Indonesian Political, Business & Finance News

Archive: 27 June 1995

42 articles found

'50% of paper, pulp plants polluters'

'50% of paper, pulp plants polluters' JAKARTA (JP): The Environmental Impact Management Agency (Bapedal) has reported that half of the 62 paper and pulp plants here routinely pollute the environment. Deputy chairman Nabiel Makarim told a hearing with the House of Representatives (DPR) here...

TV today

TV today TVRI 2:35 p.m. TV Series: Hassai Sensei 3:05 Diletansia 3:30 TV Series: Willing And Abel 4:30 Science Program 5:00 Regional News 5:30 English Lessons 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Economic News 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Talk Show: Wawasan 8:05 Drama 9:00 World...

Gus Dur supports progressive tax

Gus Dur supports progressive tax WONOSOBO, Central Java (JP): Noted Moslem scholar Abdurrahman Wahid, popularly known as Gus Dur, said yesterday that he supported the idea of introducing more progressive tax rates, whereby the wealthy contribute more to state coffers than the less well to do.

Environment and mass transit interlink

Environment and mass transit interlink By Dr. Bambang S. Pujantiyo JAKARTA (JP): In selecting and determining a type of mass public transportation, there is much to be considered. But the most important matter is selecting which type has the biggest positive impact and the smallest negative impact.

KONI designs another fund-raising program

KONI designs another fund-raising program JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council (KONI) is designing a new fund raising program to replace Tapornas, the controversial bank savings account scheme, in order to come up with the huge budget set for national sports development.

ASEAN formula could work elsewhere: Experts

ASEAN formula could work elsewhere: Experts JAKARTA (JP): After its successful adoption by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the concept of "regional resilience" should now be touted as a possible paradigm for regional security arrangements in other parts of the world, Indonesian...

Vehicle office's new move not a blow for brokers

Vehicle office's new move not a blow for brokers JAKARTA (JP): City police may have simplified the notoriously complicated procedures for renewing registration of motor vehicles, but for the brokers who have long been involved in the registration process it is business as usual.

Waste dumped in Aikwa river

Waste dumped in Aikwa river JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: The provincial Jaya administration has decided to allow PT Freeport Indonesia, a copper mining company, to dispose of its waste into the Aikwa river in the Mimika subdistrict, Fak-Fak regency.

Sumarecon cancels sales

Sumarecon cancels sales JAKARTA (JP): PT Sumarecon Agung, a publicly-listed real estate developer, has canceled its plans to establish more apartments due to weakening demand, the company said in a repot yesterday.

Separatism fears haunt regional autonomy plan

Separatism fears haunt regional autonomy plan JAKARTA (JP): Fears of renewed separatism and the trauma of federalism have continued to haunt the government as it launched this year a long standing plan to give the regions greater autonomy, experts said yesterday.

Golkar aims to win over women to retain majority

Golkar aims to win over women to retain majority JAKARTA (JP): After months of extensive campaigning for the support of villagers and the poor, including beggars and shoe polishers, Golkar is now targeting women.

Use gas for fuel

Use gas for fuel From Bisnis Indonesia Jakarta city buses are always overcrowded. This is accepted as an ordinary daily phenomenon by commuters, as long as they can get to their place of work on time. The condition is worsened by cigarette smoke puffed out by bus passengers.

Middle class will stay quiet until crisis

Middle class will stay quiet until crisis JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian middle class is an established, albeit latent, political force that will remain dormant until prompted by a national crisis, noted political thinker Jusuf Wanandi said yesterday.

Bukaka, Singtel win E. Indonesia contract

Bukaka, Singtel win E. Indonesia contract JAKARTA (JP): The government has selected a consortium led by Indonesia's Bukaka Group and Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. as the winner of the joint operation contract for the telecommunications network in Indonesia's eastern islands.

My car stolen

My car stolen From Pikiran Rakyat On Wednesday, April 5, 1995 at about 2.30 a.m. my Saloon car, Corolla SE, was stolen from the parking lot of Asia-Afrika Plaza (Discotheque) on Jl. Alkateri, Bandung. Following a careful examination, I found that the theft was masterminded by my friend, who shared...

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, Tuesday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Lost Morenitos, Monday Thursday and Sunday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Los Paraguas, Friday and Saturday from 7 p.m.

Women's dress

Women's dress Lenah Susianty's letter Why not regulate men's dress? (The Jakarta Post, June 5, 1995), prompts me to make some comments. Lenah Susianty was responding to an earlier letter by Zamroni Mahsun published in Gatra magazine and reprinted in The Jakarta Post on June 1, 1995, under the...

International kites to fly in RI sky

International kites to fly in RI sky JAKARTA (JP): It remains uncertain when, exactly, the tradition of kite flying began in Indonesia. There is no historical record found concerning this meaningful pastime.

Telecom acquisition planned

Telecom acquisition planned SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore Telecom, the largest publicly- listed company in this city state, is to acquire a 24.5 percent stake in Australia's long distance telephone company AAP Telecommunications Pty. Ltd. (AAPT), it was announced here.

E. Jakarta terminal to be expanded

E. Jakarta terminal to be expanded JAKARTA (JP): The Kampung Rambutan bus station in East Jakarta will be expanded to accommodate a section dedicated to inter-city buses, an official said yesterday. J.P.

Jetro survey wide of the mark: Sanyoto

Jetro survey wide of the mark: Sanyoto JAKARTA (JP): State Minister for Investment Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo said yesterday that the latest survey of the Japan External Trade Organization (Jetro), which describes Indonesia's bureaucratic procedures and customs services as the most difficult in ASEAN,...

