Archive: 11 May 1995
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Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Labor union honors Marsinah
Labor union honors Marsinah JAKARTA (JP): The All-Indonesia Workers Union (SPSI) has declared May 9 a national day opposing violence against workers in honor of Marsinah, the murdered labor activist. "Beginning this year, May 9 will be marked as a day of anti- violence. We will use this day each year to renew our campaign for the fundamental rights of workers," union chairman Imam Sudarwo said during a short ceremony at the union's headquarters in Jakarta on Tuesday.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Assistance for transmigrants
Assistance for transmigrants JAKARTA (JP): The city administration is providing Rp 500,000 (US$227.27) for each Jakarta family intending to transmigrate to the outer islands voluntarily.
Thu, 11 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.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Set lower paper prices for textbooks: Tunky
Set lower paper prices for textbooks: Tunky JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Industry Tunky Ariwibowo called on local pulp and paper producers Tuesday to set lower prices for paper used for the production of textbooks. "In a time like now, when international prices of pulp and paper are very high, we ask them to share the windfall profits with the people, especially students," Tunky said after reporting to President Soeharto.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Share prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on May 9, 1995 Trading Shares Close Change Volume ------------------------------------------------------ ADES ALFINDO 2,150 -575 1,000 AHAP INSURANCE 3,300 0 ALUMINDO PERKASA 1,100 0 ANDAYANI MEGAH 2,150 75 149,000 ANEKA KIMIA RAYA 5,400 154,500 ANWAR SIERAD 1,275 432,000 AQUA GOLDEN MISSISSIPI 2,800 0 ARGHA KARYA PRIMA INDUSTRY 1,750 75 226,000 ARGO PANTES 2,575 0 ASIANA IMI INDUSTRIES 1,000 -100 27,500 ASTER DHARMA INDUSTRY...
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Jailed Xanana has medical checkup
Jailed Xanana has medical checkup JAKARTA (JP): Jailed East Timor guerrilla leader Jose Alexandre "Xanana" Gusmao left the Cipinang Correctional Institution on Tuesday for a medical checkup, a senior Ministry of Justice official announced. "There was nothing special about it. He underwent a medical checkup like other convicts. Every convict who requires such a checkup is given permission to leave," Baharuddin Lopa, the Director General for Correctional Institutions, told Antara.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Oki to face 5-year imprisonment
Oki to face 5-year imprisonment JAKARTA (JP): Public Prosecutor Abdul Muis Gassing demanded at the South Jakarta District Court on Tuesday that Harnoko Dewantoro, alias Oki, be sentenced to five years imprisonment for falsifying passports and repeatedly using more than one passport. The prosecutor told presiding judge Doris A.A.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
University's programs closed
University's programs closed JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Education and Culture has ordered the University of North Sumatra (USU) in Medan to close two degree programs after two years of operation because they were introduced without Jakarta's permission.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Chinese president to visit Seoul
Chinese president to visit Seoul BEIJING (Reuter): Jiang Zemin will visit Seoul in November, the first Chinese president to go to South Korea, a sign of warming relations with the South and worsening ties with the North.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
PM Goh makes visit to China
PM Goh makes visit to China SINGAPORE (Reuter): Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong will make a working visit to China for 10 days from today to meet his Chinese counterpart, Li Peng, and other Chinese leaders. The prime minister's office said in a statement on Tuesday that Goh will deliver a keynote speech at the Asia Society International Corporate Conference on May 13 in Peking.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Prose writing competition
Prose writing competition The Prose Writing & Poetry Reading Competition that was held on May 6, 1995, at Pusat Dokumentasi Sastra HB. Yassin, TIM was not decided by the Joint Committee of PT Gramedia Multi Utama, Ikatan Pengajar Indonesia di Sekolah International (IKAPINSI), and Lembaga Antar Bangsa (LAB). Herewith, we, PT Gramedia Multi Utama and IKAPINSI, withdraw our support for the realization of this competition.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Military urges PDI to solve conflict through dialog
Military urges PDI to solve conflict through dialog JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) has appealed to the bickering camps within the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) to resolve their differences through dialog. Maj. Gen. Syarwan Hamid, assistant to ABRI's chief of socio- political affairs, said on Tuesday that no outsiders could resolve the row that has been raging within the party.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Dutch team to confirm agenda
Dutch team to confirm agenda JAKARTA (JP): The All Indonesia Soccer Association (PSSI) has yet to appoint a national team to take on the Dutch First Division club PSV Eindhoven, PSSI's secretary-general Soeparjo Pontjowinoto said on Tuesday. Eindhoven has been sponsored by Philips Indonesia to play friendlies on June 5 in Jakarta and on June 9 in Surabaya, East Java. However, "the schedule might be changed because Philips has not reconfirmed it yet," Soeparjo said.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
East Timorese talks to be held in June
East Timorese talks to be held in June UNITED NATIONS (AFP): Reconciliation talks between pro- and anti-Indonesian East Timorese will be held in Austria next June 2-5, the United Nations announced on Tuesday. Thirty East Timorese "of various political views" from within and outside East Timor are being invited to attend the All- Inclusive Intra-East-Timorese dialog, according to a statement by the secretary general's spokesman.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Garment companies hit with strike to reopen
Garment companies hit with strike to reopen JAKARTA (JP): Two garment companies, PT Rajabrana and PT Wisindo Agung, which stopped activities following a week-long labor strike, have agreed to begin operations again and employ all workers, a senior official said on Tuesday.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
More universal environmental laws urged
More universal environmental laws urged JAKARTA (JP): A University of Indonesia law expert is calling for more universal environmental legislation to stop countries from using strict environmental rules as a way of protecting their local industries against foreign competition. Eman Rajagukguk, a staff lecturer at the university's School of Law, said different environmental laws have also meant higher transaction costs for exporters and importers.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Kadin and Golkar launch credit guarantee fund
Kadin and Golkar launch credit guarantee fund JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) together with the ruling Golkar party have established a credit guarantee fund with a planned initial paid-up capital of Rp 50 billion (US$22.5 million).
