Archive: 19 September 1995
38 articles found
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Ex-communists active again
Ex-communists active again PURWOKERTO, Central Java: The Armed Forces (ABRI) says that a number of people arrested here for attempting to establish an Islamic state are former communists. Chief for ABRI General Affairs department Let. Gen. Soeyono told The Jakarta Post yesterday that an "extremist movement" had been spreading in the towns of Banyumas, Purwokerto, Tegal, Pekalongan, Boyolali, Kartasura and Karanganyar as well as Yogyakarta.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
'Concessionaires not paying contributions'
'Concessionaires not paying contributions' JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Forestry announced yesterday that unpaid mandatory forest contributions reached more than Rp 9.9 billion (US$4.39 million) as of September last year, with only 36 percent disbursed as of August. The ministry's inspector general, Hariadi Darmawan, in a hearing with House Commission IV, which oversees forestry and agricultural affairs, said yesterday the figures were based on reports from the Government Audit Agency.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
UI graduates prefer to work in private firms
UI graduates prefer to work in private firms JAKARTA (JP): Dean of the University of Indonesia's School of Economics (FEUI) Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti said yesterday that his school graduates are increasingly interested in working in the private sector rather than government institutions. "The interest of FEUI graduates to enter the bureaucracy is very low," he told reporters after an alumni gathering celebrating the school's 45th anniversary at Depok, south of Jakarta.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Radinal faces opposition over toll road tariff hikes
Radinal faces opposition over toll road tariff hikes JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Public Works Radinal Moochtar reiterated to the House of Representatives yesterday the need for increasing the toll road tariffs to attract new investments and to enable the upgrading of existing toll road services. However, members of the House Commission on Public Works disagreed on across the board increase in tariffs, suggesting that higher tariffs be set only for new toll roads.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
'Opposition': What's in a name?
'Opposition': What's in a name? The question of the desirability and constitutional legality of political opposition in Indonesia has surfaced once again. In the following article political observer J. Soedjati Djiwandono takes a look at the issue. JAKARTA (JP): The recent debate on whether there should be an opposition in the Indonesian political system still misses the real issue, although both the pro and con sides have a valid case.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Social activities need more funds
Social activities need more funds JAKARTA (JP): The city's Social Welfare Activities Coordinating Agency is badly in need of funds to finance its social programs. Suhud Pribadi, vice chairman of the agency, said that his agency is seeking funds through donations and corporate sponsorship. "More funds are badly needed to enable the agency to help 600 foundations which deal with social activities," said Suhud, as quoted by Antara.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Tall Ship race
Tall Ship race In August I took part in the Sail Indonesia, '95 Tall Ship race in my Tall Ship Golden Hawk. We were not fortunate enough to win but did creditably well enough to finish fourth in our division and ninth overall. However, that is not the point of this letter, rather, it is to express my thanks to the organizers for the splendid job they did and to the people we met in Jakarta who made us welcome and entertained us in a way none of us expected.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Court delays man's execution
Court delays man's execution SEMARANG, Central Java: The Central Java High Prosecutors Office decided to postpone the execution of Toegiman, 43, after he filed a petition for a review of his case. Toegiman, on death row following his conviction for the murder of Utomo Kasidi and his family members, had appealed for clemency but was denied.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Top government official criticizes tower plan
Top government official criticizes tower plan JAKARTA (JP): An official of the National Development Planning Board has denounced the US$400 million plan of business tycoon Sudwikatmono to build the world's third-tallest tower in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta. Mubyarto, assistant to Minister of National Development Planning Ginandjar Kartasasmita, said the funds should be used for government-sponsored programs for the improvement of Indonesia's least-developed villages.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Government closes haj registration
Government closes haj registration JAKARTA (JP): Registration for next year's Islamic holy pilgrimage to Mecca was closed yesterday by the government, after it secured 154,280 applicants, who have registered and paid their Rp 7.29 million (US$3,230) fee in full. The Ministry of Religious Affairs, which coordinates the haj pilgrimage for Indonesians, said the number was reached at 10:45 a.m. yesterday.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Red Cross renovates offices
Red Cross renovates offices JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta branch of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has renovated its offices in conjunction with the commemoration of its 50th anniversary. The building was inauguration by Mrs. Surjadi Soedirdja, wife of the Jakarta governor, in a ceremony on Saturday in her capacity as an honorary chairperson of the branch, Antara said. H.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Air pollution
Air pollution If you have ever flown out of the blue sky into the thick brown blanket covering Jakarta, or noticed that trees only yards away appear hazy, you must be concerned, as I am, about the quality of the air we all breathe. What exactly are the air pollution levels? It would be interesting to see both the lead and particulate levels, compared with the World Health Organization's safe limits. An article in The Jakarta Post, Aug.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Owners of polluting firms will also be announced
