Archive: 1 May 1995
37 articles found
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Be civilized
Be civilized When I read what happened to Bintang's house, I was shocked. How could this have happened? Indonesians are a civilized, cultured and law abiding people. It is very much regrettable that there are among us, radical people who forget that they are Indonesians. President Soeharto has already branded them as irrational, mad. And the President warned people not to pay too much attention to those irrational people. Is Bintang guilty?
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Sanitation program in East Jakarta
Sanitation program in East Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): East Jakarta Mayor Sudarsono has urged businessmen in his mayoralty to participate in the sanitation improvement program which has been launched there in conjunction with the central government's drive to improve discipline nationwide. "The businessmen can assist the program by maintaining good sanitation in their surrounding areas," he said.
Mon, 01 May 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.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Regulating demonstrations
Regulating demonstrations The draft law on demonstrations is at present in its final stages of preparation. The draft will shortly be proposed by the Ministry of Home Affairs. A team representing various ministries is at present finalizing it. All this was explained by the Coordinating Minister for Political Affairs and Security Soesilo Soedarman after a meeting in Jakarta on Thursday.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Tradition vs traditionalism (1)
Tradition vs traditionalism (1) By Ignas Kleden This is the first of a two-part article examining the relations between the concept of tradition and political thinking. JAKARTA (JP): Tradition and traditionalism are two closely related concepts which, however, are quite different. Balinese, for example, are Balinese because they have grown up in their tradition.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
RI to market agro-tourism
RI to market agro-tourism JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia, with its rich and varied agricultural fields and plantations, will soon market agricultural tourism to attract more foreigners to visit the country. "We have a lot of assets to develop agro-tourism facilities, but we don't know yet how to manage the assets professionally," Minister of Agriculture Sjarifudin Baharsjah said after witnessing the signing of an agreement of agro-tourism marketing.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
JSX prices weak on cautious sentiments
JSX prices weak on cautious sentiments JAKARTA (JP): Share prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) remained weak as nervous investors cashed in their holdings last week. The market was seen trading within a narrow range, reflecting investors' mixed and cautious sentiments. Last Monday's trading saw the index pick up slightly. However, the momentum was cut short by unfounded rumors regarding the well being of President Soeharto.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
13 arrested in Medan demonstration
13 arrested in Medan demonstration JAKARTA (JP): Police in Jakarta have confirmed the arrest of 13 demonstrators in the North Sumatra capital city of Medan last week for their involvement in anti-government rallies. However, National Police Chief Spokesman Brig. Gen. I Ketut Ratta could not confirm whether the 13 arrested were also linked to the series of anti-Indonesia demonstrations in Germany during President Soeharto's visit last month.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
23 pledge cash for ESCAP
23 pledge cash for ESCAP BANGKOK (AFP): Twenty-three member states of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific have pledged US$13.77 million for ESCAP projects in 1995, ESCAP announced Saturday. ESCAP Executive Secretary Adrianus Mooy of Indonesia, opening an annual pledging conference on Friday, said ESCAP was re- orienting its work program and putting more emphasis on technical cooperation activities.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
52,500 livestock for Idul Adha
52,500 livestock for Idul Adha JAKARTA (JP): The city administration has prepared 50,000 goats and 2,500 cows to secure an adequate supply of sacrificial livestock for the Islamic Day of Sacrifice (Idul Adha), which falls on May 10. Soemitro, head of the City Livestock Office, said over the weekend that the provision of livestock was being conducted by his staff in cooperation with livestock traders and a number of livestock producing centers in Central Java, West Java and Yogyakarta.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Indonesian music hard to define, musician says
Indonesian music hard to define, musician says JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian music is in currently in a state of flux, making it difficult to characterize, prominent musician and composer Sukahardjana says. Speaking at a discussion on Indonesian contemporary music entitled Indonesian modern music -- its development over the past 50 years at the Indoor Theater of the Taman Ismail Marzuki arts center last week, Sukahardjana said that, at present, Indonesian music is very diverse.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Multimedia may change the way children learn
Multimedia may change the way children learn By Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): Ask a computer salesman what multimedia is, and he'll most likely tell you that it means a PC with a CD ROM drive, a stereo sound card and a pair of speakers. He may add a joystick or an MPEG playback card to this configuration for good measure. It's really unfortunate. Multimedia is not just games and music. It's much, much more than that.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Electronics still shielded by protection
Electronics still shielded by protection JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's electronics industry is too domestically-oriented and dependent on the government's protectionist policies, an expert said.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Govt striving to reduce number of drug addicts
