnam wants time before joining AFTA SINGAPORE (AFP): Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Manh Cam said yesterday that Hanoi should be given a few years to merge into a regional free trade plan after joining the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in July this year. "I have no idea how long it will take. Perhaps three or four years. ASEAN member countries also have the same feeling," Cam said at the end of a four-day official visit here.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Lawyer, client murdered
Lawyer, client murdered MEDAN, North Sumatra: A lawyer and his client were murdered last week in connection with a land dispute in the Samosir subdistrict, police said yesterday. Spokesman for the North Sumatra police command Lt. Col. Leo Sukardi told The Jakarta Post that the authorities yesterday arrested seven people allegedly involved in the murder of lawyer Manumpak Gultom and his client Badiaman Simbolon.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Landslide victims presumed dead
Landslide victims presumed dead PEMALANG, Central Java: The search for seven people buried in last week's landslide was halted yesterday after four days of futile toil and no hope of survivors. The landslide, from Mount Kupit, caused by heavy rain on Feb. 7 killed two people, buried seven and critically injured three. A less extensive landslide on Saturday caused no injuries but triggered fears of another disaster.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Last student convicted in insult case freed
Last student convicted in insult case freed JAKARTA (JP): The last of 21 students convicted of defaming President Soeharto during a demonstration at the House of Representatives in December 1993, was released yesterday after serving his fourteen month jail sentence. Adi Kurniawan, from Darul Ulum University in Jombang, East Java, walked out of the Salemba Detention Center in Central Jakarta at 9:30 a.m.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
4,000 vendors to be removed
4,000 vendors to be removed JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will relocate approximately 4,000 sidewalk vendors to a number of markets, an official said yesterday. Aris Djazuli, head of the Informal Sector Development Agency, told Antara that the vendors have to be relocated because their operation on green belts, park areas, pavements and empty plots of land owned by the city administration, and around traffic lights and bridges is considered to affect the beauty of the city.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Legal Aid Foundation delays graffiti removal
Legal Aid Foundation delays graffiti removal JAKARTA (JP): Members of the Legal Aid Foundation refrained yesterday from removing the obscene graffiti that was scrawled on the exterior of their office building, saying that police would still need the graffiti as material evidence.
Tue, 14 Feb 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.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Vietnam to buy S. Korean boats
Vietnam to buy S. Korean boats SEOUL (AFP): Vietnam is seeking to buy patrol boats from South Korea, raising hope for the first arms purchase between the two countries since they normalized ties in 1992, a defense ministry spokesman said yesterday. Vietnam wants to import three to five patrol boats worth US$7.5 million each from South Korea through the trading arm of the Hyundai Group, the spokesman said.
Tue, 14 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Trade relations hampered by a lack of information
Trade relations hampered by a lack of information JAKARTA (JP): ASEAN Secretary-General Ajit Singh, in a joint commission meeting with India yesterday, cited a lack of information as the main impediment to better bilateral trade relations.