Archive: 4 January 1996
53 articles found
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta: Music * Hotel Arya Duta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48,Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Bonauli vocal group, Monday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 1 p.m.; Los Morenos, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. - The Tavern Pub: Yeah Yeah Boys, Sunday and Thursday, 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. ; Geometrics Band, Monday to Saturday from 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.; Yeah yeah Boys Thursday 9 p.m. to a.m.: Front line Band, Friday from 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. * Century Park Hotel, Jl.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Kawasaki expands in Jakarta
Kawasaki expands in Jakarta TOKYO (AFP): Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. is to invest 300 million yen (US$3 million) to boost motorcycle production in Indonesia by 80 percent to 66,000 units a year, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun said yesterday. Kawasaki Motor Indonesia, a local unit of the machinery and engineering company, would set up production lines for motorcycle engines in February and hire another 100 employees at its Jakarta plant, the newspaper said.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Minimum wage a problem: Bosses
Minimum wage a problem: Bosses JAKARTA (JP): Many private companies will face difficulties in implementing the new increase of workers' minimum wage as proposed recently by the All Indonesian Workers Union (SPSI), chairman of the Association of the Indonesian Employers said here yesterday. "The minimum wage increases during the last two years have been so burdensome for the employers that many of them had to postpone it," said Suratno Hadisuwito, the chairman.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Air tickets at post offices
Air tickets at post offices SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: The Samarinda branch of PT Pos, the state post office company, is considering selling air tickets at its counters around the city. Samarinda branch manager Nussalim said his office is studying a cooperation proposal with PT Sempati, a private airline company. The project offers potential profits for both parties, Nussalim told Antara. (emb)
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Britain, Philippines to hold exercises
Britain, Philippines to hold exercises MANILA (AFP): British Defense Secretary Michael Portillo signed a defense accord with the Philippines yesterday, allowing British troops to hold joint exercises with Filipino soldiers in 1997, the year London hands back Hong Kong to Beijing. The two sides also agreed to a "mutual examination of export possibilities of defense systems and equipment," he said.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
A new trend?
A new trend? Now that the holidays have passed and the celebrating is over, Jakarta has begun returning to normal. On Tuesday, according to one newspaper report, nearly 46,000 people arrived at the Pulogadung bus station after a long and grueling journey from various regions of Java. Huge crowds were also reported to have packed other bus terminals and railway stations. Officials estimate that most everything in the city should be back to normal by today.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Lone Star to upgrade RI gold mine
Lone Star to upgrade RI gold mine SYDNEY (Reuter): Lone Star Exploration NL said it expects to make a substantial upgrade to the resource estimate at the Awak Mas goldmine in Indonesia within the next week and a half, managing director Bill Crossley told Reuters. "Our previous resource estimate dates back prior to December 1994," Crossley said in a telephone interview.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Manila's new tax law sparks inflation fears
Manila's new tax law sparks inflation fears MANILA (Reuter): Inflation is expected to rear its ugly head in the Philippines following the introduction of a 10 percent expanded value added tax (E-VAT) and a rise in domestic oil product prices, analysts and economists said yesterday. "The consumers have been hit with a double whammy," Senator Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, an economist, said in a statement. "There's the E-VAT (whose) effect or ill-effect we still have to fully appreciate.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Hallmark buys RI mine
Hallmark buys RI mine PERTH (Reuter): Hallmark Gold NL said it has entered into an agreement with PT Arumbai Mangabekti (PAM) giving it the right to acquire 55 percent of the Indonesian manganese miner's issued capital for about US$1 million. PAM is presently mining manganese on tenement KP 210 located near the town of Reo, on the north west coast of Flores, in Indonesia. Hallmark said it will appoint a manager of the Flores manganese operation following the purchase.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
East Timor agitators desperate: Alatas
East Timor agitators desperate: Alatas JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas yesterday berated the bedlam created by East Timorese agitators in the last 12 months as a "desperate" effort to revive the waning international interest in their cause.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