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Freeport cuts aid for BLK
Freeport cuts aid for BLK JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: PT Freeport Indonesia, a Jayapura-based gold and copper mining company, recently stopped financing a local vocational training center, known as BLK. In a ceremony marking the closing of the fifth training session Tuesday, an official of the company said it has decided to end its annual aid of Rp 500 million (US$ 224,000) for the BLK Jayapura. It has supported the program for five years.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Mulia expects robust growth in 1995 sales
Mulia expects robust growth in 1995 sales JAKARTA (JP): Mulia Industrindo, a manufacturer of glass and ceramic tiles, listed on the Jakarta and Surabaya stock exchanges, expects a sharp increase in sales this year on higher demand and production capacities, an executive of the company said.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Idul Adha security
Idul Adha security JAKARTA (JP): The North Jakarta police precinct deployed 499 police officers to safeguard security during the commemoration of the Islamic Day of Sacrifice (Idul Adha) yesterday. Col. Edi Darnadi, head of the police precinct, told reporters that the 499 officers were posted at 59 mosques used for the Idul Adha prayer, 26 major shopping centers and 53 amusement centers.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
RI teams on way to W. Youth Cup finals
RI teams on way to W. Youth Cup finals JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian boys' and girls' tennis teams improved their chances of advancing to the World Youth Cup tennis team championship finals with well-deserved victories on the second day of their Asia Oceania qualifying round matches at Senayan yesterday.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Thai pledges KO victory
Thai pledges KO victory JAKARTA (JP): Jodsingh Sarina of Thailand vowed to make short work of Indonesian Nico Thomas in their bout for the vacant Orient and Pacific Boxing Federation mini flyweight championship title at the Senayan Basketball Hall tonight. "I will stop Nico in the seventh round. I'm in better shape than him," the 17-year-old Jodsingh said at a pre-fight press conference on Tuesday.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Three nabbed for drug trafficking
Three nabbed for drug trafficking DENPASAR, Bali (JP): Police arrested three Balinese men suspected of drug trafficking in three separate raids at Kuta Beach last Sunday. Lt. Col. Lalu Budiardja, the spokesman for the Nusra Police, said one of the men was a tourist guide and the other was an attendant at a surfing equipment rental shop. They were both arrested at their rented accommodations. He did not identify the profession of the third man. (emb)
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Army captain's name will be restored
Army captain's name will be restored JAKARTA (JP): East Java's military commander has promised to restore the name of a convicted Army officer after serving nine months in jail for being an accomplice to the murder of labor activist Marsinah. Maj. Gen. Imam Utomo, the chief of the Brawijaya Military Command, said on Tuesday that the guilty verdict passed by the East Java Military Tibunal against Army captain Kusaeri appeared unjust now that the main suspects have all been acquitted.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Police to keep open mind about Marsinah case
Police to keep open mind about Marsinah case JAKARTA (JP): The police force will be open minded in renewing the investigation into the murder of labor activist Marsinah and will use every piece of material evidence available to resolve the mystery of who killed her in May 1993. National Police Chief Gen. Banurusman Astrosemitro said investigators will also use the findings on the case reported by the National Commission on Human Rights as a reference.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Albert advances to last eight in boxing c'ships
Albert advances to last eight in boxing c'ships JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian middleweight Albert Papilaya outscored Kyrgyzstan's Malik Borbaschev 8-1 during the preliminary round of the world amateur boxing championships in Berlin on Tuesday. Papilaya, a quarterfinalist at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, will take on Poland's Tomasz Borrowski, who beat Sergei Savitzki from Belarus 7-1, in the quarterfinals. Borbaschev was very aggressive and confident he would stop Papilaya in the first round.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Not over yet
Not over yet Marsinah, the murdered labor activist, is long gone. But her specter, raised once again last week when the Supreme Court exonerated seven people previously convicted of complicity in the crime, may be with us for a long time to come. More than two years after the killing, the memory of Marsinah has yet to fade.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Property tax
Property tax From Kompas I would like to have some information as to how the Directorate General of Taxes sets the amount of the property tax (PBB) that I am supposed to pay annually. In 1993 my PBB was fixed at RP 297,480. In 1994 this figure went up to Rp 382,180, which is an increase of 28.47 percent. The new tax was apparently based on the fact that the size of my land is 440 square meters and the house measures 220 square meters.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Soeharto approves Harmoko's appeal
Soeharto approves Harmoko's appeal JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Information Harmoko says he has the full support of President Soeharto in his move to appeal against a court ruling which found his decision to close down Tempo weekly news magazine last year to be unlawful. Harmoko said after meeting with Soeharto on Tuesday that the head of state approved of his move and of his decision to appoint Attorney General Singgih to represent him during the appeal process.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Multi Bintang will build new brewery
