Archive: 12 April 1995

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Two officials may be questioned on 'arisan'

Two officials may be questioned on 'arisan' JAKARTA (JP): National police are considering questioning two officials of the City Trade Office in relation to the investigation of the controversial Danasonic arisan savings chain scheme.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Puppet Show 3:05 Children's Program: Gita Wicara 3:30 Science Program 4:05 Family Program: Around Us 4:30 Documentary Film 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Indonesia Lessons 6:05 Nusantara, The Beloved Country 6:45 Langka Tapi Nyata...

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Sony's market targets

Sony's market targets TOKYO (AFP): Sony Corp. is targeting eight countries as priority markets in a new strategy to cope with the rising yen and rapidly changing market structure, a spokeswoman said yesterday.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

NAM art show this month

NAM art show this month JAKARTA: Singapore and China signed a loan agreement yesterday with the Indonesian ministry of education and culture, pledging their participation in the Non-Aligned Movement's contemporary art exhibition which will be held here later this...

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Universities deny radicalization among students

Universities deny radicalization among studentsBy Haryoso and Prapti Widinugraheni JAKARTA (JP): The top administrators of Indonesia's leading universities appealed to the government to ease control over campuses, and personally assured that...

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Supreme Court blasted over reversal

Supreme Court blasted over reversal JAKARTA (JP): The supreme court came under criticism yesterday for reversing its own earlier decision to award an Irianese man Rp 18.6 billion (about US$8.5 million) in compensation in a land dispute with the local government.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Let Nike rest in peace: PWI council

Let Nike rest in peace: PWI council JAKARTA (JP): The Honor Council of the Association of Indonesian Journalists (PWI) criticized the national media yesterday for going overboard in their coverage of the death of TV starlet Nike Ardila to the point of sensationalism.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Beach volleyball debuts in Atlanta

Beach volleyball debuts in Atlanta JAKARTA (JP): Bali has been named one of the 29 stops of the world two-a-side men's and women's beach volleyball championships series this season, in which top spikers are vying for berths at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Delhi conference vital to Indonesia

Delhi conference vital to IndonesiaBy Jai Singh Yadav This is the first of two articles describing the critical role a conference in New Delhi played in consolidating international support for the newly formed Republic of Indonesia in the 1940s.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Islamic schools look to modernization

Islamic schools look to modernizationBy Mochtar Buchori JAKARTA (JP): For a sufficiently large part of the Moslem community in Indonesia, pesantren (the traditional Koranic school) and madrasah (the more recent version of Koranic school) still...

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Indonesian growth outlook

Indonesian growth outlook The Manila-based Asian Development Bank is bullish about the prospects of Indonesia's economic growth in the next two years, projecting Indonesia's gross domestic product to grow by at least seven percent a year.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Iglesias concert postponed

Iglesias concert postponed JAKARTA (JP): The planned concert of Julio Iglesias, scheduled to take place from April 14 to 16 at the Jakarta Hilton Convention Center, has been postponed until November due to the crooner's ill health.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Govt raises prices of low-cost houses by 12%

Govt raises prices of low-cost houses by 12% JAKARTA (JP): Following the 40 percent increase in cement reference prices, the government yesterday announced an average increase of 12 percent in the prices of low-cost houses.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Nature festival to be held soon

Nature festival to be held soon JAKARTA (JP): A unique festival featuring potted plants as well as other plants, natural artistic stones, wild chicken and bamboo products will take place at the Senayan sports stadium in Central Jakarta early in June.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Business as usual at Tanamur, Cafe Batavia

Business as usual at Tanamur, Cafe Batavia JAKARTA (JP): Well known night spots Tanamur and Cafe Batavia have resumed normal operations.A.F. Lapian, head of the City Law and Order Office announced on Monday that the city administration had temporarily...

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

British education expo in 3 cities

British education expo in 3 cities JAKARTA (JP): The British Education Exhibition, traveling to Surabaya, Bandung and Jakarta, commenced yesterday.Participating in the event are 54 universities, colleges of higher and further education and schools...

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

New way of earning money?

New way of earning money? JAKARTA (JP): In many big cities like Jakarta, people have found various ways of earning money, including illegally using the names of high-ranking officials.Recently, city police spokesman Lt. Col.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

APEC members split over free trade issue

APEC members split over free trade issue SINGAPORE (AFP): Developed and developing countries were divided at an APEC senior officials meeting here yesterday on how to approach the task of liberalizing trade in the Pacific Rim by 2020, officials said.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Jakarta Varsities English Debate at UI

Jakarta Varsities English Debate at UIBy T. Sima Gunawan JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's prominent economist Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti has voiced a strong objection against capital punishment.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Village planned at Subic

Village planned at Subic MANILA (AFP): A Philippine-Australian business venture announced yesterday plans to develop a US$120 million waterfront village at the former U.S. Subic naval base north of Manila.Subic Bay Waterfront Development Corp.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Ibis hotel responds

Ibis hotel responds In response to a reader's letter from The Jakarta Post, April 4, 1995, we wish to mention that our guest who checked in on March 16, 1995, at 11.00 p.m. was not given a room because it was a late check-in due to plane delay.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Turkmenistan offers cotton project to RI businessmen

Turkmenistan offers cotton project to RI businessmen JAKARTA (JP): Turkmenistan is offering Indonesian investors a chance to develop its land for primarily cotton growing.The offer was made by Deputy Prime Minister R.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Consortium to build Batam port

Consortium to build Batam port JAKARTA (JP): The Batam Industrial Development Agency (BIDA) has agreed to give exclusive rights to a consortium of Indonesian, Singapore and Malaysian companies for the establishment of a container port in Batam at about US$1 billion.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Rehabilitation bill silent on killing

Rehabilitation bill silent on killingBy Imanuddin JAKARTA (JP): As the government is pushing a new bill on social rehabilitation that emphasizes reforming a criminal rather than exacting retribution, anti-capital punishment lobbyists again ask why the...

