Archive: 20 July 1995
45 articles found
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Niciren Syosyu Indonesia dissolved, changes name
Niciren Syosyu Indonesia dissolved, changes name JAKARTA (JP): The Niciren Syosyu Indonesia, a Buddhist sect with origins in Japan, has been formally dissolved and the members of the old organization have formed a new group called Pesamuan Buddha Jambu Dwipa Indonesia (PBJDI), which is registered...
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Rusydi Hamka named chief of PPP's Jakarta chapter
Rusydi Hamka named chief of PPP's Jakarta chapter JAKARTA (JP): The city administration has finally recognized Rusydi Hamka as the chief of the Jakarta chapter of the United Development Party (PPP), hoping that the move will end the bitter leadership rift within the political organization.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Founding of new taxi, bus firms opposed
Founding of new taxi, bus firms opposed JAKARTA (JP): The land transport firms association, Organda, demanded yesterday that the administration stop issuing new permits for taxi and bus companies. Instead, Organda officials suggested that the existing transport companies be allowed to increase...
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Favorites held by upset draws in quarterfinals
Favorites held by upset draws in quarterfinals JAKARTA (JP): The favorite teams got off to a shaky start at the Indonesian soccer league quarterfinals as they were held to upset draws in their Group A matches yesterday.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on July 19, 1995: Trading Shares Close Change Volume ------------------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 2,250 0 0 AHAP Insurance 3,250 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,100 0 0 Andayani Megah 1,600 -1,775 6,000...
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Minister not impressed with Indonesian youth
Minister not impressed with Indonesian youth JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Defense and Security Gen. (ret.) Edi Sudradjat berated yesterday what he called the lethargic character of Indonesia's youth. "To be honest, if we observe the conduct of youth and the students, or the younger generation in...
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Sorcery banned in village polls
Sorcery banned in village polls JAKARTA (JP): The chief of the Cirebon regency administration in West Java has issued a ban on the burning of incense during the elections for village chiefs in 117 districts in his area, Antara reported yesterday.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Asian commodity markets ponder foreign link-ups
Asian commodity markets ponder foreign link-ups SINGAPORE (Reuter): Commodity exchanges in Southeast Asia are eying strategic links with offshore markets to widen their base and speed up growth, but officials said no mergers were planned.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Ban on free speech
Ban on free speech With the case of Roeslan Abdulgani's being prevented from speaking in the Netherlands not yet cleared up, a similar incident has happened to Gus Dur in Jember. But Gus Dur was prevented from speaking in a different way.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
See big parade on Aug. 27
See big parade on Aug. 27 JAKARTA (JP): To mark the 50th anniversary of Indonesia's independence, the Jakarta City administration is planning to hold a development parade on Aug. 27, a city official said.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Toyota promises to help Astra's export efforts
Toyota promises to help Astra's export efforts JAKARTA (JP): The honorary chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation, Eiji Toyoda, has expressed his commitment in helping PT Astra International increase the export of its Toyota Kijang vans. Astra International's Chairman A. R.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Spotlight
Spotlight Photo A: Ambassador JP/afs BASTILLE DAY: French Ambassador to Indonesia Thierry de Beauce (right) talks with Minister of Youth and Sports Haryono Isman during a Bastille Day party held at the French Ambassador's residence on Jl. Teuku Umar, Central Jakarta on July 14.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Great River workers take protest to House
Great River workers take protest to House JAKARTA (JP): Striking workers of PT Great River Industries, one of Indonesia's leading garment manufacturers, took their ongoing protest in demand of better wages and conditions to the House of Representatives yesterday. By 10 a.m.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Matareum blames rules for slow passage of laws
Matareum blames rules for slow passage of laws JAKARTA (JP): Deputy House Speaker Ismail Hasan Metareum blames the restrictive internal rules of the House of Representatives for the slow passage of legislation.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 2:30 p.m. Children's Stories 3:30 Arabic Lessons 4:05 Sports: Dunhill League (live) 5:00 Regional News 5:15 Sports: Dunhill League (continued) 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:25 Koran Recital 6:35 Religious Teachings: Islam 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama:...