Multi Bintang will build new brewery JAKARTA (JP): PT Multi Bintang Indonesia, one of the major brewers in Indonesia, plans to set up a new brewery in East Java next year in a bid to further strengthen its market footholds in the country. Rene Hooft Graafland, the company's president, said on Tuesday that the planned brewery, which will cost Multi Bintang about US$820 million, will be one of the most technically advanced Heineken operations in the Asia Pacific region.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Ministry warns RI's biggest pulp maker
Ministry warns RI's biggest pulp maker JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo said on Tuesday his office has sent a warning to the listed PT Indah Kiat Pulp and Paper, Indonesia's biggest pulp manufacturer, regarding the company's management of its forest concessions.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Agro-tourism attracts Seattle businessmen
Agro-tourism attracts Seattle businessmen SURABAYA, East Java: A number of businessmen from Seattle, United States, have reportedly expressed interest in investing in developing agro-tourism here. Governor Basofi Sudirman said on Tuesday that, the businesses also wished to export coffee, cocoa, apples, flowers and vegetables to America, and import their apples and pears to Indonesia, Antara reported.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Firm to build oil refinery
Firm to build oil refinery JAKARTA (JP): PT Asia Pasifik Petroleum Indonesia, a British- Indonesian joint venture led by businessman Bambang Trihatmodjo, will start construction of an oil refinery in East Java in 1997. Company president Soedradjat P.K., after meeting with East Java Governor Basofi Soedirman in Surabaya Tuesday, said that the refinery will be built on a 600-hectare plot in Situbondo with an investment of US$1.5 billion.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Hydropower plant damaged
Hydropower plant damaged BENGKULU, Bengkulu: The local office of the state electricity company, PLN, has announced there will be power blackouts in parts of the province in the next few months. The blackouts will occur on a rotating basis pending completion of repairs to the main hydropower plant which was damaged by the floods last weekend.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Integrated service system plan
Integrated service system plan JAKARTA (JP): Deputy Governor for Administrative Affairs Idroes said on Tuesday that he will order all of the capital's five mayors to establish an integrated service system for processing building permits. "I will ask all the mayors to establish the integrated service system to help provide better service in the processing of building permits," Idroes said.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Nissan, Salim Group set up car venture
Nissan, Salim Group set up car venture TOKYO (AFP): Japan's Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. announced Tuesday plans to set up a 3.4-billion-yen (US$40 million) car assembly venture in Indonesia with local group Salim and Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp. The new company, based in western Java, will be the Japanese carmaker's first affiliate in Indonesia, producing Nissan, Chrysler, Volkswagen and Volvo vehicles on a knockdown basis from July next year, a statement said.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Expert questions use of multiple choice tests
Expert questions use of multiple choice tests JAKARTA (JP): A senior education expert is questioning the effectiveness of using multiple choice tests to assess the intelligence and capability of students. Makaminan Makagiansar, the head of the National Education Advisory Board, says multiple choice tests evaluate a student's abilities based on only one answer, when it should be determined by many factors.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Garbage coupon expected to help raise revenues
Garbage coupon expected to help raise revenues JAKARTA (JP): City administration is confident that the implementation of a garbage coupon system, effective as of last month, will substantially raise city revenues from the sanitation sector. Helmy A.R. Syihab, chairman of the City Council's Commission C, which is in charge of financial affairs, told reporters on Tuesday that the new system was introduced to replace the old one, which proved to be ineffective in collecting sanitation fees.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Idul Adha celebrated nationwide
Idul Adha celebrated nationwide JAKARTA (JP): Millions of Moslems here celebrated the Islamic Day of Sacrifice yesterday with solemn prayers in mosques and in fields, and with the slaughtering and distributing of livestock to the poor. From almost every mosque in many parts of the country, the sound of bedug gongs and the chant of Allahu Akbar (God is Great) echoed since Tuesday afternoon and ceased only minutes before the Idul Adha, or Sacrifice Day, prayers began.
Thu, 11 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Two jailed for attack on teenager
Two jailed for attack on teenager BANDUNG: The local district court sentenced one men on Monday to six years for raping a teenager and another to four years imprisonment for attempting to rape the same girl. Arnold Sinaga, 24, and Marison Simbolon, 23, both drivers of a public transit van, were found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old passenger, Antara reported. Two other men who allegedly took part in the gang rape attempt were still at large, the report said.