Owners of polluting firms will also be announced JAKARTA (JP): To enforce companies to comply with environmental rules, the government will not only disclose to public the names of polluting companies but also the owners of the firms. State Minister of Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja said yesterday that the move is aimed at forcing companies to keep the environment clean.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
N. Jakarta mayoralty defies demolition rules
N. Jakarta mayoralty defies demolition rules JAKARTA (JP): Members of the City Council said yesterday that the North Jakarta Mayoralty's demolition of a number of houses in Pademangan Barat, North Jakarta, violated standard procedure. They made the remark after hearing complaints filed by several of the 11 Pademangan Barat residents whose houses were pulled down on Saturday to make way for the construction of public facilities.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Malaysia offers incentives to RI firms
Malaysia offers incentives to RI firms JAKARTA (JP): Malaysian Minister of International Trade and Industry Rafidah Aziz arrived on a three-day visit offering incentives for Indonesian companies to invest in high technology industries in her country. "Malaysia is no longer competitive to host labor intensive industries as the country moves toward being an industrialized nation," Rafidah said at the Shangri-La hotel yesterday.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Norway interested in Natuna
Norway interested in Natuna JAKARTA (JP): Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland told President Soeharto yesterday that her country is interested in taking part in the US$40 billion natural gas extraction project in the Natuna islands near Singapore. Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono said that through its prime minister, Norway had expressed a desire to participate in the huge project.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Pertamina
Pertamina Correction: The 13th paragraph of the article entitled Pertamina starts construction of 13th LNG plant, on this page on Sept. 9, should have read: "PT Inti Karya Persada Teknik's president, Raysoely Moeloek, said the company hoped, and would be pleased, that it could be the contractor again of Train-H" -- instead of: "the company will again be appointed as the main contractor to build Train-H." We apologize for the misquotation. -- Editor
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept. 18, 1995: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 1,850 0 0 AHAP Insurance 3,250 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,150 50 2,000 Andayani Megah 1,800 0 3,500 Aneka Kimia Raya 6,525 25 500 Anwar Sierad 1,275 -25 43,000 Aqua Golden Mississippi 2,400 0 0 Argha Karya Prima Industry 1,775 0 250,500 Argo Pantes 2,500 0 0 Asiana IMI Indusrties 1,000 0 0 Aster...
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
S. Korea promises more investments in Indonesia
S. Korea promises more investments in Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): A visiting South Korean energy and trade mission to Indonesia promised to bring in US$1.1 billion of new investments for 12 projects and increase annual bilateral trade to a level of $10 billion in 1998. Mission leader Un-Suh Park, South Korea's vice minister of trade, industry and energy, said here yesterday that all the investment commitments were made by Korean private sector companies.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Politeness as a game
Politeness as a game Minister of Home Affairs Moch. Yogie SM has set a good example in Indonesia's complicated political game by retracting his slur on United Development Party Chairman Ismail Hasan Metareum. Yogie's remark was a response to Ismail's statement that the current political system "marginalized" both his party and the Indonesian Democratic Party. Yogie responded that "perhaps he (Ismail) was sick at the time" (mungkin dia sedang sakit) when he made his comment.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Satya Wacana disrupted by violent protest
Satya Wacana disrupted by violent protest SALATIGA, Central Java (JP): Satya Wacana Christian University students went on the rampage yesterday, demonstrating their fury at the management's inability to solve the internal conflict which has badly disrupted the learning-teaching activities over the past year. Several thousand students broke into the rectorial and foundation buildings, smashing window panes, vandalizing equipment and destroying anything in their way.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
U.S. vows greater attention to ASEAN
U.S. vows greater attention to ASEAN MANILA (AFP): Washington will give special attention to expanding economic ties with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the coming months, a U.S. commerce official said here yesterday. U.S. Commerce Undersecretary Jeffrey Garten told a press conference in the Philippine capital that "we are going to make this ... the year of ASEAN" in Washington, both as a region and for individual countries.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
RI urges regional cooperation to combat drugs
RI urges regional cooperation to combat drugs JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia yesterday called for greater cooperation among Asia-Pacific countries in fighting international drug syndicates, saying that no country is safe from drug problems as long as they exist in the region.. The different legal systems in the region should not preclude law enforcement agencies from working together, Coordinating Minister for Political Affairs and Security Soesilo Soedarman said.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Moslem scholars to visit Soeharto
Moslem scholars to visit Soeharto SEMARANG, Central Java: Local Moslem scholars (kyai) here have decided to jump onto the bandwagon of kyai visiting President Soeharto as a way to "show their gratitude" during the country's 50th anniversary. Following the visit of the kyai from Aceh, East and West Java provinces, a total of 75 Moslem scholars are scheduled to visit Soeharto next Friday, Antara reported.