Govt striving to reduce number of drug addicts JAKARTA (JP): The government is determined to further decrease the number of drug addicts and psychotropic substance abusers, says chairman of Bakolak Inpres 6/1971, a government coordinating board in charge of eliminating drugs trafficking, addicts and abusers.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Three Merapi victims found
Three Merapi victims found YOGYAKARTA: The skeletal remains of three people, believed to have been the victims of a Mount Merapi eruption last year, were found last week in the worst hit hamlet of Turgo, near the volcano. The skeletons, two identified as women, were found in a forest in the Sleman regency, Antara said. Merapi, which is one of the world's most active volcanoes, erupted in November last year, killing about 70 people and displacing hundreds of families nearby.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 2:30 p.m. Cartoon: Little Wizards 3:00 Children's Program: Riang Ria 3:30 TV Series: Unsolved Mysteries 4:30 Student Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Family Welfare: Health 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:30 Religious Teachings: Hindu 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama: Komedi Indonesia 8:05 TV Series: Santa Barbara 9:00 World News 9:30 Music: Irama Masa Kini 10:25 Film 10:55 Late News 11:05 Film Program 2 4:30 p.m.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Illegal houses to be flattened
Illegal houses to be flattened SURABAYA, East Java: The East Java administration will flatten the illegal houses built along the flood plain of the Kali Mas and Kali Surabaya rivers ahead of January's ASEAN Tourism Forum 1996, a governor aide said Saturday. Masdoekie said the houses, used mostly by vagrants and prostitutes, have sullied the image of Surabaya. He said that the local administration would persuade them to leave their illegal houses and join the government's transmigration program.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Nurhayati expected to win SEA Games cycling gold
Nurhayati expected to win SEA Games cycling gold JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is placing its gold medal hopes in the 18th Southeast Asian Games cycling competitions on top national female rider Nurhayati, who had an impressive showing at the world championships in Manila over the weekend. Nurhayati brought home a silver and a bronze in Manila, adding to the Indonesian team's medal collection, which is now a silver and two bronzes.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Exporters need faster process for VAT refund
Exporters need faster process for VAT refund JAKARTA (JP): Procedures for the refund of value added tax (VAT) paid by export-oriented companies need to be reformed in order to promote the development of local trading companies, says an analyst of the World Bank. Surinder Malik said that reform may guarantee speedy refunds of VAT which has been paid on domestic inputs used for the production of export goods or paid on export products.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
SPSI members not maximizing union power: Official
SPSI members not maximizing union power: Official By Ridwan M. Sijabat JAKARTA (JP): Workers in Indonesia are not using the power at their disposal to further their interests, says a senior leader of the All Indonesian Workers Union (SPSI). Wilhelmus Bokha, an assistant to SPSI's secretary-general, said the core problem in Indonesia's labor sector is not whether freedom of association is restricted or whether workers are free, but how workers utilize their freedom.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
New Zealand's statement on Joop expected today
New Zealand's statement on Joop expected today WELLINGTON (AFP): New Zealand's foreign minister, Don McKinnon, is to issue a statement today on allegations an Indonesian cabinet minister indecently assaulted a hotel employee in Auckland, the New Zealand Press Association reported yesterday. The hotel employee, a young man, reportedly told police he was indecently assaulted by the Indonesian minister when he was called to a room in the hotel.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Gays barred from Labor Day rallies
Gays barred from Labor Day rallies MANILA (AFP): Leftist groups said that they would not include homosexual groups in this year's Labor Day rallies in the southern Philippines, the official Philippine News Agency (PNA) reported here yesterday. The PNA quoted Val Mante, spokesman of the Bayan (Nation), the main leftist coalition in the southern island of Mindanao, as saying that several militant groups protested the inclusion of homosexual groups in the 1994 Labor Day rallies.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Lactose intolerance causes diarrhea
Lactose intolerance causes diarrhea By Tony Smith JAKARTA (JP): "Many cases of diarrhea in young children may not be caused by bacterial infection due to insanitary conditions, but because of intolerance to the carbohydrate lactose found in milk," says leading international pediatrician Dr. Hans Alexander Buller. Lactose is a carbohydrate found exclusively in milk and accounts for 100 percent of its raw energy content.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Coordination in quarrying needed
Coordination in quarrying needed JAKARTA (JP): Deputy Governor for Economic and Development Affairs Tb. M. Rais wants related offices to coordinate excavation work in the capital to prevent inconvenience to the public. Rais told reporters over the weekend that there is a tendency among related offices, including the Municipal Public Works Office and the city-owned water company PAM Jaya, to dig up roads for various projects without coordinating scheduling or locations.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
City told to give traditional marts chance to compete