NU never undermines government: Gus Dur
NU never undermines government: Gus Dur JAKARTA (JP): Abdurrahman Wahid, chairman of the 30-million strong Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), said his was the only organization which never got involved in any conflicts with the government. "There have never been any conflicts with the government because many officials, both civil and military, are NU members at heart," he was quoted by the Antara news agency as saying in an NU gathering in Brebes, Central Java, yesterday.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Suramadu bridge waits for funds
Suramadu bridge waits for funds JAKARTA (JP): The construction of a six-kilometer Suramadu bridge connecting Surabaya and Madura island in East Java has yet to be started because all the parties involved are still in a "waiting position", said the Minister of Public Works Radinal Moochtar.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Surabaya ready to host ASEAN tourism forum
Surabaya ready to host ASEAN tourism forum JAKARTA (JP): At least 1,650 participants from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will attend the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) in Surabaya, East Java, from Jan. 6 to Jan. 12. Managing director of the Indonesian Tourism Promotion Board, Wuryastuti Sunario, said here yesterday that the number would include tourism officials, executives of private firms, tourism organizations and associations as well as the press.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Jan.03, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume --------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 800 0 13,000 AHAP Insurance 3,200 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,375 0 0 Andayani Megah 1,625 50 1,682,500 Aneka Kimia Raya 6,000 0 5,000 Anwar Sierad 1,075 0 55,000 Aqua Golden Mississippi 1,750 0 0 Argha Karya Prima Industry 2,025 0 92,500 Argo Pantes 2,325 0 0 Asahimas Flat 2,300 75 510,000 Asiana IMI...
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Government to import TSP fertilizer
Government to import TSP fertilizer JAKARTA (JP): The government announced yesterday it has decided to import 200,000 tons of triple-superphosphate (TSP) fertilizer this year to anticipate the shortage which may occur due to an early planting season this year.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
BHP to explore Timor Sea
BHP to explore Timor Sea JAKARTA (JP): The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited, a Victoria-based Australian firm, announced yesterday that its wholly owned subsidiary BHP Petroleum (North West Shelf) Pty. Ltd. was awarded an oil exploration permit in the Timor Sea. The company said in a press release that the oil field -- code-named WA 260 P -- is located in the Bonaparte Basin and is adjacent to the previous permit area of AC/P8.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Jakarta-Bekasi flyover urgent
Jakarta-Bekasi flyover urgent JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Public Works Radinal Moochtar has said that the Jakarta-Bekasi elevated toll road is urgently needed. He said the feasibility study has been completed, and a technical study on the design will be made, Antara reported yesterday. He said that his office is coordinating with the city administration concerning land appropriation. According to Radinal, fewer toll gates would be preferable on the planned elevated turnpike.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Official fees seen as burden to industry
Official fees seen as burden to industry JAKARTA (JP): Industries in East Kalimantan currently have to pay at least 24 official fees, including taxes, imposed by the central and local administrations. The Antara news agency yesterday quoted an anonymous source in Samarinda as saying that the fees and levies varied in amount, "but when totaled in a period of months or years could reach millions of rupiahs".
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Soeharto to propose state budget
Soeharto to propose state budget JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto is to propose the 1996-1997 state budget to the House of Representatives today, a budget most analysts expect to be as austere as the current one. Most economists do not expect the draft state budget to increase substantially from the current one which is projected to balance at Rp 78.02 trillion (US$34 billion) due to great concern over economic overheating.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Cleaning staff given bonus
Cleaning staff given bonus JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta Mayor Pardjoko, on behalf of the mayoralty staff, has handed over Rp 50,000 in capital money for 57 cleaning service employees working at the office. The symbolic hand over took place on Tuesday at the mayoralty, Antara reported yesterday. Pardjoko told the cleaning service employees to set aside some of their income and keep it at the Bank DKI (the city administration-owned bank) for their future.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Two officers to be queried over killing