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
70 fined during judical operation
70 fined during judical operation JAKARTA (JP): Seventy Jakartans were rounded up and fined in an on-the-spot "trial" yesterday as part of the ongoing operation aimed at improving sagging local discipline.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Wealthy people urged to help neglected kids
Wealthy people urged to help neglected kids JAKARTA (JP): The National Commission on Human Rights has urged wealthier Indonesians to help poor and neglected children. Baharuddin Lopa, secretary general of the Commission, together with members Asmara Nababan and Bambang Soeharto, met yesterday with...
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Guilt of suspected killed questioned after confession
Guilt of suspected killed questioned after confession JAKARTA (JP): Following a questioning session, police raised doubts yesterday about the confession made by a man who was arrested on Tuesday for his alleged role in the killing of a senior officer in East Jakarta last week.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Policeman held for selling marijuana
Policeman held for selling marijuana BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Local police are questioning a former chief of the Blang Kejeren police precinct in southeast Aceh for his alleged involvement in a drug trafficking case. The forty-year-old man, identified only as Lt.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
RI gets $159m ADB loan
RI gets $159m ADB loan MANILA (AFP): The Indonesian education system and underprivileged students will receive support from US$159 million worth of loans for two education projects, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced yesterday.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 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, 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.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Is it discourteous to discuss the future?
Is it discourteous to discuss the future? By Mochtar Buchori JAKARTA (JP): I have always been a strong advocate of anticipatory thinking. In every lecture I give, whenever there is an opportunity, I try to urge and persuade my audience to look into the future and think of our present problems in...
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Modern Indonesia fast losing traditional values
Modern Indonesia fast losing traditional values JAKARTA (JP): Noted social scientist Mohamad Sobary says social norms, in particular as they inform the political integrity of state officials, have been eroded in the rapid process of modernization in Indonesia.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Auto rally organizers eye world class status
Auto rally organizers eye world class status JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's success in organizing the recently concluded Asia-Pacific auto rally championship's first round in Medan, North Sumatra, may put Indonesia closer to world rally championship status.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Bankers Trust international in landmark derivatives case
Bankers Trust international in landmark derivatives case LONDON (Reuter): Bankers Trust International is taking Indonesia's PT Dharmala Sakti Sejahtara to London's High Court over losses on derivatives in what lawyers and banking officials describe as a landmark case.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Jakarta eggs
Jakarta eggs The first time I noticed that eggs in Jakarta supermarkets are not kept refrigerated, I was shocked. Being a student in Dietetics at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, I want to make egg buyers aware of the dangers of unprocessed eggs, and what to do to decrease...
