Archive: 24 February 1995
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Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Taiwan, Singapore join forces for investments
Taiwan, Singapore join forces for investments TAIPEI (Reuter): Taiwan and Singapore have agreed to a joint investment strategy for third countries, a Taiwan spokesman said. "We agreed that we will jointly develop industrial zones in Paraguay, Uruguay, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines," he said Wednesday. "We will also jointly develop markets in India and Burma, taking advantage of Singapore's experience there," the spokesman quoted Taiwan Economic Minister Chiang Ping-kun as saying.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Donations for the poor
Donations for the poor JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Family Welfare Movement's chairperson, Mrs. Suryadi Soedirdja, donated on Wednesday foodstuffs and a sum of money to 560 poor people living in West Jakarta. The donation was part of Mrs. Soedirdja's Ramadhan tour of Jakarta. In her speech, the wife of the Jakarta Governor said the tour is primarily aimed at further boosting the role of the movement, locally called PKK, so that it could more definitely serve its purpose.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Pakistan's refinery project
Pakistan's refinery project KARACHI (AFP): Work started here yesterday on the country's first hydrocracker refinery project, jointly sponsored by Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), officials said. Hydrocracker is one of the most recently developed refining techniques where a wide range of petroleum products are produced by processing heavy residual oil.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Mari'e warns on loans in Kanindotex takeover
Mari'e warns on loans in Kanindotex takeover JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad has warned the potential buyer of the debt-ridden Kanindotex not to use loans from state-owned banks to finance the takeover of the textile company. "The financing for the takeover of Kanindotex should not come from state-owned banks," the minister told reporters on Tuesday.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Underwriters to 'cooperate' on share prices
Underwriters to 'cooperate' on share prices JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Indonesian Securities Underwriters agreed yesterday to "cooperate" in maintaining stock prices above their Initial Price Offering (IPO) levels. "We are ready to cooperate to keep prices above the levels set during the primary offering period," L.G. Rompas, the chairman of the association, said following a meeting with the chairman of the Capital Market Supervisory Agency (Bapepam), Bacelius Ruru.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Garuda cancels sale of aging aircraft
Garuda cancels sale of aging aircraft JAKARTA (JP): Garuda Indonesia has canceled its plan to sell nine idle Airbus A300-B4 aircraft because it has failed to find a buyer who will pay for them in cash. Garuda's president, Soepandi, told reporters last night that the airline planned to refurbish the aging aircraft and put them back into operation.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Rice output to increase this year
Rice output to increase this year JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's rice production, which fell four percent in 1994, is expected to expand some this year, but remain lower than 1993's level.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
The Bambang Warih case
The Bambang Warih case The report which appeared in this newspaper yesterday that House Speaker Wahono endorsed the expulsion of Golkar legislator Bambang Warih Koesoemo from the House of Representatives (DPR) was inaccurate and a clarification is therefore due. What actually happened was that Wahono agreed to forward the Golkar proposal to have Bambang removed from the House of Representatives to President Soeharto for final approval.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Is there freedom?
Is there freedom? From Bisnis Indonesia On Aug. 17, 1995 Indonesia will celebrate 50 years of independence. In less than half a century of freedom, Indonesia has achieved economically what has taken other free countries hundreds of years. However, during this 50 year period democracy is still in its infancy. One example is the recent recall of legislator Bambang Warih Koesoemo by his party. When a case like the recall of Bambang comes up, one must pose the question: Is there freedom at all?