Two officers to be queried over killing JAKARTA (JP): City police will question two West Sumatra policemen for allegedly lending a gun to a man, who then used it to fatally shoot his love rival here late last week. City police spokesman Lt. Col. Iman Haryatna said yesterday that the two policemen, identified only as First Sergeant JH and First Sergeant Nv, have already been arrested in Sumatra for lending a .38 caliber Colt revolver to an unauthorized person.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Moslem students demand probe into Haryanto case
Moslem students demand probe into Haryanto case JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of Moslem youths staged a noisy demonstration at the State Secretariat yesterday, demanding an investigation into the leaking of classified reports accusing Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto of corruption. Calling themselves the Communication Forum for Jakartan Moslem Students, the 40 youths unfurled banners and waved placards.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Permadi claims innocence, will appeal
Permadi claims innocence, will appeal JAKARTA (JP): Controversial soothsayer Permadi Satrio Wiwoho maintained his innocence and declared his plan to appeal to Yogyakarta High Court ruling sentencing him to four months of imprisonment for blasphemy. He told The Jakarta Post by telephone yesterday that the higher court's sentence, which is shorter than the one made by the lower Sleman District Court, has convinced him even more that he is not guilty.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Floods pound Jakarta following torrential rains
Floods pound Jakarta following torrential rains JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of houses in North and East Jakarta have been inundated since Tuesday following torrential rains in the initial days of 1996. A total of 13 community units in Pademangan Timur, Pademangan Barat, Kalibaru and Kelapa Gading districts in North Jakarta were still inundated by water at 40 cm in height yesterday. In East Jakarta a total of 11 community units in Klender, Pondok Bambu and Kebon Pala subdistricts were also inundated.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 9:00 a.m. President Soeharto's Speech: Financial Note and 1996 Budget 2:30 p.m.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
New liner for Sulawesi
New liner for Sulawesi JAKARTA (JP): PT Putera Pare Lines will to import a passenger ship from Germany to link South Sulawesi and Sabah state in Malaysia, the company's executive said yesterday. HM Tahir Palureng was quoted by Antara in Parepare, South Sulawesi, as saying that the US$13 million ship, capable of carrying 600 passengers which will start operation later this year.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Jakarta, Bangkok tie up in pulp mill
Jakarta, Bangkok tie up in pulp mill BANGKOK (AFP): Siam Pulp and Paper PLC (SPP) of Thailand has entered into a joint venture agreement with PT Suryaraya Wahana of Indonesia to set up a US$520 million pulp mill in Indonesia, SPP announced yesterday. The new company, PT Nityasa Prima, is to build its mill in the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo, SPP said in a statement. It would have a production capacity of 350,000 air-dried tons a year.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Minimum wage report urges stronger ruling
Minimum wage report urges stronger ruling JAKARTA (JP): The government is considering a proposal to strengthen its minimum wage regulation by stating that the "minimum wage" refers only to basic wages and exclude allowances. Many employers now include allowances in their calculation of wages. The proposal was submitted to Minister of Manpower Abdul Latief yesterday by a council made up of representatives of employers, workers and the government.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
2 quarry workers buried alive
2 quarry workers buried alive CIREBON, West Java: Two workers of a sand quarry in the Gemulung Tonggoh village died on Sunday after a 15 meter overhanging sand cliff collapsed and buried them. A police source told Antara that the victims were Kartim, 30 and a newlywed, and Toha, 29. Kartim was a local resident, while Toha came from Pengarengan village. The landslide took place so suddenly that the victims, who were working with a number of other workers, did not have time to escape.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
UMNO members visit Medan
UMNO members visit Medan MEDAN, North Sumatra: Around 100 members of the United Malay National Organization from the Selangor state of Malaysia are in town and scheduled to visit a number of government agencies and youth organizations. Led by Datok Dr. Zainal Abidin M. Yusuf, the visit aimed at expanding the knowledge of the members and facilitating the exchange of information with their Indonesian friends.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Witnesses move judge to anger
Witnesses move judge to anger JAKARTA (JP): The judge trying the libel case of politician Sri Bintang Pamungkas nearly lost his temper yesterday when he dismissed four journalists who testified for the government, as "irrelevant." The four journalists were members of President Soeharto's entourage during a state visit to Germany last April, around the same time that Bintang allegedly made offensive remarks about the head of state.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Coal firm raises output
