Archive: 18 April 1995
45 articles found
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
S'pore pledges to reopen Flor Contemplacion case
S'pore pledges to reopen Flor Contemplacion case SINGAPORE (AFP): The Singapore government has pledged to reopen the case of hanged Filipina maid Flor Contemplacion if she is proved innocent of killing a compatriot. A foreign ministry statement issued late Sunday said that if Singapore and Filipino pathologists are unable to reconcile differences over the 1991 killing of Della Maga, the dispute could be referred to a panel of neutral experts.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Australian businesses work through aid budget
Australian businesses work through aid budget By Dewi Anggraeni MELBOURNE (JP): Australia, it seems, is determined to participate in Asia. Prime Minister Paul Keating continuously encourages Australian businesses to look toward Asia in trade and investment. However, the simple fact is, they have not been heading for Asia in droves. Asia, to many Australians in business, is still very much the realm of the unknown. Excitement abounds in there, but should one take the plunge?
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Development for people
Development for people It is always a pleasure to read Your Letters, as this column gives me various thoughts and information. Your readers' comments show that they do care about this country and its development. The article, Indonesia still dreams of a new architectural paradigm, by Bambang Eryudhawan (April 2, 1995) raised comments from Damien Mate in Your Letters, Jakarta's city form, April 10, 1995.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Wayang performance for 50 nights
Wayang performance for 50 nights SURAKARTA, Central Java: The city, one of the centers of Javanese art and culture, is hosting wayang (traditional leather puppet) performances for 50 consecutive nights beginning July 15. Ichwan Dardiri, the head organizer of the 1995 Greget Dalang Festival, said the event is being held to mark the 50th anniversary of Indonesia's independence. The performance will be conducted, in turns, by 50 puppet masters.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
PWI formalizes members' sacking
PWI formalizes members' sacking JAKARTA (JP): The central board of the Association of Indonesian Journalists (PWI) endorsed yesterday its Jakarta branch's decision to fire 13 of its members for joining the unrecognized Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI). Chairman Sofjan Lubis, secretary general Parni Hadi and Jakarta branch chairman Tarman Azzam announced that the decision was taken after careful consideration. "The PWI central board met several times to discuss the case," Sofjan said.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Big fish eat little fish in the South Asian seas
Big fish eat little fish in the South Asian seas Might is right as large foreign trawlers net fish off South Asian shores, leaving little for impoverished local fisherfolk. Mahesh Uniyal of Inter Press Service reports. NEW DELHI: The first thing V. Vivekanandan, head of a fishworkers federation in South India, looks up in the morning newspapers, is the rupee exchange rate for the Japanese yen.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Conglomerates' sales dominant in GDP
Conglomerates' sales dominant in GDP JAKARTA (JP): The total sales of the country's 300 business conglomerates reached over Rp 144.4 trillion (US$64.9 billion) in 1993, accounting for 43.7 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of around Rp 329.7 trillion in the same year. The Indonesian Business Data Center recorded the sales of the business conglomerates at nearly 80 percent above the Rp 82 trillion registered by state-owned companies.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Utut loses to Blatny in 7th round
Utut loses to Blatny in 7th round JAKARTA (JP): Trailing in second place until the fifth round, Utut Adianto, Indonesia's number one Grand Master managed to finish only sixth in the New York Open Chess tournament which ended on Sunday. Utut tied with nine other players with a total of 6.5 match points after playing nine games. Czech grand master Pavel Blatny won the tournament after collecting eight points.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
RI misses out in Taiwan labor market
RI misses out in Taiwan labor market JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is missing out in the lucrative job markets in Taiwan because the government has been slow in renewing the licenses of manpower supplier companies, an executive of the industry said. T.M. Batubara, deputy chairman of the association of Indonesian companies that export workers to Taiwan, said that 36 companies in the association have not been able to send workers because their operational licenses have not been renewed.