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Priest advises govt to review E. Timor policy
Priest advises govt to review E. Timor policy JAKARTA (JP): The government was advised yesterday to review its development strategy in East Timor or face prolonged conflict with the indigenous people. Gregor Neonbasu, an East Timorese Roman Catholic priest, told a seminar that the more acceptable development approach would be one that incorporated local cultural values.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Troops build emergency bridge
Troops build emergency bridge PEMALANG, Central Java: Troops have been called in to build an emergency bridge on the Limus river, in substitute for the one which collapsed early this week, a local senior military officer said yesterday. The collapse of the bridge, one of Java's most busy highways, has practically cut off land communication between Tegal and Pemalang.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Press council not informed of 'Tempo' closure
Press council not informed of 'Tempo' closure JAKARTA (JP): The government closed the Tempo weekly in June without prior consultation with the Press Council as the law requires, a council member testified in court yesterday.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Japanese doctors asked to prove cholera claim
Japanese doctors asked to prove cholera claim JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Health Sujudi challenged Japanese doctors yesterday to go to Bali and see for themselves if cholera exists as Japanese tourists have claimed. The claims made by 77 Japanese tourists that they contracted cholera during their stay in Bali, Sujudi said, need to be supported by concrete evidence.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Sanitasi program plagued by problems
Sanitasi program plagued by problems JAKARTA (JP): The city's sanitation program is hindered by many problems, mainly the limited availability of garbage trucks, large-scale waste dumps and the imbalance between the rising number of new housing complexes with good waste disposal facilities. M. Subasir, head of the City Sanitation Office, told reporters on Thursday that his office currently is operating only 729 garbage trucks, far below the ideal fleet of about 1,300.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Trade unions are part of social infrastructure
Trade unions are part of social infrastructure JAKARTA (JP): Free trade unions are an important part of an industrial society's infrastructures, director of the International Labor Organization's Jakarta office, Herman van der Laan, said yesterday. Van der Laan warned that continued repression of labor unions may have detrimental effects on the long term growth of a nation, including Indonesia.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Aussie tourism seminar here
Aussie tourism seminar here JAKARTA (JP): The Australian Tourist Commission and the British Tourist Authority announced yesterday that they had chosen Jakarta to be the venue for the Travel Australia Britain Seminar (TABS) 1995. The event, which will be held at the Jakarta Hilton Convention Center from Sept. 17 through Sept. 21, is expected to be attended by over 300 tourism operators from Australia and Britain and more than 350 operators from 15 Asian countries.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Legal expert fears consequences of Liquisa probe
Legal expert fears consequences of Liquisa probe JAKARTA (JP): Legal expert Muladi has urged the Army not to be too harsh on its members who were responsible for the recent death of six people in East Timor, saying it could affect the morale of other troops posted in the troubled territory.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Water stoppage on Saturday
Water stoppage on Saturday Jakarta (JP): The city-owned water company PAM Jaya will temporarily stop the supply of water to a number of areas in the city tomorrow. The company announced yesterday that the stoppage has been caused by the construction of an electricity project in Pulogadung production center in East Jakarta.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Investigators return to E. Timor for more facts
Investigators return to E. Timor for more facts JAKARTA (JP): The National Commission on Human Rights has deferred announcing the result of its investigation into the deaths of six people at the hands of the military in East Timor, saying that it needs more evidence. The commission originally planned to disclose the result today. Its fact finding team returned from East Timor on Monday.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Malaysia, RI sign car, military aircraft agreement
Malaysia, RI sign car, military aircraft agreement KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysia and Indonesia yesterday signed a military aircraft and car deal which they said could lead to formation of a Southeast Asian consortium to manufacture commercial aircraft. "I now dream of the 21st century when a commercial aircraft will be made by a consortium comprising Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore or other Southeast Asian countries," Indonesian State Minister for Research and Technology B.J. Habibie said.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Bambang's fate is now in Soeharto's hands: Expert
Bambang's fate is now in Soeharto's hands: Expert JAKARTA (JP): By passing on Golkar's demand to have Bambang Warih Koesomo removed from the House of Representatives, the House leaders have placed the legislator's fate in the hands of President Soeharto. "It is now up to President Soeharto," M. Budyatna, the dean of the University of Indonesia's School of Social and Political Sciences said yesterday.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Rubber prices close higher