Coal firm raises output JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned coal mining company PT Tambang Batubara Bukit Asam produced 8.16 million tons of coal last year and booked Rp 542 billion (US$235.65 million) in revenues, said the company's president, R.A. Sunardi. Sunardi was quoted on Tuesday by Antara in Tanjung Enim, South Sumatra, as saying that last year's production was 20 percent larger than the 6.7 million tons produced in 1994.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Working women rare in Riau
Working women rare in Riau PEKANBARU, Riau: Many companies setting up plants in Riau have been forced to recruit workers from outside the province because most families here still bar their women from working away from home. Muzni Tambusai, the chief of the local office of the Ministry of Manpower, said most Riau parents are still reluctant to let their girls go to work in factories.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
AAPC to create investment firm in Indonesia, China
AAPC to create investment firm in Indonesia, China SYDNEY (AFP): Hotel group Accor Asia Pacific Ltd. is to create a series of investment companies to fund hotel development in the region, the company said yesterday. Accor Asia Pacific (AAPC Ltd.) spokesman Peter Hook said the establishment of funds in China, Indonesia and India was "certainly our intention" but plans for the Chinese company were much closer to completion than the others.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Car salesman tried for fraud
Car salesman tried for fraud JAKARTA (JP): The South Jakarta District Court tried an employee of a car company yesterday for swindling more than Rp 450 million from customers. Prosecutor Roostiningsih told the court that Ferry Triputra Tisna, 27, a marketing supervisor of PT Astrindo Jaya Mobilindo on Jl. Fatmawati, South Jakarta had cheated eight people who bought a total of 12 cars from the company.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Cocoa crop in Sulawesi
Cocoa crop in Sulawesi SINGAPORE (Reuter): A powerful earthquake which struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is not expected to hit cocoa crop and supplies, Singapore traders said yesterday. Traders said initial reports showed the quake, which destroyed nearly 400 wooden houses and government buildings, left no damage to ports or cocoa plantations. The quake, which measured 7.0 on the open-ended Richter scale and struck on Monday.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Astra sees Korean cars as main competitor
Astra sees Korean cars as main competitor JAKARTA (JP): President of PT Astra International Theodore (Teddy) Permadi Rachmat has said that the South Korean Hyundai and Daewoo will be the main threat to his company which produces Japanese cars. Teddy told the Far Eastern Economic Review magazine in its latest issue that the Korean cars which have set up joint-venture assembly plants in Indonesia will be the main challenge for his company in the next five years.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
OIC to highlight RI diplomacy
OIC to highlight RI diplomacy JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia, the world's largest Moslem country, will assume the chairmanship of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) this year, maintaining its active participation in international diplomacy pursued in recent years.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Indonesian films
Indonesian films From Suara Karya Every time I open the newspapers and look at the film advertisements I only find foreign films (Western, Chinese, Hong Kongese, Taiwanese or Indian). I wonder whether we no longer produce Indonesian films. If there are any Indonesian films advertised at all, they are not attractive. The titles and the pictures are uninteresting, as they show too much sex and pornographic illustrations.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Siswono installs new director generals
Siswono installs new director generals JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Transmigration Siswono Yudohusodo revamped his office yesterday by installing three director generals and 25 other senior officials to (better aid) meet the increasing challenges in the government's resettlement program. Under the restructuring, Siswono created a third directorate general in his office, splitting the previous Directorate General of Mobilization and Supervision into two.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
PT Surya Hidup raises loan
PT Surya Hidup raises loan HONG KONG (Reuter): PT Surya Hidup Satwa's three-year term loan issue has been increased to US$32 million from $30 million because of oversubscription, said arranger Mitsubishi Bank Singapore. The loan was launched on November 16 and pays a margin of 160 basis points over the Singapore Interbank Offered Rate. There is a put option in year two. Proceeds of the loan will be used for refinancing existing debts and additional working capital.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
On driving in Jakarta
On driving in Jakarta This is in response to Mr. Lance Fogg's letter Drivers in Jakarta published in The Jakarta Post on Jan. 3, 1996. Mr. Lance Fogg's missed the punchline in his interesting account on Jakarta's traffic. While he rightly advises about consideration for the fellow driver, he argues: "What have you got to lose? Only a few minutes." Now that is entirely mistaken. Both pedagogically and practically. Nobody loses. Everybody wins!