Tue, 18 Apr 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, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Firms deny role in alleged intimidation
Firms deny role in alleged intimidation JAKARTA (JP): Two companies denied allegations yesterday that they had resorted to intimidation to force Pesanggrahan residents to sell their land to make way for a toll road in Bintaro, South Jakarta.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Telkom appoints new directors, commissioners
Telkom appoints new directors, commissioners JAKARTA (JP): In the midst of preparing to float its shares domestically and internationally, the state-owned domestic telecommunications firm, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom), is having its boards of directors and commissioners shaken up.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Kuwaiti funds sought for IPTN program
Kuwaiti funds sought for IPTN program JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday urged Kuwait to examine the possibility of financing the development of airplanes built by IPTN, the state-owned aircraft manufacturer. Soeharto made his appeal during a one and a half hour meeting with Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaikh Saad Al Abdullah Al Salem Al Sabah yesterday.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
RI gears up to host World Archery C'ships
RI gears up to host World Archery C'ships JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's preparations for its hosting of the World Archery Championships are reaching full swing, the new chairman of the Indonesian Archery Association (Perpani), Oetojo Oesman said yesterday. "Training equipment as well as electrical measuring devices are ready. As for the field and its supporting facilities, we're preparing them by stages," he said. The World Archery Championships are scheduled to take place in Jakarta between Aug.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
TV series on police prepared
TV series on police prepared JAKARTA (JP): Noted Indonesian film producer Wim Umboh is working on the production of a television series on the experiences of North Jakarta police personnel. "The shooting of the first two films will be carried out next week," the president of PT International Aries Gemini Film & Production House told The Jakarta Post here over the weekend.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Govt lowers retail prices of cement
Govt lowers retail prices of cement JAKARTA (JP): The government, harshly criticized for its recent decision to raise the reference prices of cement by more than 40 percent, announced yesterday that retail prices of the material should be 10 percent below the new reference prices. Acting Minister of Trade Tunky Ariwibowo said that Minister of Trade's Decree No.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Manila announces Security meet
Manila announces Security meet MANILA (UPI): President Fidel Ramos announced yesterday that Manila's National Security Council will meet on April 21 to assess the Spratlys issue, the Philippines' diplomatic rift with Singapore and a recent Moslem attack in the south which left more than 50 people dead.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Fifteen people die in Bogor flash flood
Fifteen people die in Bogor flash flood JAKARTA (JP): Fifteen people died in a flash flood near a popular waterfall on the Cihedung river near Bogor, West Java, over the weekend. Seven bodies were recovered yesterday morning and eight on Sunday. "Now we have found 15 people killed in the flood,"a member of the Search and Rescue (SAR) team told Antara at the Bogor Red Cross General Hospital yesterday.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Palu shaken by tremors
Palu shaken by tremors PALU, Central Sulawesi: Palu was shaken by a series of tremors yesterday, Antara said. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The first quake, measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale, was recorded at around 11.15 a.m, according to the Meteorology and Geophysics agency in Ujungpandang, South Sulawesi. There were at least 13 follow-up tremors after the first one, one of them measuring 5.3 on the scale.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Briton needed at prosecutors' office soon
Briton needed at prosecutors' office soon JAKARTA (JP): The city Prosecutor's Office has asked a 48-year-old Briton to appear at the office soon to help support the dossiers on the abduction attempt of his two sons here recently. "We really hope that he can come to this office as soon as possible," prosecutor Meity Joseph, who handled the case, told The Jakarta Post yesterday.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
57,000 to enter junior high schools
57,000 to enter junior high schools BEKASI (JP): The number of new entrants at junior high schools in Bekasi this year is projected to reach 57,000 students, an official said. Tisna Iyadilaga, head of the Bekasi education and culture office, said over the weekend that about 34,000 of the number will be accommodated by state schools and the remaining 23,000 by private schools. Tisna explained that there are 149 state junior high schools and 107 private junior high schools in operation in Bekasi.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Illegal traders evicted
Illegal traders evicted JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta Mayor H. Pardjoko, assisted by the Sanitation Department, Public Works Office and members of the powerful Pemuda Pancasila youth organization, has evicted 70 traders illegally operating at the Manggarai Utara market. "The eviction was the follow-up of the mayoralty's program to improve security, order and sanitation," Pardjoko told Antara.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Bintang to be charged with defamation