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Govt will keep eye on developers

Govt will keep eye on developers JAKARTA (JP): Vice governor of government affairs Idroes said yesterday that the city administration is currently tallying the public and social facilities built by housing complex developers.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Hockey wouldn't win at SEA Games: Hindarto

Hockey wouldn't win at SEA Games: Hindarto JAKARTA (JP): The training director of the National Sports Council (KONI) Mochammad Hindarto yesterday defended the council's decision not to send the national hockey team to the upcoming Southeast Asian Games.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

KL is set to revamp its composite stock index

KL is set to revamp its composite stock index KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange is set to revamp its barometer composite index (CI) next week by increasing the number of component stocks to 100 from 86, officials said yesterday.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Spotlight

SpotlightPhoto A: MITMIT EXECUTIVES: MIT's Senior Executive Program director, Charles Grader (left), shakes hands after exchanging souvenirs with PT Indosat's technical director, Safwan Natanagara (center), who was accompanied by...

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Judge orders arrest of fraud

Judge orders arrest of fraud SINGAPORE (AFP): Former Asian biscuit king Rajan Pillai, convicted here for defrauding his company, failed to appear in court for his sentencing yesterday, prompting the judge to issue a warrant for his arrest.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Ancol fire not caused by short circuit: Police

Ancol fire not caused by short circuit: Police JAKARTA (JP): Police have ended their investigation of the fire that gutted the Mystery Castle in the Fantasy Land complex at Ancol Dreamland in North Jakarta early last month.North Jakarta police chief Lt.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

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.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Asian economies to lead world growth: WB

Asian economies to lead world growth: WB BOMBAY (Reuter): Asian economies will lead global growth in the next century with those in East Asia continuing to fuel the rise, the World Bank's managing director said yesterday.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

State-owned firms should manage forests

State-owned firms should manage forests JAKARTA (JP): A seminar recommended yesterday that state- owned companies take over managing forests from private concession holders for the benefit of the public.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Satya Wacana rector to quit

Satya Wacana rector to quit SALATIGA, Central Java: The controversial rector of Satya Wacana Christian University, Jon JOI Ihalauw, says he will resign in November to allow the election of a new rector.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Give Permadi a fair chance: Scholars

Give Permadi a fair chance: ScholarsBy Santi WE Soekanto JAKARTA (JP): As pressures mount to prosecute psychic Permadi Satrio Wiwoho for his alleged blasphemous and libelous remarks, two Moslem leaders and a human rights official have joined the...

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Seaport police strive to maintain law and order

Seaport police strive to maintain law and orderBy K. Basrie JAKARTA (JP): Violent robberies, smuggling, prostitution and vehicle theft are among the crimes recorded by the Tanjung Priok Seaport Police, known locally as KP3, during the past few years.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Ad campaigns, licensing key to toy firms' success

Ad campaigns, licensing key to toy firms' successBy Lenah Susianty JAKARTA (JP): A banner at Si Kancil, a restaurant in southern Jakarta, reads, "If your children know Mickey Mouse, why don't they don't know si...

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Discipline needed for bus drivers

Discipline needed for bus drivers JAKARTA (JP): Instilling a high sense of discipline into public transportation drivers is very important if the number of road accidents is to be reduced, according to a traffic police officer.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

ADB assists RI health care

ADB assists RI health care MANILA (UPI): The Asian Development Bank has approved an US$840,000 technical assistance grant for Indonesia's reproductive health care program, Bank officials said yesterday.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Inflation and growth

Inflation and growth Head of the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) Sugito Suwito MA warned last week that the rate of inflation might reach double digits this year. According to Sugito, this could happen if the parties concerned fail to exercise restraint in raising the...

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeShare prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on April 11, 1995: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------ ADES ALFINDO 2,675 0 AHAP INSURANCE 3,300 0 ALUMINDO...

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Labor trafficking in Batam to be probed

Labor trafficking in Batam to be probed JAKARTA (JP): The government will investigate the recent smuggling of hundreds of workers to Malaysia through Batam Island, Riau.Director General for Manpower Placement Abdul Rachim told journalists that the...

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Malaysia practices democracy

Malaysia practices democracy In The Jakarta Post of March 29, 1995 you published your translated version of Kompas' editorial which had appeared in the Bahasa Indonesia daily on March 28, 1995.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Singapore dismisses RP findings

Singapore dismisses RP findings MANILA (Agencies): Philippine President Fidel Ramos called on Singapore yesterday to reopen its investigation into the double murder for which Filipina maid Flor Contemplacion was hanged.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Rising yen could affect growth, analysts warn

Rising yen could affect growth, analysts warn JAKARTA (JP): Domestic and foreign analysts warned yesterday that the steady appreciation of the Japanese yen against the U.S. dollar might adversely affect Indonesia's economic growth.

Wed, 12 Apr 1995

Satelindo approves third stake-acquirer

Satelindo approves third stake-acquirer JAKARTA (JP): A subsidiary of Germany's Deutsche Telekom, which agreed last week to buy a 25-percent stake of PT Satelit Palapa Indonesia (Satelindo), may sell a part of its newly- acquired stake to a third party, according to...

Wed, 12 Apr 1995