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Tidal waves kill eight in Central Sulawesi
Tidal waves kill eight in Central Sulawesi JAKARTA (JP): The tidal waves that struck several villages along the western coast of Central Sulawesi on Monday left eight people dead, Antara reported yesterday. All eight were residents of Tonggolobibi village in the Donggala regency, the news agency said, quoting officials in Palu, capital of the province. A woman has been reported missing, it added.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Jakarta Stock Exchange introduces sector indices
Jakarta Stock Exchange introduces sector indices JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) said yesterday that it has introduced 10 JSX Sector Indices to provide a more comprehensive market information to investors. Currently there are two indices available from the exchange: the JSX composite index and the individual company index.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Keeping our rivers clean
Keeping our rivers clean The Environmental Impact Management Agency (Bapedal) last week published a list of industrial companies which have been polluting our rivers. This is a good step but the follow-up measures that have to be taken are of equal importance. For example, what sanctions should be taken against the industries that have been guilty of polluting our rivers? Who will take the initiative in taking those industries to court?
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Students want to witness polls
Students want to witness polls SEMARANG: The Central Java chapter of the United Development Party (PPP) said it has received applications from students volunteering to represent the party as witnesses at polling booths in the 1997 general election. "I cannot say how many precisely, but hundreds have come to us expressing their readiness," Harmito Agustono, deputy secretary of PPP Central Java, told Antara.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Siak water unfit for drinking
Siak water unfit for drinking PEKANBARU, Riau: Water from the Siak River, long a source of clean water for the people of Riau, is unfit for drinking unless it is treated first, an environmental official said. Said Abdurachman, head of the Riau population and environmental office, said industrial waste discharged into the Siak, which divides Pekanbaru, has polluted the water, Antara reported.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Mbak Tutut is favored to chair volleyball body
Mbak Tutut is favored to chair volleyball body JAKARTA (JP): Siti Hardijanti Rukmana, President Soeharto's eldest daughter, looks every inch the new chairperson of the Indonesian Volleyball Association, five days before the balloting. If elected in the final day of the association's congress in Sentul, West Java on Tuesday, Mrs. Rukmana, popularly known as her Mbak Tutut, will end the association's tradition of having a chairperson from the National Police.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Wardiman says lack of schools hinders education
Wardiman says lack of schools hinders education JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Education and Culture Wardiman Djojonegoro identified a number of problems besetting national education last year, including the shortage of classrooms and facilities. Addressing a press conference yesterday, Wardiman said six- million children could not attend junior high school due to the shortage of school buildings. In addition, one million children could not enter elementary schools for the same reason, he said.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Petronas to ease oil output
Petronas to ease oil output KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's national oil corporation, Petroliam Nasional Bhd. (Petronas) reportedly said yesterday it would reduce crude oil production in 1996 as it upgraded the output of condensates and natural gas. Crude oil output would be cut by 20,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 650,000 bpd this year, Petronas chief executive Mohamed Hassan Marican was reported saying by Bernama news agency.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
KONI deputy chairman withdraws resignation
KONI deputy chairman withdraws resignation JAKARTA (JP): Deputy chairman of the National Sports Council (KONI) Arie Sudewo withdrew his resignation yesterday following an order from his chief to stay with the council. Arie told reporters yesterday that chairman of the council Wismoyo Arismunandar had rejected his resignation and asked him to carry on his duties. "There is nothing I can do but to be loyal to his order," Arie, a retired Army lieutenant general, said, "For me, an order is an order.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
Minority parties told to start campaigning
Minority parties told to start campaigning JAKARTA (JP): Political observer Afan Gaffar suggested that the minority political parties launch their election campaigning now, rather than wait until the official electioneering time in 1997. He told activists of the Moslem-based United Development Party (PPP) and the nationalist Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) to make use of the available time by trying more effective "door-to- door" campaigning.
Thu, 04 Jan 1996, 00:00 WIB
PDI brings disparities, injustices into spotlight
PDI brings disparities, injustices into spotlight JAKARTA (JP): The minority Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) is poised to scrutinize economic disparity, social injustice and lack of freedom of expression when it marks its 23rd anniversary on Jan. 10. These topics will be discussed in a seminar in Ambon, Maluku, featuring well-known speakers such as Gen. (ret) Soemitro, economist Christianto Wibisono and law expert J.E. Sahetapy. The festivities, scheduled to open in Ambon on Jan.