Rubber prices close higher SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore rubber futures prices ended higher yesterday as the local market took the cue from an afternoon surge in Japan where speculators pushed prices up. Dealers said prices dropped in the morning as many manufacturers had already stocked up over the last month. "But in the afternoon Japan jumped up and Singapore followed," said a dealer. Turnover rose to 9,845 tons from 8,875 tons on Wednesday.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
S'pore coffee contract targets Japan
S'pore coffee contract targets Japan TOKYO (AFP): The Singapore Commodity Exchange (Sicom) said yesterday it was "confident" of attracting interest from the Japanese coffee and futures industry in Asia's first coffee futures contract to be launched next week. David Chin, first deputy chairman of the exchange, said potential users in Europe, the United States, Indonesia and Singapore had already given a "very encouraging" response to the contract, which starts trading on Wednesday.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
City finds it hard to control offices
City finds it hard to control offices JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said yesterday that a lack of supervision has caused many irregularities in the management of the city administration. Speaking to reporters after inducting the new board members of the Jakarta Academy, Surjadi said the administration has difficulties supervising its offices because it manages various matters. The Jakarta Academy is a private think-tank on the arts. It groups intellectuals and artists.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Less S'poreans visit Batam
Less S'poreans visit Batam BATAM, Riau: Most visitors to Batam island are still Singaporeans, but their numbers have continued declining over the past several years, a local official said yesterday. But the number of tourists from South Korea and Taiwan have been on the rise since 1990, chief of the Batam tourism office Husni Ilyas said.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Future bringht for life insurance: Executives
Future bringht for life insurance: Executives JAKARTA (JP): Executives say the Indonesian life insurance industry has a bright future, given growing public awareness of the importance of risk insurance. "Insurers should grab the momentum amid the growing awareness of the public of insurance by introducing new qualified life insurance products and by upgrading the old ones," James T. Riady, the vice chairman of the widely-diversified business conglomerate, Lippo Group, told reporters yesterday.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Gump's simplicity brings some cheer
Gump's simplicity brings some cheer JAKARTA (JP): This is the image of the 1990s hero: IQ 75, simple, slow-witted (stupid is too strong), slow-talking, but innocent, kind, optimistic, generous at heart and a true lover. If you'd like to meet such a person, make sure that you go and get "gumped" by the movie Forrest Gump.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
KL ranks second in ASEAN labor costs
KL ranks second in ASEAN labor costs KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia, facing a shortage of workers, has the second-most expensive labor force after Singapore in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a government study showed yesterday. In terms of skilled labor, Malaysia was the third most expensive, after Thailand and Singapore, according to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) study.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Indonesia rejects U.S. request for Oki's expulsion
Indonesia rejects U.S. request for Oki's expulsion JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has rejected the United States government's request for the deportation of Harnoko Dewantono, alias Oki, the main suspect in the Los Angeles triple murder currently in Jakarta police custody. Coordinating Minister for Political Affairs and Security Soesilo Soedarman put his foot down yesterday and said that the Indonesian government cannot expel one of its own citizens.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Student regiment members attach court observers
Student regiment members attach court observers JAKARTA (JP): Members of the National University's student regiment commandeered a Kopaja mini bus and beat up a student yesterday, according to a student representative.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Thugs prey on bus drivers
Thugs prey on bus drivers SLAWI, Central Java: About 60 city bus drivers pleaded with police for protection yesterday from gangs of thugs who extort money from them. They told chief of the Slawi police precinct, Lt. Col. Yunus Razak, that thugs have demanded up to Rp 2,500 a day from each driver in the bus station and would attack them if their demand was turned down. Yunus said that police arrested two of the alleged criminals and promised to intensify their fight against the gang.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Adrianus to fight Thai to defend his OPBF crown
Adrianus to fight Thai to defend his OPBF crown JAKARTA (JP): Adrianus Taroreh is set to defend his Orient and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) championship belt against Thailand's challenger Singtong Nontachai in his hometown Manado, North Sulawesi on April 1.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for Jakarta Friday Maghrib 06.16 p.m. Saturday Imsak 04.31 a.m. Subuh 04.41 a.m.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Australia reviews PNG aid
