Archive: 7 August 1995
41 articles found
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Selective regulation needed
Selective regulation needed JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia Governor J. Soedradjad Djiwandono said the inefficiency in the country's economic activities has partly resulted from excessive regulations.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
State ships to take part in 'Arung Samudera'
State ships to take part in 'Arung Samudera' JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto is scheduled to visit the Jakarta Bay on Aug. 19. to inspect warships taking part in the Arung Samudera '95 -- an event which will combine yacht races with a parade of warship fleets.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Voltron 3:05 Children's Program: Riang Ria 3:30 TV Series: The Crystal Maze 4:30 School Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Technology Program 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Religious Teachings: Hindhu 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama 8:05 Quiz: Ketoprak Seri III: Tanah Perdikan 9:00 World News 9:25 Music 10:25 Film: Enam Djam Di Djogja 10:55 Late News 11:05 Film (continued) Program 2 4:30 p.m.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Jember farmers refuse to give up disputed land
Jember farmers refuse to give up disputed land JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of farm families embroiled in a bitter conflict with the state-owned plantation company in Jember, East Java, refused Saturday to give up their claim to 2,800 hectares of disputed land. In a meeting with the East Java military chief Maj. Gen. Imam Utomo in Jember last week, the tobacco farmers promised to stop their violent protests if the government heeds their demand.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Violent crimes: A national enigma
Violent crimes: A national enigma By Mochtar Buchori JAKARTA (JP): News about violent crimes, which have happened so frequently lately in our society, has alarmed everyone in our society, except the criminals themselves. People react in many different ways to this situation. There are those who panic, fearing that they or one of their relatives will become the next victim of these mad crimes.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Jakarta targets 1.5m foreign tourists
Jakarta targets 1.5m foreign tourists JAKARTA (JP): The city administration has predicted that around 1.5 million foreign tourists will visit the capital this year. Fauzi Bowo, the head of the city tourism office, told reporters on Saturday that the number of foreign tourists visiting Jakarta is expected to increase by 10 to 15 percent from the 1.3 million visitors last year.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Ice cream good for children, but ...
Ice cream good for children, but ... JAKARTA (JP): Ice cream is good. But don't eat ice-cream and foods high in fat like hamburgers, pizza or fried rice on the same day. "Ice cream has enough protein," Dr. Walujo Soerjodibroto, an expert of nutrition from the University of Indonesia, told a seminar on ice cream Saturday. Given that ice cream is also high in fat, Walujo suggested that people do not eat ice cream and foods high in fat on the same day.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Language use in Indonesia
Language use in Indonesia On July 22, 1995, Lie Hua wrote an interesting but misleading article taking up the theme of my earlier articles on limitations on language use in Indonesia and in other countries. This article at once misstated my arguments and then defended their real message. What I am confused by are the author's allegations that my analogy with the case of Malaysia is confusing, when the article does not itself clearly indicate what confusion the author suffers from.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Violence at Jenggawah
Violence at Jenggawah The name Jenggawah has surfaced again. As in 1978, farmers again unleashed their fury in Jenggawah in the Jember district, East Java. And just as 17 years ago, the farmers were demanding settlement for their land which was taken over by the government- owned agricultural estate PTP-XXVII. This land dispute, which had been left to fester for 17 years, finally erupted into acts of violence committed by the farmers. They burned down barns and houses owned by PTP personnel.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Get familiar with neighborhood
Get familiar with neighborhood Space limits me only to respond to Mr. Ross Gulliver's letter (Aug. 3, 1995) for now. Perhaps on another occasion I may be allowed to comment on the usage of the term bule as defined by another writer. Mr. Gulliver, we Indonesians appreciate the absence of generalizations about this country and its people, and I like the fact that you decided on a more conciliatory tone, in your second letter.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Go to jail or pay Rp 50,000
