Archive: 27 April 1995

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Window on our industry

Window on our industry The contribution of the manufacturing sector to Indonesia's gross domestic product has risen impressively from a mere 8.3 percent in 1969 to 24 percent in 1994, thereby laying a strong foundation for our economy towards the take-off stage of...

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Blood, showbiz merge in Asia's beacon of democracy

Blood, showbiz merge in Asia's beacon of democracyBy Ruben Alabastro MANILA (Reuter): The Philippine election campaign, a blend of showbiz and mayhem, lurches into the home stretch this week to the sound of gunfire.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Government should study asylum issue: Legislators

Government should study asylum issue: Legislators JAKARTA (JP): Prominent legislators urged the government yesterday to find out why hundreds of people from East Timor have sought political asylum in Australia during the past year.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Yongki executed for triple murder

Yongki executed for triple murder JAKARTA (JP): Karta Cahyadi, alias Yongki, convicted of a triple murder in the Central Javanese city of Surakarta, was executed in the early hours of yesterday morning in Kali Sari, East Jakarta.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

NYSE expects more RI companies on exchange

NYSE expects more RI companies on exchange JAKARTA (JP): President, and chairman-elect of the New York Stock Exchange, Richard A. Grasso, expects more of Indonesia's world-class companies to follow the successful debut of PT Indosat on the New York Stock Exchange.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Chocky Children 3:05 Children's Program 3:30 TV Drama: Harapan Nan Sirna 4:30 School Program 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Arabic Lessons 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:25 Koran Recital 6:35...

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Irian man can start again: Soerjono

Irian man can start again: Soerjono JAKARTA (JP): Chief Justice Soerjono said yesterday that the Jayapura district court had the authority either to comply with or ignore a letter he wrote to it earlier this month, purportedly overturning an earlier Supreme Court...

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Lajev for Asian track and field meet

Lajev for Asian track and field meet JAKARTA (JP): Abdul Lajev of Tajikistan, the men's hammer throw world champion, will take part in the 11th Asian Track and Field Championships from Sept. 20 to Sept. 24.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Pertamina adds clause on environment to pact

Pertamina adds clause on environment to pact SINGAPORE (Opecna): Indonesian state oil firm Pertamina has added a new clause to its production-sharing contract (PSC) in line with the government's regulation for environmental protection.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Chinese ceramics exhibition

Chinese ceramics exhibition JAKARTA (JP): A four-day exhibition of Jingdezhen ceramics begins today at the Shangri-La hotel, Central Jakarta.Organized by PT Jingdezhen Utama, the exhibition will feature ceramics designed by renowned Chinese ceramics...

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Foreign investments in small businesses

Foreign investments in small businesses Discussions were held on Monday between the Minister of Cooperatives and Small Enterprises, Subiakto Tjakrawerdaja, and the State Minister of Investment/Chairman of Investment Coordinating Board, Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Road upgrading in Kebayoran Lama

Road upgrading in Kebayoran Lama JAKARTA (JP): The South Jakarta office of the Public Works Department is planning to upgrade the road stretching from the Kebayoran Lama market to the local railway station.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Illegal terminals mushrooming

Illegal terminals mushrooming JAKARTA (JP): Bogor regent Eddie Yoso Martadipura has called on the local head of the Land Transportation Agency (DLLAJ) to take action against the illegal public transportation terminals now mushrooming in the town.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

RI needs to push trade reform to gain from GATT

RI needs to push trade reform to gain from GATT JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia must continue to deregulate trade, including eliminating distortions in the domestic economy, if it is to gain the maximum benefit from regional trade liberalization, several economists said...

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Mahathir's coalition wins by landslide victory

Mahathir's coalition wins by landslide victory KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's National Front coalition yesterday was re-elected by a landslide in Malaysia's ninth general election, leaving the opposition, which had exploited...