City told to give traditional marts chance to compete JAKARTA (JP): The government has been asked to set aside more funds to renovate traditional markets in a bid to help them compete with supermarkets and other modern business centers.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
NPC signs $100m loan
NPC signs $100m loan MANILA (AFP): State-owned National Power Corporation (NPC) on Saturday signed a US$100-million syndicated loan facility, the Philippine presidential palace said in a statement. The NPC, the Philippines' main power producer, will use the proceeds of the loan for various generation and transmission projects, many of which are already being implemented, the palace said.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Parking study results emerge
Parking study results emerge JAKARTA (JP): City Inspector Djoko Brotosurjono said his office had finished the first stage of its investigation into the embezzlement of parking fees at the City Parking Authority, BP Parkir. Djoko said that he had handed over the results of the investigation to Governor Surjadi Soedirdja. "I have reported the results to the governor," he said, adding that he had no authority to make the results known to the public.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Third-party autopsy of maid confirmed
Third-party autopsy of maid confirmed MANILA (AFP): The Philippines and Singapore yesterday issued a joint statement saying both countries would abide by the results of a third-party autopsy on a murdered Filipina maid whose death was central to a diplomatic squabble between the two.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Moslems to blame for no political clout
Moslems to blame for no political clout JAKARTA (JP): Moslems are to blame for their perceived marginal roles in international and domestic political arenas, experts agreed yesterday. Ahmad Sumargono, Muhammad Al Khaththath, M. Fachry and Ismail Yusanto, all from organizations and centers for Islamic studies, expressed their concerns with the plight of Moslem communities around the world and the impotence of Moslem states in dealing with the problems.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
DAP may make comeback attempt
DAP may make comeback attempt KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's largest opposition party, which last week said goodbye to northern Penang state after being trounced in national polls, has hinted it may make a comeback attempt in the showcase industrial hub. "Goodbyes are not necessarily forever," Karpal Singh, deputy chairman of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), was quoted saying by The Sunday Times.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Private TV should have ethics code
Private TV should have ethics code JAKARTA (JP): Noted communications expert Alwi Dahlan reminded managers of private television stations on Saturday of the need for a code of ethics, despite the fact that the government has been slow in issuing TV broadcasting laws. Dahlan said in Bogor that the managers owed it to their public to select broadcasting materials without detrimental elements such as excessive violence.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Maumere still tense after incident
Maumere still tense after incident JAKARTA (JP): The town of Maumere on the East Nusa Tenggara island of Flores was still tense yesterday following a violent demonstration which left at least one person killed, residents said. Groups of people were seen gathering in some places in the town as security authorities reinforced their presence following Friday's protest over a church harassment case. The Maumere market was unusually quite, students were away from schools and shops were closed.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Int'l school for the blind
Int'l school for the blind JAKARTA (JP): The Merpati Putih pencak silat school will open an international school for the blind in Cibubur, South Jakarta, in September. The international school will offer an 18-month course. In the first six months students will learn how to walk as normal people do. In the next six months, they will learn how to identify common objects. Finally they will learn how to identify colors, shapes and characters.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Bus drivers end strike
Bus drivers end strike SURAKARTA, Central Java: Bus drivers plying the Surakarta- Yogyakarta ended on Saturday their two-day strike to protest the police killing of a bus conductor. "The buses have resumed operation. Even the Mandala and Langsung Jaya buses were seen leaving the station together again," head of the Surakarta bus terminal Masdoeki said to Antara. The incident was triggered by a street brawl involving crews from Mandala and Langsung Jaya.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Forest firms all set for labeling
Forest firms all set for labeling JAKARTA (JP): Fifty of Indonesia's forest concessionaires will be examined to qualify for ecolabeling certification, which will be required for the exportation of wood products in the coming years, an executive of the country's forestry association says. "The association has selected 50 concessionaires which we think should qualify for ecolabeling certificates.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Communist may use literature for revenge
Communist may use literature for revenge By Wahyudi M. Pratopo JAKARTA (JP): A senior Golkar party official warns that frustrated supporters of communism could use literature as a means of taking their revenge. Din Syamsuddin, chief of Golkar's research and development division, said in a seminar last week that communist supporters are jealous of the political triumphs of their rivals.
Mon, 01 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
RI to stay on USTR 'watch list'
RI to stay on USTR 'watch list' WASHINGTON (Reuter): The United States has decided not to target any countries for possible trade sanctions over copyright violations or discrimination in government contracting, U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor said on Saturday. In an annual report to Congress required by U.S.