Police arrest naked couples

Police arrest naked couples JAKARTA (JP): A dozen of uniformed police officers stormed the Tonight Bar, which is allegedly also used as a massage parlor, and arrested four naked couples last week, police said yesterday. Police also detained a suspected panderer.

RI, Kazakhstan sign banking deal

RI, Kazakhstan sign banking deal JAKARTA (JP): Commercial banks in Indonesia and Kazakhstan can now arrange banking transactions and exchange information under a banking agreement signed here to support economic cooperation between the two countries, the central bank announced yesterday.

Bank service

Bank service As a client of Jayabank, I transferred Rp 300,000 to Gunawan Santosa's bank account at Lippo Bank, Jl. Jendral Sudirman, Salatiga, Central Java, on June 5. The transfer fee was Rp 7,500. After more than two weeks, I was informed that the money had not reached the recipient.

Unique functions of defense institutes

Unique functions of defense institutes By Juwono Sudarsono A unique workshop on the role of national defense institutes was held at the National Resilience Institute on June 20 to June 21. Jointly sponsored by the institute and The Asia Foundation, the workshop explored in general terms many issues...

Stock Exchange

Stock Exchange Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 26, 1995: Trading Shares Close Change Volume ------------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 2,250 0 0 AHAP Insurance 3,275 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,100 0 0 Andayani Megah 3,200 -25 224,500 Aneka...

Businessman wants police to investigate assault

Businessman wants police to investigate assault JAKARTA (JP): A businessman has asked the police to immediately summon for questioning three executives of Panin Bank whom he believes were involved in his being kidnapped and beaten last month.

Rice import depends on stock: Beddu

Rice import depends on stock: Beddu JAKARTA (JP): Inadequate domestic production will force the National Logistics Agency (Bulog) to continue importing rice this year to strengthen its stocks, which fell to low levels earlier this year.

Alatas says no to talks on South China Sea border

Alatas says no to talks on South China Sea border JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas dismissed yesterday an offer from a Chinese official to discuss border delineation in the South China Sea, saying that Indonesia and China did not share any border in the area.

Malaysia's robots to go on duty

Malaysia's robots to go on duty KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia will produce its first robots in two years to tap rubber and harvest oil palm, Bernama news agency reported yesterday. The acute labor shortage in local plantations spurred the authorities to set up a 12 million ringgit (US$4.

Seoul-Denpasar direct flights open

Seoul-Denpasar direct flights open DENPASAR, Bali: Governor Ida Bagus Oka says the direct flights from Seoul to Jakarta via Denpasar to begin next month are expected to increase the number of South Korean visitors to the island.

Jakarta needs strict, consistent law enforcement

Jakarta needs strict, consistent law enforcement JAKARTA (JP): The city administration should improve law enforcement to overcome the numerous social problems emerging along with rapid economic development, two observers say.

BRI's non-performing loans reach Rp3.72t

BRI's non-performing loans reach Rp3.72t JAKARTA (JP): Non-performing loans of the state-owned Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) reached Rp 3.72 trillion (US$1.69 billion) or 19.05 percent of its outstanding loans as of April, a senior executive of the bank said.

Chase closes financing for Poiton

Chase closes financing for Poiton JAKARTA (JP): Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. of the United States announced yesterday that the syndication has closed for the financing of two coal-fired power units with a combined generation capacity of 1,230 megawatts in Paiton, East Java.

Taxi passenger assaulted

Taxi passenger assaulted On Tuesday afternoon, June 6, 1995, at approximately 2.30 p.m., a colleague and I hailed a President taxi on Jl. Pecenongan in Central Jakarta. Our destination was Jl. Lautze near Pasar Baru.

Kazakhstan President ends visit

Kazakhstan President ends visit DENPASAR, Bali: Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev and his wife Sara concluded their official five-day visit here yesterday, departing for home from the Ngurah Rai Airport.

House calls for action on port

House calls for action on port JAKARTA (JP): House members voiced concern yesterday over the havoc at Jakarta's Tanjung Priok port, saying that privately- managed terminal operators should be dissolved, if necessary.

SE Asian fund endorsed

SE Asian fund endorsed MANILA (AFP): Senior officials from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines have endorsed the proposal for a special fund for an East ASEAN Growth Area (EAGA), Philippine Finance Secretary Roberto De Ocampo said yesterday.

Discotheque catches fire

Discotheque catches fire JAKARTA (JP): All shops at the Glodok Jaya shopping center in Mangga Dua, West Jakarta, were closed yesterday after a fire at the Regent Discotheque on the 9th floor of the building in the early hours of the morning.

Laborers' case adjourned

Laborers' case adjourned JAKARTA (JP): The hearing of a law suit filed by laborers against the city government was adjourned yesterday, with the judge saying that the plaintiff's dossier was imprecise. Presiding judge Benjamin Mangkoedilaga said the session would be reopened after the plaintiff,...

Canada consulate open in Surabaya

Canada consulate open in Surabaya SURABAYA, East Java: Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien has appointed Alim Markus, president of an Indonesian plastic goods manufacturer, an honorary Canadian consul in Surabaya.

Apartment dwellers demand compensation

Apartment dwellers demand compensation JAKARTA (JP): Former occupants of the low-cost Rawabilal residential and business apartments in Tebet, South Jakarta, demanded that city-owned developer PD Sarana Jaya compensate them for the homes the company illegally demolished.