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Bintang's lawyers face protests

Bintang's lawyers face protests JAKARTA (JP): About 100 people staged a noisy demonstration yesterday at the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) in protest against the foundation's defense of a legislator accused of insulting President Soeharto.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Fragrance plant built

Fragrance plant built JAKARTA (JP): Chairman of National Export Development Agency (BPEN) Rudy Lengkong inaugurated the construction of the fragrance plant, owned by PT Naarden Indonesia of Quest International Group, in Cimanggis, Bogor, yesterday.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Fishermen fall victim to waterfront project

Fishermen fall victim to waterfront project JAKARTA (JP): More than 15,000 fishermen, living along Jakarta's northern shoreline in East Jakarta, will have to give up their houses and livelihood when construction of the gigantic Water Front City (WFC) project gets...

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

G-7 should consider Third World's plight

G-7 should consider Third World's plight JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia, as the chair of the Non-Aligned Movement, has officially sent letters to members of the Group of Seven industrialized nations, asking them to take into account the interests of developing nations in...

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

NAM ministers discuss Palestine and Bosnia

NAM ministers discuss Palestine and BosniaBy Santi WE Soekanto BANDUNG (JP): Ministers of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) yesterday tackled sensitive international political issues, concentrating on the peace process in Palestine and Bosnia Herzegovina.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

APEC's goals must be linked with GATT

APEC's goals must be linked with GATTBy Mohammad Sadli TAIPEI (JP): Take a glance at these terms: Level playing field, extraterritoriality, national treatment, convergence, harmonization, gray areas, voluntary export restraints, rule-of- reason...

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Govt vows action on intellectual property rights

Govt vows action on intellectual property rights JAKARTA (JP): The government will step up its campaign against violations of intellectual property rights and will try to increase public awareness of the importance of the issue, Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono said...

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

ASEAN not eager for united strategy

ASEAN not eager for united strategy MANILA (AFP): ASEAN countries have displayed a united front in the face of Chinese incursions in the South China Sea, but the regional body is unlikely to create a formal regional defense strategy, analysts say.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

S'pore-Minang hotel management

S'pore-Minang hotel management JAKARTA (JP): PT Bumi Minang Hotel has signed a management and operation contract with Sedona Hotels Group, a major Singaporean- based business group, for its hotel in Padang, West Sumatra.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Imelda says she will appeal

Imelda says she will appeal MANILA (AFP): Former first lady Imelda Marcos said here yesterday that she would appeal her earlier disqualification from running for congress in the central island of Leyte, adding that she was sure of winning the election.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

24 firms tried for violating labor regulations

24 firms tried for violating labor regulations JAKARTA (JP): Twenty-four Jakarta-based companies went on trial in the period between April 1, last year, and March 31, 1995, on charges of violating regulations on work conditions.F.P.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Australia-RI business meet

Australia-RI business meet JAKARTA (JP): Around 200 Indonesian and Australian businessmen will meet in Semarang, Central Java, for three-days beginning on May 1 to discuss new opportunities for investment and trade deals.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Police arrest four in Dili

Police arrest four in Dili DILI, East Timor: Four people have been arrested on suspicion they were planning to organize an anti-government demonstration, local Police Chief Col. Andreas Sugianto said yesterday.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Employers to blame for strike wave: Board

Employers to blame for strike wave: Board JAKARTA (JP): The National Board for Assessment of Wages (DPPN) has blamed employers' failure to pay their workers the new minimum wage for the current spate of labor strikes.Board secretary L.E.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Soeharto, military still in harmony

Soeharto, military still in harmony LHOKSEUMAWE, Aceh: Army Chief of Staff Gen. Hartono has denied speculation on a rift between President Soeharto and the military."The speculation is baseless because, structurally, the President is the supreme...

