Archive: 21 May 1995
23 articles found
Sun, 21 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Guess What? Addie M. Sumaatmadja
Guess What? Addie M. Sumaatmadja "I am so glad to be selected as a participant of a prestigious conducting workshop in the United States," gushed Addie M. Sumaatmadja, more popularly known as Addie M.S., the conductor of the Twilite Orchestra.
Sun, 21 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
18 injured in Palu quake
18 injured in Palu quake JAKARTA (JP): An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale hit Palu, Central Sulawesi, at dawn yesterday, injuring at least 18 people. J.R. Pua, an officer at the Palu command post which accommodates reports on developments related to the earthquake, told The Jakarta...
Sun, 21 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Sumarah Adhyatman rescues ceramics for posterity
Sumarah Adhyatman rescues ceramics for posterity By T. Sima Gunawan JAKARTA (JP): Nationalism moved Sumarah Adhyatman to become an expert in ceramics. It was back in 1969 when there was no books on ceramics in Indonesia and people didn't care about earthenware.
Sun, 21 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Score Roundup
Score Roundup Soccer French league Bastia 2 Nantes 2 Bundesliga Leverkeusen 0 Munich 2 Hamburg SV 0 Cologne 4 Badminton Sudirman Cup South Korea 2 China 3 Indonesia 3 Denmark 2 France 3 Belgium 2 Kazakhstan 4 Hungary 1 Slovenia 2 Mauritius 3 Cyprus 3 Italy 2 Morocco 0 Brazil 5 Malta 1 Slovakia 4...
Sun, 21 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
S'pore seeks UNSC seat
S'pore seeks UNSC seat SINGAPORE (Reuter): Singapore has applied for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the period 2001-2002, a government statement said yesterday. The candidature was formally announced by the Charge d'Affaires of Singapore to the United Nations at a meeting of...
Sun, 21 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 7:00 a.m. Morning News 7:30 Healthy and Fresh with Berty Tilarso 7:40 Cartoon: Vicky The Viking 8:05 Culture Program 8:35 Children's Stories 9:00 People and Events 9:30 Comedy: Ria Jenaka 9:45 Music 10:45 Youth Program 11:15 Science Program 11:45 Sports: Dari Gelanggang Ke Gelanggang...
Sun, 21 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Matching Asia's politics with its economics
Matching Asia's politics with its economics James Cotton looks at the increasing mismatch between economic performance and political institutions in Asia-Pacific countries. According to the World Bank, the "High-performing Asian economies" (HPAEs) of Asia are the four tigers (South Korea, Taiwan,...
Sun, 21 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Jakarta Convention Center
Jakarta Convention Center On behalf of the Jakarta Convention Center I would like to thank The Jakarta Post for publishing a story in the Guess What column on Sunday, May 14, 1995. However, I would like to clarify one thing in the story.
Sun, 21 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Indonesia and S. Korea set for early meeting
Indonesia and S. Korea set for early meeting LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Agencies): Nail-biting final group matches cost favorite Indonesia an early meeting with title holder South Korea in the Sudirman Cup mixed team badminton championship here on Friday.
Sun, 21 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Korean film festival to open at Taman Ismail Marzuki
Korean film festival to open at Taman Ismail Marzuki By Jane Scott JAKARTA (JP): Koreans are prodigious movie goers and have wide ranging tastes. A recent film, Sopyongje, by veteran Korean director Im Kwok-taek, broke 1993 Korean box office records, drawing over one million viewers.
Sun, 21 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Guess What? Paquita
Guess What? Paquita All over the globe models are jumping off the catwalks and going into music, literature, television, films and gossip columns. Jamaican-born Naomi Campbell has started her career as a novelist, while Claudia Schiffer finds being a gossip columnist an interesting job.
Sun, 21 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Bumpy road to a 'multicultural' New Zealand
Bumpy road to a 'multicultural' New Zealand JAKARTA (JP): It was a sunny, but puzzling May morning at the New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute. Signs pointed toward the main entry, but other notices declared the site was closed due to "inconvenience".
Sun, 21 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Taxi drivers' behavior
Taxi drivers' behavior I take Mr. Adwani S.L.'s letter (May 2, 1995) as a starting point to further protest the behavior of Jakarta's taxi drivers. More and more often, it happens that before taking in a passenger, a taxi driver will first ask the destination.
Sun, 21 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Guess What? Slamet Abdul Sjukur
Guess What? Slamet Abdul Sjukur Leading contemporary musician Slamet Abdul Sjukur went around telling everyone he was pregnant. "I am due in August," said the 74-year-old at the opening of a new gallery Thursday in Cilandak, South Jakarta.
Sun, 21 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
'4848' taxis: One tire in the junkyard?
'4848' taxis: One tire in the junkyard? By Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): Is the Bandung-based 4848 taxi company obsolete after decades of fame and service? Not if Irawan Saringi, the company's owner, can help it.
Sun, 21 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Wianta broadens language, content of abstract art
Wianta broadens language, content of abstract art By Jean Couteau DENPASAR (JP): The international image of Bali owes much to painting. But this image is, paradoxically, the source of the painters, and particularly Balinese painters.
Sun, 21 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Ignoring KUHAP means trampling suspects' rights
Ignoring KUHAP means trampling suspects' rights JAKARTA (JP): The Criminal Code Procedures, which embody the principles of the presumption of innocence, respect the basic rights of people suspected of committing crimes.
Sun, 21 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Vietnam blasts 'silat'
Vietnam blasts 'silat' JAKARTA (JP): The Vietnamese press has called for the pencak silat event to be withdrawn from the 17th Southeast Asian Games after a spate of injuries during a recent national competition in Hanoi.
Sun, 21 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Pure music with no frills at Jamz jazz club
Pure music with no frills at Jamz jazz club By Lela Pello JAKARTA (JP): Squeezing through the wood doors, you feel you are about to enter a dark but convivial wine cellar. Instead, as your eyes adjust, you find you're at the main bar on the upper level of Jamz.
Sun, 21 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Catering firms creative in making in-flight menus
Catering firms creative in making in-flight menus JAKARTA (JP): Ever wondered how you can be faced with so many choices of food while flying? Ever wonder who cooks the food, and where and how? The Jakarta Post found the answers when visiting the state- owned catering service, PT Aerowisata, at the...
Sun, 21 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Soeharto launches national discipline campaign
Soeharto launches national discipline campaign JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto launched a nationwide campaign yesterday to encourage people to use the Indonesian language correctly and to observe basic elements of discipline, ranging from queuing to maintaining punctuality.
Sun, 21 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Guess What? Henry Pribadi
Guess What? Henry Pribadi When this man gave up his hoop dreams, by quitting Indonesia's basketball team years ago, few expected that Henry Pribadi would be playing another game on another level, in international finance and the petrochemical trade.
Sun, 21 May 1995, 00:00 WIB
Singing justice handles Marsinah's case
Singing justice handles Marsinah's case By T. Sima Gunawan JAKARTA (JP): "I'm crazy for feeling so lonely/ I'm crazy for feeling so blue/ I knew you'd love me as long as you wanted me/ but you left for somebody new.