Go to jail or pay Rp 50,000 MEDAN, North Sumatra: Seven butchers have been asked to pay fines of Rp 50,000 each, or serve six months imprisonment, for selling uncertified meat to the public. The fines were imposed by a magistrate at the end of an operation by the city administration to clamp down on the sales of pork, beef and mutton from unlicensed slaughterhouses. The authorities confiscated 150 kilograms of pork, 195 kg of beef and 100 kg of mutton from the seven as evidence.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Pulau Seribu people get boats
Pulau Seribu people get boats JAKARTA (JP): Residents of Pulau Seribu subdistrict, North Jakarta, received four speed boats donated by several businessmen in the city. Punky Bambang, a representative of the entrepreneurs, handed over the boats to the residents in a ceremony at Marina Beach, Ancol, North Jakarta, over the weekend. The ceremony was attended by Minister of Women's Roles Mien Soegandi, Vice Governor in charge of People's Welfare Museno, and North Jakarta Mayor Suprawito.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Koranic reading contest ends
Koranic reading contest ends PEKANBARU, Riau: A Koranic reading contest for journalists from the member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) concluded on Friday with Indonesia and the Philippines winning the two top prizes. Wardas Tanjung of Indonesia won the men's category while Potri Salacayan of the Philippines won the women's category. They each won a free trip to Mecca for the haj pilgrimage and $5,000 in cash, Antara reported.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
All set for sailing race
All set for sailing race DENPASAR, Bali: Governor Ida Bagus Oka greeted the arrivals of participants of two international sailing races at the main Benoa port terminal on Saturday. Dozens of tall ships and yachts have arrived to take part in the races, which begin today. One tall ship stood out among the dozens that have docked at Benoa -- the Buque Escuela Esmeralda from Chile, which is said to be the world's second largest.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Hiroshima bombing: 50 years on
Hiroshima bombing: 50 years on Recently, The Jakarta Post's Asia correspondent Harvey Stockwin visited a small Pacific island which played a large role in the tumultuous events of 50 years ago, when mankind entered the nuclear age. Following is his report. TINIAN, Northern Marianas (JP): Aug. 6th, 1995. Fifty years ago, this small island, bounded by the Pacific Ocean and the Philippine Sea, made history.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Student's death investigated
Student's death investigated JAKARTA (JP): West Jakarta District police chief Lt. Col. Made Mangku Pastika promised over the weekend to disclose the facts pertaining to the murder of a 19-year old student regiment recruit, who died as a result of physical mistreatment earlier this year. The victim, identified as Themanto, a student of the privately-owned Tarumanegara University, died on Jan. 29, after taking part in a basic training course for the university's student regiment recruits.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Eating too much fast food can cause diabetes
Eating too much fast food can cause diabetes JAKARTA (JP): Too much fast food can cause diabetes, particularly among young people, experts warned this weekend. Contrary to earlier suggestions that diabetes mellitus is a hereditary disease, Anita Sapardjiman told a seminar on Saturday that 95 percent of all diabetes cases found in Indonesia were caused by poor diets often associated with fast food.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Moslem solidarity for Bosnia, Chechnya
Moslem solidarity for Bosnia, Chechnya JAKARTA (JP): The Al Azhar Grand Mosque in South Jakarta was overwhelmed once again yesterday by thousands of Moslems demonstrating solidarity with their brethren in the war-torn areas of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Chechnya. An estimated 5,000 people turned out to join in a mass prayer to end the suffering of Bosnian Moslems, while leading preachers, with their sermons, took turns firing up the congregation against the Serbian aggressors.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Semen Andalas suffers losses of Rp 2.4b
Semen Andalas suffers losses of Rp 2.4b JAKARTA (JP): PT Semen Andalas Indonesia suffered a total loss of Rp 2.4 billion (US$1.1 million) in the first seven months of this year due to a 15-day stop in production activities during the period. The company's president, Martin R. Wilkes, said in Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh, on Saturday that his company stopped its production activities because it was holding a large volume of cement stocks in its warehouses.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Econit steps up campaign against import inspection
Econit steps up campaign against import inspection JAKARTA (JP): The Econit economic research institute stepped up its campaign against the preshipment inspection of Indonesian imports by alleging that PT Surveyor Indonesia had suffered big losses. Econit's Chairman Rizal Ramli voiced his wonder at a news conference on Friday as to why the government had decided to extend the contract with PT Surveyor Indonesia (PTSI), to carry out preshipment inspection of imports, for another two years.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