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

American teacher accused of rape

American teacher accused of rape JAKARTA (JP): A female physician has asked city police to continue investigating an American expatriate who she said was the father of her three-and-a-half year old son."I don't want to marry him.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Teacher on trial for killing student

Teacher on trial for killing student MEDAN, North Sumatra: The district court here began trying a lecturer of a prestigious private university yesterday on charges of raping and killing a student.Prosecutor T.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

'Announce parking probe results': City Council

'Announce parking probe results': City Council JAKARTA (JP): The municipal administration has yet to announce the results of the investigation into the embezzlement of parking fees.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Thais hope to host summit

Thais hope to host summit BANGKOK (AFP): Thailand hopes to host an informal summit of leaders from Southeast Asia and Europe in March, Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai said yesterday.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Use your language

Use your language The letter of a reader in The Jakarta Post of April 20, 1995, just doesn't leave my mind. I feel I had to say something about Borrowing to enrich. I agree completely in that living languages are apt to borrow foreign words when there are no words...

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Aliens arrested in south RP

Aliens arrested in south RP MANILA (AFP): Police arrested eight Moslems, including three foreigners, in the southern Philippines over the weekend in connection with kidnapping and the bombing of a Roman Catholic cathedral in 1993, the nation's police chief said...

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Mahathir's victory boost for business

Mahathir's victory boost for business KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's landslide victory in Malaysia's ninth general election will be a tremendous boost for investor confidence, businessmen and analysts said yesterday.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Rp 4b earmarked for MHT projects

Rp 4b earmarked for MHT projects JAKARTA (JP): Twenty MHT (Muhamad Husni Thamrin) kampomg upgrading projects worth Rp 4 billion will be undertaken by the West Jakarta mayoralty in the 1995/96 fiscal year, the head of the mayoralty's housing development office...

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Are the Dayak on the way to extinction?

Are the Dayak on the way to extinction?By Stepanus Djuweng PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan (JP): The name Dayak identifies the various indigenous peoples on the island of Borneo, including the Indonesian part known as Kalimantan.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Leprosy bacteria immune to conventional drugs

Leprosy bacteria immune to conventional drugs JAKARTA (JP): The need to find a new cure for leprosy is becoming urgent as the bacteria causing the disease are already immune to existing medicines, an expert said yesterday.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Indonesia's largest hotelier

Indonesia's largest hotelier Today, tourism is Indonesia's third largest earner of non-oil foreign exchange. The vast scope was visualized by Dr. H. Sukamdani S. Gitosardjono, chairman and president director of the Sahid Group way back in 1965, when he built a...

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeShare prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on April 26, 1995: Share Close Change Trading volume --------------------------------------------------------- ADES ALFINDO 2,725 0 AHAP INSURANCE 3,300 0 ALUMINDO...

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

My letter misunderstood

My letter misunderstood Having developed a thick skin, I was much amused by Mr Gary Gentry's tirade about my so-called letter of complaint to PT Telkom. Maybe he woke up on the wrong side of the bed, or his glasses were dirty.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

'Silat' meet for the blind

'Silat' meet for the blind JAKARTA (JP): The Merpati Putih pencak silat (Indonesian martial arts) school will hold a national competition for its blind members at the Senayan stadium east gate on Sunday.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Bandung gets tourism promotion agency

Bandung gets tourism promotion agency JAKARTA (JP): Several leading hotels in Bandung, West Java, have set up a board called the Bandung Promotion Group which will promote and create a worldwide image for the city.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Government must regulate cement industry: Experts

Government must regulate cement industry: Experts JAKARTA (JP): In the absence of appropriate legislation, the government needs to outrightly regulate the cement industry to prevent collusion among cement producers, experts said yesterday.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Palatial accommodation in futuristic city

Palatial accommodation in futuristic city "The comfort and convenience of an apartment, the beauty and atmosphere of a holiday resort, and the good old feeling of home," is the inviting caption of the Apartemen Istana Sahid.

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

Manila to review 'mixed marriages'

Manila to review 'mixed marriages' MANILA (AFP): Twenty years after the Vietnam War, Philippine President Fidel Ramos said yesterday that his government will look into the status of the "stateless" offspring of mixed marriages between Filipinos and...

Thu, 27 Apr 1995

ASEAN anxious to push forward free trade plan

ASEAN anxious to push forward free trade plan BANGKOK (Reuter): The six-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will meet this week to push forward a plan for a free trade area in the region before a Pacific rim trade zone comes into effect, officials in...