Bintang to be charged with defamation JAKARTA (JP): Accusations against Goenawan Mohamad and Sri Bintang Pamungkas of involvement in this month's demonstration against President Soeharto in Germany are taking on a more definite form, as are the sanctions they could face. Bintang may be charged with defaming President Soeharto, while Goenawan is accused of "funding" the demonstrations. National Police Chief Gen.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
India could help SE Asia: Analyst
India could help SE Asia: Analyst JAKARTA (JP): Despite being located in a separate geographic region, India can play a positive role in maintaining peace and security in Southeast Asia, a visiting Indian academic said yesterday.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Immigration and nationalism
Immigration and nationalism There has been a series of letters about me and my family. Yes, my wife is Indonesian and my son is half-and-half. This is not going to change. Even if my wife is forced to move to America with me, even if she becomes an American citizen, she will always be an Indonesian; I'll always be an American and my son will always be a pleasant mixture. I hope my boy will grow to be proud of his dual heritage. The government is always promoting nationalism.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Women artists in pursuit of Kartini's spirit
Women artists in pursuit of Kartini's spirit By Carla Bianpoen JAKARTA (JP): Since the Nairobi Conference and the signing of the Forward-Looking Strategies by over 150 countries 10 years ago, the role of women in the development of their nations has been launched as part of a strategy for sustainable development. Government policies speak of equal partnership with men, and donors of development projects are trying to highlight this partnership in the implementation of donor-supported projects.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Govt gets Rp 26b in taxes for tourism promotion
Govt gets Rp 26b in taxes for tourism promotion JAKARTA (JP): The government has collected Rp 26.47 billion in development taxes, which will be used to finance the country's tourism industry, Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave says. He said yesterday that by the end of last month, a number of local administrations had reported the results of their collections of the development tax from hotels and restaurants. Based on Presidential Decree No.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Share prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on April 17, 1995: Trading Shares Close Change Volume ------------------------------------------------------ ADES ALFINDO 2,675 0 AHAP INSURANCE 3,300 0 ALUMINDO PERKASA 1,100 0 ANDAYANI MEGAH 2,200 -50 20,500 ANEKA KIMIA RAYA 5,350 0 ANWAR SIERAD 1,225 -25 165,000 AQUA GOLDEN MISSISSIPI 2,800 0 ARGHA KARYA PRIMA INDUSTRY 1,850 19,500 ARGO PANTES 2,650 0 ASIANA IMI INDUSTRIES 1,250 0 ASTER DHARMA INDUSTRY 850 0 ASTRA GRAPHIA...
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Argentina to clash with RI in Fed Cup
Argentina to clash with RI in Fed Cup JAKARTA (JP): "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" was not a part of the script when Indonesia welcomed Gabriela Sabatini and company for their Federation Cup match yesterday. World number seven Sabatini exuded confidence, flashing the same gleaming smiles at the crowd in a scene reminiscent of the start of her first Indonesian trip last year.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Spratlys spat unfolds naivety
Spratlys spat unfolds naivety This is the second of two articles by our correspondent Harvey Stockwin on the mounting tension in the South China Sea. HONG KONG (JP): The Chinese annexation, on paper, in 1992, of the South China Sea should have been taken much more seriously right from the start. China had ended its period of creeping assertiveness on maps.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Addressing currency swings
Addressing currency swings The APEC finance ministers' concern over the yen-dollar rate volatility since March is fully understandable. The wild currency swings have been hurting APEC's developing members in Asia in particular due to their intensive linkages with the Japanese economy. Furthermore, Japan, besides being one of the world's largest economies, is now the world's single largest exporter of capital.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Legong Festival in Bali
Legong Festival in Bali DENPASAR, Bali: The Walter Spies Foundation is holding a festival of Legong, classical Balinese dance, later this month. "This year's festival is one of our social concerns to preserve the rich traditions that, we believe, support modern life," said Dian Syarif of Bank Bali, which is co-sponsoring the event. Legong is one of Bali's most classic dance genres and is very basic to Balinese performing arts.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Soeharto calls for better haj organization
Soeharto calls for better haj organization JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto asked Minister of Religious Affairs Tarmizi Taher yesterday to improve the government's organization of the haj pilgrimage next year and to learn from this year, which some have described as the worst ever. Tarmizi reported to Soeharto on the state of affairs of the haj pilgrimage and described to reporters later that after chaos in the beginning, the situation was now under control.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Put service first, bureaucrats told
