Archive: 2 April 1995
27 articles found
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Guess What? Emil Salim
<p>Guess What? Emil Salim</p><p> What is the most useful plant in the world?</p><p>"Bamboo," insisted Emil Salim, former minister of population and environment.</p><p>All parts of bamboo are beneficial.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Reptile fever strikes Jakartan pet owners
<p>Reptile fever strikes Jakartan pet owners</p><p>By Johannes Simbolon</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Bintang, a 21-year-old university student, found out that reptiles were good pets after visiting a display by reptile sellers held early in January at Pondok Indah Mall.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Three-in-one kids
<p>Three-in-one kids</p><p> I have watched with interest the latest action against the "3- in-1" kids and now read in your newspaper that they may be partially controlled by preman and, even worse, contributing to the dreaded social unrest.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Media relations should not be overlooked
<p>Media relations should not be overlooked</p><p>By Wisaksono Noeradi</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Institutions are continuously expanding their operations, developing new products and services, or opening up promising markets, both at home and overseas.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Vegetarian dishes with an Indonesian twist
<p>Vegetarian dishes with an Indonesian twist</p><p>By Syamala Monie</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): On a recent holiday in Bali, my husband, my two grown children and I were relaxing on the little balcony outside our cottage.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Beware of brain infection
<p>Beware of brain infection</p><p> LONDON (Reuter): Doctors recommended on Friday that tourists visiting the Indonesian island of Bali should get vaccinations against Japanese encephalitis, a severe brain infection carried by mosquitoes.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Govt increases reference prices of cement
<p>Govt increases reference prices of cement</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): The government, under pressure from producers, raised the reference prices of cement across the country by an average of 40 percent over the weekend in an effort to attract more investment in the cement industry.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Guess What? Daniel Sahuleka
<p>Guess What? Daniel Sahuleka</p><p> Ambonese singer Daniel Sahuleka, who is now a citizen of the Netherlands, graced the stage at Erasmus Huis, the Dutch Cultural Center, early this week.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
India-RI ties: From estrangement to cooperation
<p>India-RI ties: From estrangement to cooperation</p><p> Dipankar Banerjee sketches some emerging trends in the relations between India and Southeast Asia through the rubric of Indonesia.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Guess What? Asrul Sani
<p>Guess What? Asrul Sani</p><p> Prominent scholar and film director Asrul Sani, who was invited to talk at the launching of Prahara Budaya (Cultural Calamity) in Jakarta last week, objected to the term "lecture" used by the organizing committee.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
TV today
<p>TV today</p><p>TVRI</p><p> 7:00 a.m. Morning News 7:30 Healthy and Fresh 7:40 TV Series: Vicky The Viking 8:05 Around Us 8:35 Children's Program 9:00 People and Events 9:30 Comedy: Ria Jenaka 9:45 Music 10:45 Youth Program 11:15 Search For The World 11:45...
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Communist cultural calamity has gone, but ...
<p>Communist cultural calamity has gone, but ...</p><p>By T. Sima Gunawan</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Little Taufiq Ismail had a big dream of becoming a great writer, but he enrolled in the veterinary and farming department at the University of Indonesia because he realized...
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
RI ambassador dies
<p>RI ambassador dies</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): The body of Indonesia's ambassador to Hungary, Soelaeman Pringgodigdo, who died in Budapest on Thursday, is scheduled to arrive at Jakarta's Sukarno-Hatta airport at 2:30 pm today on a Garuda Indonesia flight.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Here 'prosciutto' means salami
<p>Here 'prosciutto' means salami</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Guess what? I went to Pondok Indah Mall for the first time ever. Me, who's been giving you the impression that all I do is jaunt around this fair capital.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Gusti Made Karya on the art of duplicating
<p>Gusti Made Karya on the art of duplicating</p><p> DENPASAR (JP): The house in the village of Bonakaja in Gianyar regency looks like small-scale factory. An open space in the garden for sun-drying the thread, a small, one square-meter cement pond in a corner for dying thread,...
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Virtual museum a door to ASEAN collections
<p>Virtual museum a door to ASEAN collections</p><p>By Amir Sidharta</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Those familiar with "the corridor" in Michael Crichton's Disclosure will be able to imagine the ultimate experience of accessing museum exhibits through a computer.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Rain delays Indonesia's Davis Cup victory
<p>Rain delays Indonesia's Davis Cup victory</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Rain should be blamed for delaying Indonesia's Davis Cup victory celebration.</p><p>With a resounding 2-0 lead over Chinese Taipei, Indonesia could have wrapped up the Davis Cup Asia Oceania...
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Copying: Development strategy in garment business
<p>Copying: Development strategy in garment business</p><p>Text and photos by Benito Lopulalan</p><p> DENPASAR (JP): Garment copying is big business in Asia these days. Hong Kong and South Korean industrialists started the trend in the 1970s and ever since profits have...
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Soeharto begins visit in Germany
<p>Soeharto begins visit in Germany</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto arrived in Hannover yesterday to start a six-day state visit to Germany aimed chiefly at promoting economic and trade relations between the two countries.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Singapore's 'Straits Times' celebrates 150 years
<p>Singapore's 'Straits Times' celebrates 150 years</p><p>By Lenah Susianty</p><p> SINGAPORE (JP): No one would think that a newspaper published by an Armenian merchant to carry commercial news on cargo ships to the port of Singapore 150 years ago could...
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Bali shuts down on Day of Silence
<p>Bali shuts down on Day of Silence</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): The Island of Bali, Indonesia's most famous holiday destination, virtually turned into a ghost town yesterday as the predominantly Hindu islanders observed the Day of Silence.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Orlane, for a wedding no one will forget
<p>Orlane, for a wedding no one will forget</p><p>By Dini S. Djalal</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Glitz and glamour, pomp and circumstance: that's what weddings should be all about, according to bridal salons.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Indonesia still dreams of a new architectural paradigm
<p>Indonesia still dreams of a new architectural paradigm</p><p>By Bambang Eryudhawan</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian cities are still being built according to the old paradigm of horizontal city development.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Doohan gears up Malaysian GP bid
<p>Doohan gears up Malaysian GP bid</p><p> SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AFP): World champion Michael Doohan set a new lap record and took provisional pole during Friday's practice for the Malaysian motorcycle grand prix here.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
More about workers' future
<p>More about workers' future</p><p> I am writing regarding the letter of Mr. Roland Pertler (The Jakarta Post, March 26, 1995). There they come again. Five minutes out of the plane and they already know (and have the solution for) all the problems of the developing country...
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Picking winners or subsidizing losers?
<p>Picking winners or subsidizing losers?</p><p> Hal Hill examines Indonesia's experience with industrial policy.</p><p> One of the most important intellectual challenges of the late 20th century is to understand the bases of East Asia's rapid economic growth.
Sun, 02 Apr 1995
Even castaways frown on junk mail
<p>Even castaways frown on junk mail</p><p>By Myra Sidharta</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Life on a small island can be very lonesome with the only link to the outside world being the mail. I experienced this as a little girl.