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Police arrest suspects in murder of cameraman
Police arrest suspects in murder of cameraman JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested two of three men whom they believe carried out last week's murder of a cameraman who worked for the TPI television network. Deputy chief of the Palmerah police in West Jakarta, Capt. Endin K.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Qantas to expand Indonesian services
Qantas to expand Indonesian services JAKARTA (JP): To cope with the increasing number of Indonesians visiting Australia, the continent's flagship airline Qantas Airways will launch more services to and from Jakarta starting October this year.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Indonesia gets $5.36b in new aid
Indonesia gets $5.36b in new aid PARIS (Reuter): Indonesia won US$5.36 billion in aid for the next year from donor countries and development agencies yesterday, the World Bank said following a two-day meeting at its Paris office. The sum is an increase from the $5.2 billion pledged in 1994.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
RP to normalize ties with S'pore
RP to normalize ties with S'pore MANILA (AFP): President Fidel Ramos yesterday said the Philippines was taking steps to normalize relations with Singapore after the apparent settlement of the dispute over executed Filipina maid Flor Contemplacion.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
U.S. army seeks Filipino cooks
U.S. army seeks Filipino cooks ANGELES CITY, Philippines (AFP): The U.S. army is seeking 60 Filipino cooks on one-month contracts during its military exercises with South Korea, a U.S. army officer said yesterday. Pamela Hastings, U.S.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Dossiers on Bintang sent to prosecutors' office
Dossiers on Bintang sent to prosecutors' office JAKARTA (JP): As police reached the final stages of their efforts to bring Sri Bintang Pamungkas to court for allegedly insulting President Soeharto, discussion of the possible international ramifications has also intensified.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Waste pollutes residents' wells
Waste pollutes residents' wells JAKARTA (JP): Residents of the Krankit neighborhood of the Rawa Buaya subdistrict in West Jakarta are complaining that industrial waste is being dumped in their area by a silk-screen printing factory.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
U.S. to close consulate in Medan
U.S. to close consulate in Medan JAKARTA (JP): The United States plans to close its consulate general in Medan, North Sumatra, as part of on-going efforts to downsize its overseas administrative facilities and cut spending.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
SAR exercise opens today
SAR exercise opens today JAKARTA (JP): The final training drills of a combined sea, land and air Search and Rescue (SAR) team, to be called Lumba- Lumba (Dolphin), will be held today at Edam Island in the Seribu Island group off Jakarta Bay, Jakarta Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Banned writer Pramoedya gets Magsaysay award
Banned writer Pramoedya gets Magsaysay award JAKARTA (JP): Pramoedya Ananta Toer, a prolific novelist whose books have been banned by the government, has been elected to receive the 1995 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Thousands join family planning
Thousands join family planning MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: During the last three months, as many as 14,500 people have agreed to join the family planning programs here, a local official says. Head of the provincial office for the National Family Planning Coordinating Board Dr.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Society's materialistic behavior upsets Ulemas
Society's materialistic behavior upsets Ulemas JAKARTA (JP): An influential Moslem leader expressed concern yesterday over what he said was a drift towards materialism in Indonesian society. The chairman of the Indonesian Council of Ulemas (MUI), Hasan Basri, attributed the trend to national...
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Ministers join fun bike
Ministers join fun bike JAKARTA (JP): Three cabinet ministers will pedal their way around the capital along with approximately 10,000 participants in a noncompetitive "fun" bike race held to boost the national energy saving campaign this Sunday.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Sierad issues bonds worth $19.25 million
Sierad issues bonds worth $19.25 million JAKARTA (JP): PT Sierad Produce, an integrated food producer, signed an agreement yesterday with ten foreign investors on the sales of convertible bonds worth US$19.25 million.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Express Taxi apologizes
Express Taxi apologizes With regards to the letter by Ms. Maimunah published in The Jakarta Post on July 11, 1995, under the title Taxi service, the management of PT Express Transindo Utama would like to make the following comments.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Youth killed by student mob
Youth killed by student mob JAKARTA (JP): A youth was killed yesterday during a scuffle with students in Poncol, Central Jakarta. An officer at the Senen police precinct said that Pepen, 19, was stabbed with a sharp object in the left side of his neck.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Government loses US$4.39m though forestry loopholes
Government loses US$4.39m though forestry loopholes JAKARTA (JP): The government plans to require forest concessionaires to undergo official assessments of their logging activities to make certain they are paying their forest royalties and reforestation fees, a minister says.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
35 countries confirm visit to product expo
35 countries confirm visit to product expo JAKARTA (JP): About 250 executives from 35 countries have confirmed their visits to the Indonesian Product Exhibition '95, which will be held here on Aug. 12 to Aug.
Thu, 20 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Resettlers cut off from Sorong city
Resettlers cut off from Sorong city SORONG, Irian Jaya: As many as 1,750 resettled families were isolated when the roads connecting their settlement in Aimas village to Sorong were badly damaged by heavy rains.