Archive: 28 January 1996
23 articles found
Sun, 28 Jan 1996
Special recipes for Ramadhan month
Special recipes for Ramadhan month JAKARTA (JP): Certain kinds of food go with certain holidays. At Thanksgiving, for example, Americans serve turkey and pumpkin pie. In Indonesia certain foods are served during the Ramadhan fasting month and on Idul Fitri.
Sun, 28 Jan 1996
ASEAN: A key partner of EU in emergimg Asian region
ASEAN: A key partner of EU in emergimg Asian region Yeo Lay Hwee sketches out the future direction of the relationship between ASEAN and the European Community Asia-Europe relations have been receiving a lot of attention lately.
Sun, 28 Jan 1996
Finding a proper use for that diary
Finding a proper use for that diary JAKARTA (JP): A dairy is a place of useful production. There used to be some nuns up in Puncak who kept cows and you could visit them to buy their delicious fresh cheese.
Sun, 28 Jan 1996
ABRI announces major reshuffle in its ranks
ABRI announces major reshuffle in its ranks JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) has announced a big reshuffle in its mid-level command structure, affecting 92 officers in the Army, Navy, Air Force and National Police.
Sun, 28 Jan 1996
TV today
TV todayTVRI 7:00 a.m. Morning News 7:30 Healthy and Fit 7:40 TV Series: Speed Keteers 8:05 Among Us 8:35 Children Stories 9:00 People and Events 9:30 Comedy: Ria Jenaka 9:45 Music: Album Kita 10:45 Youth Program: Temu Remaja 11:15 Cooking: Masakan Indonesia 11:45 Sports: Dari Gelanggang ke...
Sun, 28 Jan 1996
Guess What?
Guess What? Question: What is the longest word in English? Answer: Smiles. (There is a mile between the first character and the last one.)Megawati Soekarnoputri, chief of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), may not know the riddle, but that isn't important.
Sun, 28 Jan 1996
12 elephants found dead
12 elephants found dead JAKARTA (JP): Twelve wild elephants were found dead in a coconut palm plantation in the province of Riau, an conservation officer said yesterday.The head of the local natural conservation office, Soesilo Legowo, told Antara that the elephants were found dead earlier this...
Sun, 28 Jan 1996
Ricky and Rexy save the day for Indonesia
Ricky and Rexy save the day for Indonesia SEOUL (Agencies): World men's doubles champions Ricky Subagja and Rexy Mainaky claimed Indonesia's share of the final day's honors at the Korea Open badminton championships yesterday.
Sun, 28 Jan 1996
Wimar opts for show business not politics
Wimar opts for show business not politics This is the second and last part of The Jakarta Post's interview with Wilmar Witoelar, a former student activist who became a management consultant and then host of the Perspektif TV talk show.
Sun, 28 Jan 1996
'Mbok' Nah turns 60
'Mbok' Nah turns 60By Lea Pamungkas For the past two weeks Mbok Nah had been feeling perplexed. It wasn't that she was no longer strong enough to carry the basket of jamu, even though she had just turned 60. Her jamu still sold well.
Sun, 28 Jan 1996
Gus Dur, the sleepy but alert scholar
Gus Dur, the sleepy but alert scholar JAKARTA (JP): One needs only to attend a seminar featuring Abdurrahman Wahid, the controversial scholar and leader of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Moslem organization, to realize that the man can fall asleep anywhere.
Sun, 28 Jan 1996
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for JakartaSunday Maghrib 6.20 p.m.Monday Imsak 4:23 a.m. Subuh 4.33 a.m.
Sun, 28 Jan 1996
Six killed in car explosion
Six killed in car explosion JAKARTA (JP): Six people riding in a minibus were killed, and two others seriously injured after the vehicle exploded in Semarang, Central Java on Friday night.The vehicle's body was cut in two and the roof thrown 10 meters away by an explosion heard two kilometers away.
Sun, 28 Jan 1996
Idul Fitri's exodus brings problems for many women
Idul Fitri's exodus brings problems for many womenBy T. Sima Gunawan JAKARTA (JP): Ramadhan is always the busiest month for Sita, a woman with three sons. Her maid as well as her son's nanny will soon leave for their hometown in Central Java to celebrate Idul Fitri with their families.
Sun, 28 Jan 1996
Jakarta mosques reflect various cultures of city
Jakarta mosques reflect various cultures of cityText by Rita A. Widiadana photos by Mulkan Salmona JAKARTA (JP): For Moslems, a mosque, be it big or small, symbolizes eternal tranquility. A mosque is a very important place for religious activities, and as a cultural and a information center.
Sun, 28 Jan 1996
Stressed ministers flock to Asshiddiqiyah 'pesantren'
Stressed ministers flock to Asshiddiqiyah 'pesantren'By Wisnu Pramudya JAKARTA (JP): It's 2 a.m., a time when most Jakartans are fast asleep. In the huge white building that is the Asshiddiqiyah Pesantren (traditional Islamic boarding school) in Kedoya, West Jakarta, however, hundreds of students...
Sun, 28 Jan 1996
WB recommendations seen as conditionalities
WB recommendations seen as conditionalities Is the World Bank interfering with the domestic political environment of client countries?By Joaquin L Gonzalez III Is the World Bank drifting away from its mandate? This is a serious question one asks after examining Bureaucrats in Business (1995), the...
Sun, 28 Jan 1996
Truth about balance of power dimension
Truth about balance of power dimension From its very inception, ASEAN's approach to security issues has contained a balance of power dimension.By Michael Leifer In academic and political debate on regional security within Southeast Asia, a dismissive attitude has arisen towards the concept and...
Sun, 28 Jan 1996
Frans Seda hospitalized
Frans Seda hospitalized JAKARTA (JP): Ex-minister Frans Seda is being treated at the Carolus hospital for fatigue.His wife, Johanna Maria Pattinaya, told The Jakarta Post yesterday that Seda had been admitted to the hospital last Saturday, and was scheduled to return home next week.
Sun, 28 Jan 1996
NU, 70 years in the whirlpool of politics
NU, 70 years in the whirlpool of politicsBy Santi W.E. Soekanto and Wisnu Pramudya JAKARTA (JP): An elderly kyai (Moslem teacher) from a remote office of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) wept openly when he realized he had inadvertently been caught in a conflict between the elite layer of Indonesia's...
Sun, 28 Jan 1996
Change looms for Nahdlatul Ulama
Change looms for Nahdlatul Ulama Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia's largest Moslem organization with 30 million members and supporters, will celebrate its 70th anniversary on Jan. 31. Under the leadership of Abdurrahman Wahid and Ilyas Ruhiyat, it is undergoing reform geared to accommodate the growing...
Sun, 28 Jan 1996
Rebels reportedly moving with hostages
Rebels reportedly moving with hostages JAKARTA (JP): The military said yesterday that Irian Jaya separatist rebels holding 13 hostages were planning to move out of their jungle hideout in Mapunduma, Antara reported.Brig. Gen.
Sun, 28 Jan 1996
Keeping to ASEAN's 'rules of the game'
Keeping to ASEAN's 'rules of the game' Vietnam's membership and the likely entry of Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar bring certain challenges to ASEAN.By Hoang Anh Tuan After decades of competing with ASEAN in establishing a regional order, Vietnam finally joined the regional organization in July 1995.