SEA Games walk event hit dead end
SEA Games walk event hit dead end BANGKOK (AFP): The walking races at this year's Southeast Asian Games in Chiang Mai in December have got snarled up in Thailand's traffic problems, a newspaper said. The Olympic Committee of Thailand informed the Southeast Asian Federation council, which toured the northern city last week, that walking races would have to be dropped, the Bangkok Post said.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Share prices close mixed on JSX
Share prices close mixed on JSX JAKARTA (JP): Share prices closed mixed across the board on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) last week, with sentiment remaining weak. The JSE Composite Index closed the week at 513.84, up 1.33 points (0.3 percent) over the week's opening of 512.51. Lack of strong incentives and mixed performance on regional bourses kept the Jakarta market in a narrow trading range. Investors' focus largely remained on large capped and liquid counters.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Warehouses owners in Kota reluctant to move
Warehouses owners in Kota reluctant to move JAKARTA (JP): Most of the owners of warehouses in downtown Kota, West Jakarta, are still reluctant to relocate their warehouses despite repeated warnings from the authorities. A warehouse worker told The Jakarta Post over the weekend that dozens of workers still work as usual, although they have known all along that the authorities have asked the owners to close down their warehouses.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Semarang touts 'old city'
Semarang touts 'old city' SEMARANG: Two Australian architects will survey the `Old City' district in Semarang this month to probe the possibility of turning it into a tourist attraction. Slamet Riyadi, the head of Urban Affairs of Semarang mayoralty, said that Richard A. Hosling and Ronald G. Boker are currently in town as part of the officials' exchange program between Semarang and Brisbane. The administrations of the two towns are currently working to establish "sister-city" relations.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Hashim now Bank Papan's largest shareholder
Hashim now Bank Papan's largest shareholder JAKARTA (JP): Businessman Jopie Widjaya has sold one half of his stake in the publicly-listed Bank Papan Sejahtera to Hashim S. Djoyohadikusumo, just few months after taking over the stocks from the bank's founders. Jopie, who hit newspaper headlines when he took over the majority stake of the bank in May, said on Saturday that the transaction was purely a business deal.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Second stage of Kalibesar project to begin soon
Second stage of Kalibesar project to begin soon JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja is scheduled to launch the second stage of Kali Besar improvement program in the downtown Kota area, West Jakarta, on Wednesday. Activities of the program include the planting of various tree species, such as palm and bougainvillea, and the installation of street lamps. This program is part of the city administration's plan to return the sidewalks of the 300-meter Jl.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Councilors attack pornography
Councilors attack pornography MEDAN, North Sumatra: Members of the City Legislative Council were enraged at reports that some local movie houses have been screening pornographic movies. "This is an insult, coming as we celebrate our 50th independence anniversary," said Ajib Shah. Other councilors, including Martius Latuperisa and Zulkarnaen Malik, called the screening of the pornographic films a show of disrespect for the nation's big event, Antara reported.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
EU duty on RI's MSG
EU duty on RI's MSG JAKARTA (JP): The European Union (EU) will charge an anti- dumping duty of 0.143 European currency unit (ECU) on each kilogram of Indonesian Mi Won brand monosodium glutamate (MSG) following a price review by the European Commission. The Ministry of Trade's Director for Foreign Trade Relations Hatanto Reksodiputro was quoted Saturday by Antara as saying that the price investigation was conducted upon a demand from European MSG producers.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Indonesia wins bronze at world archery c'ships
Indonesia wins bronze at world archery c'ships JAKARTA (JP): With a bronze medal, Indonesia stood proudly among the handiest with a bow and arrow at the end of the 38th World Outdoor Target Archery Championships yesterday. The gold medal went to pre-tournament favorite South Korea and the silver medal to Turkey.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Australia wants envoy without E. Timor links
Australia wants envoy without E. Timor links SYDNEY (Agencies): The Australian government wants Indonesia's next ambassador to Australia to have had no involvement in actions in East Timor which could be considered "distasteful", Foreign Minister Gareth Evans said yesterday.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Glickman to Asia to view farm trade potentials