Put service first, bureaucrats told JAKARTA (JP): Local administrators must put public services first before anything else in their line of job, Minister of Home Affairs Moch. Yogie S.M said yesterday. Yogie told a group of 43 regents and city mayors who were in town for a public administration refreshing course that they should not abuse the power and authority entrusted to them.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
RP foreign minister resigns over Flor case
RP foreign minister resigns over Flor case MANILA (Reuter): A tearful Philippine foreign minister resigned yesterday, the latest and most prominent casualty in a major domestic and diplomatic row over the execution of a Filipina maid for double murder in Singapore.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Asia Cup cricket final
Asia Cup cricket final I would like to draw your attention to the sports article Sri Lanka wins Asia Cup Cricket on page 10 of The Jakarta Post on April 15, 1995. Sri Lanka, batting first, scored 230 runs in 50 overs and then, in reply, India scored 231 runs at the loss of Manoj Prabhakar (9) and Sachin Tendulkar (4), while Navjot Sindhu and Captain Md. Azharuddin remained not out at 84 and 90, respectively. Thus India won the final at Sharjah by eight wickets and so the Asia Cup.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Water company studying pipe project proposals
Water company studying pipe project proposals JAKARTA (JP): The City Water Company (PAM Jaya) is studying proposals drafted by 10 private investors for the installation of pipe networks that will provide better water distribution to the public, the water company's director, H. Syamsu Romli, announced yesterday. Last week the city administration raised artesian well fees for household, social, commercial and industrial use between 150 to 250 percent.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Yorrys acquitted of gambling charges
Yorrys acquitted of gambling charges JAKARTA (JP): A panel of judges of the West Jakarta district court have dismissed the gambling charges against Yorrys Raweyai, the controversial executive of the powerful Pemuda Pancasila youth organization, and his six co-accused.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Malaysian inflation up 3.2%
Malaysian inflation up 3.2% KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's annual inflation, measured by the consumer price index, grew 3.2 percent between January and March over the first quarter of last year, a government report said yesterday. The higher inflation rate was largely due to sharp increases in the prices of food, gross rent, fuel and power prices, a statistics department report said. It said inflation for March alone was also up 3.2 percent compared to the same month last year.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Asian markets end mostly steady
Asian markets end mostly steady HONG KONG (Reuter): A strong gain in Japanese share prices and a plunge in Taipei brought to life an otherwise lackluster Easter Monday for Asia's share markets. Japanese stocks ended the day 1.6 percent up on the back of arbitrage-linked buying after briefly falling below the 16,000 level in morning trade. In Tokyo, brokers said stocks ended higher on purely technical trading.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Press freedom
Press freedom In his acceptance speech for a professorship at the University of Indonesia recently, Harsono Suwardi questioned the compatibility of the government's pledge of more political openness and the restriction of the press in actual practice. Harsono said that the so-called "free and responsible" press is none other than a government-controlled press. In reality, this control has given rise to an atmosphere of uncertainty.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Silver Bird service
Silver Bird service I would like to make a complaint regarding Silver Bird service from Soekarno-Hatta airport. On March 29, I arrived at Soekarno-Hatta terminal airport by Merpati flight 113 from Jambi approximately at 4:40 p.m.. After collecting my luggage, I went to the Silver Bird counter to book a Silver Bird cab as normal and the person at the counter gave me a card with the cab number (046) and driver's name.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
The first women's magazine
The first women's magazine In a feature article on the highly distinguished Indonesian woman reporter Mrs. Herawati Diah (The Jakarta Post, April 9, 1995, page 8), the author indicated that the country's first women's magazine, called Duta Kita, was established in Java, in 1942, by Mrs. Herawati Diah's mother.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Hassai Sensei 3:05 Children's Program: Dilentasia 3:30 TV Series: Willing And Abel 4:30 Science 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 Talk Show: Wawasan 8:05 Traditional Drama 9:00 World News 9:30 Film: Samson And Delilah 10:55 Late News 11:10 Music Program 2 4:30 p.m.
Tue, 18 Apr 1995, 00:00 WIB
Govt to curb illegal outflow of RI workers
Govt to curb illegal outflow of RI workers JAKARTA (JP): The government will launch a major operation to stop Indonesian citizens leaving the country to work abroad illegally, Minister of Manpower Abdul Latief announced yesterday. The operation would be conducted both at the major destinations of the workers and in their home provinces, Latief said.