Australia reviews PNG aid CANBERRA (AFP): Australia's chief diplomat has warned Papua New Guinea and other Pacific island states they must take hard economic decisions or face a loss of investor confidence and lowering of living standards. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade secretary Michael Costello also said Australia would be reviewing its A4300 million (US$220 million) a year bilateral aid treaty with PNG later this year.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Free fast breaking meals
Free fast breaking meals JAKARTA (JP): Some 1,000 Jakartan Moslems, and 6,500 from several other cities, have been getting free fast breaking meals in mosques every day during this Moslem fasting month of Ramadhan. The meals have been provided by the Abu Dhabi Welfare Organization, which has also prepared 1,500 gifts for teachers and preachers for the coming Idul Fitri holiday.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
RI's coffee exports licely to drop by 67 percent
RI's coffee exports licely to drop by 67 percent JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's coffee exports are likely to drop by 67 percent to 14,000 tons during the first three months of this year from 43,500 tons in the same period of last year, an executive said. The vice chairman of the Association of Indonesian Coffee Exporters, Oesman Soedargo, said yesterday that the expected drop is caused by last year's prolonged dry spell.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Savings in BRI
Savings in BRI From Kompas I am the youngest child in my family. When my parents died the inheritance was divided among the children (there are six of us). Since I was still a small child at the time, the money was kept for me by my elder sister Lisna Juwita. The money (Rp 750,000) was deposited in Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) in Cengkareng, West Jakarta. We lost the records of the bank account and when I inquired about it at BRI, only Rp 40,000 was left.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Railway equipment producer progress
Railway equipment producer progress MADIUN, East Java (JP): PT Industri Kereta Api (Inka), the state-owned railway equipment producer, established in 1981, has reported significant business progress after making a profit for the first time in 1992. Inka's president, Istantoro, said here on Wednesday that the company's revenues had increased steadily from Rp 28.4 billion (US$12.9 million) in 1992 to Rp 47 billion in 1993 and to Rp 65 billion in 1994.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Towards political deregulation?
Towards political deregulation? President Soeharto has instructed the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) to suggest a general election system that would best suit Indonesia in the future. The head-of-state also asked LIPI to ponder on how many Armed Forces (ABRI) representatives should sit as members in the House of Representatives.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Susi is Asia's best athlete
Susi is Asia's best athlete JAKARTA (JP): Badminton queen Susi Susanti is included in the list of Asia's top 10 athletes of 1994 and is entitled to the Kungfu Family Cup, a Chinese sports journalists association announced on Wednesday. The Cup for the world number one woman shuttler, who gave Indonesia its first gold medal in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, was handed over to the Indonesian embassy in Beijing, Antara reported on Wednesday.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Idul Fitri not an extravagance
Idul Fitri not an extravagance From Suara Karya The end of the fasting month of Ramadhan is drawing near. During the Ramadhan month Moslems refrain from eating and drinking and other activities which are considered contrary to the Ramadhan values. Fasting is sort of hard training for Moslems to fight against all negative desires/passions which can undermine our wholesome thoughts. But to what extent can fasting influence man's behavior? The answer can only be found inside oneself.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Teachers' wages embezzled
Teachers' wages embezzled KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Governor Herman Musakabe urged the Alor branch of Bank Rakyat Indonesia to repay the salaries of 30 elementary school teachers, allegedly embezzled by its employees. "We don't want to see teachers miserable because their salaries were embezzled," Musakabe said, Antara reported yesterday.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
City Police arrest middlemen
City Police arrest middlemen JAKARTA (JP): Not a single unauthorized middleman could be seen at the vehicle document processing unit office at the City Police Headquarters yesterday. During an operation on Wednesday, the military police arrested 78 middlemen, among them, two police sergeants and seven media correspondents. The correspondents were mostly from publications in North Sumatra that deal with the internal affairs of certain organizations.
Fri, 24 Feb 1995, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Share prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Feb. 23, 1995 Trading Shares Close Change Volume --------------------------------------------------------- ADES ALFINDO 1,800 -600 2,000 AHAP INSURANCE 3,350 0 ALUMINDO PERKASA 1,100 8,000 ANDAYANI MEGAH 2,300 104,500 ANEKA KIMIA RAYA 5,500 0 ANWAR SIERAD 1,600 -50 27,500 AQUA GOLDEN MISSISSIPI 2,800 0 ARGHA KARYA PRIMA INDUSTRY 2,025 50 1,157,500 ARGO PANTES 2,725 0 ASIANA IMI INDUSTRIES 1,600 -50 45,000 ASTER DHARMA...