Tue, 19 Sep 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.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
ASEAN's progress on trade
ASEAN's progress on trade The countries of Southeast Asia may differ on a host of political problems that seem intractable, but there is one area in which they have made some promising breakthroughs -- trade. A proposal that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) complete the implementation of an Asean Free Trade Area (AFTA) by 2000 evoked favorable comments from delegates attending the 27th Asean Economic Ministers meeting, which ended at the weekend in Brunei.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
House calls for concrete steps in undeveloped east
House calls for concrete steps in undeveloped east JAKARTA (JP): Members of the House of Representatives urged the government yesterday to accelerate development in the eastern provinces and called on the State Minister of Investment to exercise the "use of force" if necessary.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Electronics center hit by floods
Electronics center hit by floods KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Work at Malaysia's biggest electronics manufacturing center in Penang came to a near standstill yesterday after heavy floods kept thousands of workers at home, officials said. Continuous rain over the weekend covered parts of Penang with water up to three meters deep, forcing the closure of many schools, government and businesses, the officials said.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Rights commission finds evidence of Timika killings
Rights commission finds evidence of Timika killings JAKARTA (JP): An investigating team set up by the National Commission on Human Rights announced yesterday that it had found evidence that a number of civilians had been killed in the town of Timika, Irian Jaya, but said it had not yet determined whether human rights had been violated.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Wardiman to open speaking contest
Wardiman to open speaking contest JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Education and Culture Wardiman Djojonegoro is scheduled to open a national student public speaking competition on Oct. 9. Abdul Kadir Dahlan, vice secretary of the Association of Indonesian Rhetoric Lovers, said that the six-day speaking contest will be held at the offices of the ministry of education and culture on Jl. Sudirman, South Jakarta.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Police forbid workers' play
Police forbid workers' play JAKARTA (JP): Teater Sanggar Pabrik, a theater run by workers, failed to obtain a permit to perform its play entitled Surat Cinta untuk Marsinah (A love letter for Marsinah) at the Bulungan Studio in South Jakarta on Saturday. "We received a letter of notification, signed by chief of the Kebon Baru Police precinct Capt. Hadi Sutedjo, on Friday night," M. Lutfi Hakim, one of the actors, was quoted by the Kompas daily as saying.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Constraints on technology (2)
Constraints on technology (2) By David Ray How does Indonesian industry move up the technological ladder? This is the last of two installments of an article attempting to isolate the four key issues which explain why Indonesia is losing the regional technology race and what the implications are. BANDUNG (JP): 3) Foreign Investment: According to many industry surveys and studies foreign investment (FDI) has played a very minor role in Indonesia's industrial technological development.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
No clear trend set for Asian palm oil prices
No clear trend set for Asian palm oil prices KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): There is no clear trend for Asian palm and laurics oils, with the outcome of the World Oilseed Congress in Malaysia this week possibly providing market direction, regional traders said. Barring news from the meeting, Philippines coconut oil prices are seen supported by thin supplies. Indonesian palms are seen steady to lower on uncertainties over what state commodities regulator Bulog intends to do during the week.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Rape pretrial security beefed up
Rape pretrial security beefed up JAKARTA (JP): Police will intensify the security during the last session of the Bekasi rape pretrial, which will be held today at the Bekasi district court, an officer said yesterday. City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. Bambang Permantoro said that maximum security for today's trial has been prepared by the Bekasi police. The verdict will be read out today.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Court concludes hearing of Freeport case
Court concludes hearing of Freeport case JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta State Administrative Court concluded yesterday the hearing of a lawsuit filed by the Indonesian Forum for the Environment against the government for approving the environmental conservation program of the giant American copper mining company PT Freeport Indonesia.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
New Zealand 'regrets' flag burning incident
New Zealand 'regrets' flag burning incident JAKARTA (JP): New Zealand has formally expressed its regret to Jakarta about another incident on its home soil in which an Indonesian flag was set on fire during an anti-Indonesia demonstration. "The protesters say they are against the behavior of the Indonesian government.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Mountain climbers evacuated
Mountain climbers evacuated PURWOKERTO, Central Java (JP): At least 22 mountain climbers have been evacuated from Mt. Slamet after being trapped by a forest fire. They were evacuated yesterday by firemen from the local military and police offices and a University of Soedirman Search and Rescue team. The 22, who are mostly students, come from different cities in this province and from Jakarta.
Tue, 19 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
China not hopeful at Asian c'ship
China not hopeful at Asian c'ship JAKARTA (JP): China admitted yesterday that the absence of supercoach Ma Junren and his women runners would jeopardize its title defense attempt at the 11th Asian Track and Field Championships here. "I think we have suffered a big loss since Mr. Ma was sidelined from the national team," said Huang Zhi, Secretary- General of the Chinese Athletic Association.