Archive: 30 July 1995
26 articles found
Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Ruwiyati slumps to second defeat
Ruwiyati slumps to second defeat JAKARTA (JP): National champion Ruwiyati of Central Java had to eat humble pie again after being outpaced by her hometown rival Hanny Melon, this time in the women's 10,000m, on the third day of the Indonesia Open Track and Field Championships at the Senayan Madya...
Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Nias: Between waves and stone age
Nias: Between waves and stone age Nias hosted an international surfing championship between July 19 and 23. Located west of Sumatra, Unspoiled beaches, traditional houses and stone jumping are among the main tourist attractions of the island. Ibnu Basori gives the following account.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Tears of joy for the Omar Dhanis
Tears of joy for the Omar Dhanis JAKARTA (JP): "I want to be a child again," said Dian Sri Indrapuri, 37. Such a simple wish from a daughter who has been separated from her father by prison walls for nearly 30 years.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
ASEAN wants end to Bosnian arms-ban
ASEAN wants end to Bosnian arms-ban BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuter): Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) called yesterday for an end to what one described as the "unjustified and illegal" arms embargo against Bosnia.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Dr. Kahin is no ordinary historian
Dr. Kahin is no ordinary historian By Endy M. Bayuni JAKARTA (JP): If there's one historian who can reminisce about the Indonesian revolution in great detail, objectively and passionately, it's American Dr. George McTurnan Kahin. Now 77 years old, Kahin is no ordinary historian.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
What do really we get in life?
What do really we get in life? JAKARTA (JP): Life if full of the threats of punishment, especially so for Indonesians. Even as babies they are faced with all kinds of punishment. Take the famous Indonesian lullaby entitled Nina Bobo, which closes with this sentence: Kalau tidak bobo digigit nyamuk...
Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
State universities admit 63,090 people
State universities admit 63,090 people JAKARTA (JP): The government announced yesterday the 63,090 people who passed the entrance exams for the 89 state universities nationwide. The announcement, made through some local newspapers and lists distributed at the Senayan Sports Stadium, was greeted...
Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Feasting on king cobra: Danger of delicacy?
Feasting on king cobra: Danger of delicacy? By V. Anjaiah JAKARTA (JP): We have read stories about blood-sucking vampires. We have seen people eating fried chicken, goat, cow and pig blood. But have you ever seen anyone drink fresh cobra blood? If not, go to Jakarta's busy Jl.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Disgusting, barbarous
Disgusting, barbarous From Kompas Disgusting, barbarous, insane, sadistic... It seems that there aren't any more appropriate words to describe the rape of the wife and children of the Acan family in Bekasi. The rapists must be arrested.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Persib to play Petrokimia in national soccer league final
Persib to play Petrokimia in national soccer league final JAKARTA (JP): The long, grueling and tense competition pitting 34 soccer teams will climax in today's match at the Senayan stadium when Petrokimia Putra plays Persib Bandung for the President's Cup, the symbol of national league supremacy.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Indonesians rank among top ten foreign spenders
Indonesians rank among top ten foreign spenders SINGAPORE (JP): An Rp 250,000 exit tax and an abundance of sprawling shopping centers at home don't deter Indonesian shoppers from hunting for bargains abroad. They still swarm into Singapore, particularly on the weekends.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
The coast of Nias: A paradise for surfers
The coast of Nias: A paradise for surfers By Ibnu Basori NIAS (JP): The International Surfing Championship which ended on July 23 turned the quiet coast near Sorake on Nias into a fiesta. The competition, with the officious name Indonesia Open-Nias Pro, was actually a round of the Australian...
Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Environmental hazards of biotech, patents
Environmental hazards of biotech, patents By Hira P. Jhamtani JAKARTA (JP): Biotechnology is essentially technology that utilizes life forms (organisms) which are engineered to provide goods and services for human beings.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Rape, violence rock the country
Rape, violence rock the country By T. Sima Gunawan and Rita A. Widiadana Reports on the brutal rape of a mother and her two teenage daughters in Bekasi, east of Jakarta, on Monday had not yet died down when police announced they had arrested four teenagers several hours after allegedly raping a...
Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Hariyanto, Susi skip U.S. Open c'ships
Hariyanto, Susi skip U.S. Open c'ships JAKARTA (JP): The Badminton Association of Indonesia has decided not to include Hariyanto Arbi and Susi Susanti in the team for the U.S. Open badminton championships in Atlanta.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
The art of bargaining in Bukittinggi
The art of bargaining in Bukittinggi By Carl Chairul BUKITTINGGI, West Sumatra (JP): Skipping Bukittingi in a journey to West Sumatra is just like going all the way to San Diego without seeing the Sea World.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Honda riders take lead pole positions
Honda riders take lead pole positions YOGYAKARTA (JP): Michael Machio of France led the Honda riders, with Jimmy Button of U.S.A. and Brian K. Jorgensen of Denmark making it one-two-three at yesterday's practice for today's World Motocross Championship. Machio clocked two minutes 34.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Tears fill my eyes
Tears fill my eyes From Berita Buana My heart bled when I read the newspaper article on the rape by a group of burglars of a mother and her two daughters in Bekasi on July 24. Although I am a man, unconsciously, tears filled my eyes when I read the news. Their act is barbaric.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Guess What? Djisman Simanjuntak
Guess What? Djisman Simanjuntak Have you ever heard Djisman Simanjuntak talk about press freedom? Probably not. Simanjuntak is the executive director of the Prasetiya Mulya Graduate School of Management and he is popular for his sharp analysis in the field of economics.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Architecture only surviving key to Nias origins
Architecture only surviving key to Nias origins Text by Ibnu Basori Photos by Arief Hidayat NIAS (JP): The origins of the Nias people are uncertain. But the elders of the island are convinced that one place, Gomo in Central Nias, is the origin of their ancestry.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Guess What? Koos Arumdanie
Guess What? Koos Arumdanie Collector of traditional Indonesian textiles Koos Arumdanie couldn't hide her disappointment upon seeing that the Borobudur Inter-Continental Hotel's Flores room -- where a one-day seminar on Indonesian traditional woven cloths was held on Thursday -- was almost empty.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Rendra: When love borders ruin, failure and death
Rendra: When love borders ruin, failure and death By Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): Rendra, "The Peacock", strutted out of his socio-political garden to read his collection of love poems this week. "Amidst the uncertainty over the social, economic and political life nationally and internationally,...
Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
ASEAN told to move faster on free trade
ASEAN told to move faster on free trade By Oei Eng Goan BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (JP): Brunei leader Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) yesterday to move faster in implementing free trade in the region.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Asia-Pacific Film Festival lacks focus and direction
Asia-Pacific Film Festival lacks focus and direction JAKARTA (JP): The Asia-Pacific Film Festival (APFF) must develop a specific focus in order to become respectable. Indonesian film critic Marselli Sumarno said the APFF does not have any particular character or theme.
Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Guess What? Toeti Adhitama
Guess What? Toeti Adhitama Some people are against lotteries, which are considered gambling. But not Toeti Adhitama, editor of Eksekutif, a business monthly. She organized a special lottery during the launching of the two volumes of The Eksekutif Interview Friday in conjunction with the magazine's...
Sun, 30 Jul 1995, 07:00 WIB
Grief hangs heavy over Bekasi farmer's modest home
Grief hangs heavy over Bekasi farmer's modest home By Johannes Simbolon BEKASI (JP): Grief hangs over the house which stands a stones throw away from the dirty river that separates the Bekasi and Bogor regencies.