Glickman to Asia to view farm trade potentials WASHINGTON (Reuter): Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman goes to Asia this week to discuss issues vital to agricultural trade, but says he has no specific trade deals to make. "I chose Asia because about 40 percent of our exports go to Asia, basically the largest single region," Glickman said over the weekend in a briefing on his upcoming two-week trip.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
RI formally protests flag burning incident
RI formally protests flag burning incident JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has sent a formal note to the Australian government protesting the burning of an Indonesian flag during a demonstration in Melbourne last week.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Traditional community needs govt protection
Traditional community needs govt protection JAKARTA (JP): An environmental activist is calling on the government to move immediately to provide protection for the intellectual property rights of traditional communities before they are patented by foreign corporations abroad.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Accelerating AFTA
Accelerating AFTA It is understandable that Indonesia was the most surprised by Brunei's call for advancing the target date of the ASEAN free trade area to the year 2000, because the nation is the least prepared for the transition. No wonder, while member countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines said they would seriously consider the Brunei proposal, Indonesia ventured a very cautious response.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Public commuters suffer more
Public commuters suffer more I read with great interest the letters each day, as I think they throw light on being a foreigner here and on aspects of Indonesian life. I laugh at some letters and have sympathy with others. As a foreigner who has been around Indonesia for 15 years and who lives here now by choice, I obviously like the country, and its people in general.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Political power must be limited: Soemitro
Political power must be limited: Soemitro JAKARTA (JP): Unlimited political power will eventually lead to despotism and therefore Indonesia needs a law to limit it, a retired military leader here said this weekend. Gen. (Ret) Soemitro, the former commander of the powerful Kopkamtib security agency, told a seminar over the weekend that there must be a law to limit the political power of the head of state.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Four killings over the weekend
Four killings over the weekend JAKARTA (JP): A man died after being stabbed on Jl. Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, police reported. A police source in Tanjung Priok said that the victim, identified as Sumarno, 52, was stabbed in the stomach on Wednesday. The victim died on Saturday morning after three days of being hospitalized at the Cipto Mangunkusumo general hospital. The motive for the killing was still unknown but police assume it was revenge. The perpetrator is still at large, police said.
Mon, 07 Aug 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, 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. to 11 p.m. - Ambassador Lounge: Boece & Ayu (pianist and singer), Tuesday to Saturday, from 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Jakarta String Fantasy Trio, Monday to Saturday from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
My sympathy for mixed couple
My sympathy for mixed couple I sympathize with Mr. Gulliver on the problem of racism he is experiencing as being a foreigner married to an Indonesian. However, my sympathy goes more to his wife and many other Indonesian women who happen to be in the same situation. Perhaps being married to a foreigner is one of the cross cultural burdens that one should be prepared for, like racism and sexual discrimination.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Rp 3.7b for expansion of Samarinda port
Rp 3.7b for expansion of Samarinda port JAKARTA (JP): PT Pelabuhan Indonesia IV, the state-owned port managing company, will spend Rp 3.7 billion (US$1.6 million) this fiscal year on the expansion of the Samarinda port in East Kalimantan, to cope with its increasing cargoes and passengers. "After the expansion, the Samarinda port will have a 1,000- meter-long concrete pier and activities there can be properly organized," the company's manager for Samarinda said, Antara reported Saturday.
Mon, 07 Aug 1995, 00:00 WIB
Senior reporter killed in crash
Senior reporter killed in crash BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: A senior local reporter died in a road accident on Friday. Amiruddin Alamsyah, 56, of the Lampung Post, was riding his motorcycle near the Rajabasa bus terminal when he was hit by a bus, Antara reported. Amiruddin, who began his career at the newspaper as a photographer, is survived by his wife, two children, four grandchildren and a number of adopted children. (03)