Archive: 11 October 1996
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Fri, 11 Oct 1996
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: Wajah Negeriku 2:35 TV Series: Animated Classic 3:05 TV Series: Remaja Indonesia 3:30 TV Series: Emergency Call 4:05 Comedy 4:30 Student Quiz: Cerdas Cermat 4:55 Filler 5:00 News: Siaran Berita TVRI 6:05 Travel: Central Java 6:15 Village Program 6:45 Information 7:00...
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Southeast Asian art auctions all the rage in Singapore
Southeast Asian art auctions all the rage in SingaporeBy Amir Sidharta SINGAPORE (JP): Art at auction was certainly the theme in Singapore last weekend, when two auctions of approximately 330 Southeast Asian paintings were offered by the world's two major auction houses.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Soeharto to inaugurate Sulawesi gold mine
Soeharto to inaugurate Sulawesi gold mine JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto is scheduled to inaugurate a gold mine operated by PT Newmont Minahasa Raya in North Sulawesi soon. The mine is expected to produce 93,000 ounces of gold this year, North Sulawesi Governor E.E.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
ASEAN societies to use condoms to combat AIDS
ASEAN societies to use condoms to combat AIDS SINGAPORE (Reuter): ASEAN countries said yesterday their conservative societies would increasingly use condoms to fight the spread of AIDS, which experts predict will infect two million people in the region by 2000.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
'Market needs govt intervention'
'Market needs govt intervention'By Vincent Lingga and Prapti Widinugraheni MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad asserted here yesterday the need for government intervention in a managed market economy, but underlined that it should be rule- based, transparent and aimed at...
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Australia falls to India
Australia falls to India NEW DELHI (Reuter): Australia crumbled from 81 for one to 182 all out against India's spinners on a dry and cracked pitch on the first day of the one-off test yesterday.Leg-spinner Anil Kumble snapped up four for 63, left-arm spinner Sunil Joshi captured two for 36 and...
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Sampoerna shares rebound 5.8% after 22% drop
Sampoerna shares rebound 5.8% after 22% drop JAKARTA (JP): The share price of cigarette maker HM Sampoerna rebounded by 5.8 percent yesterday on bargain hunting following a 22 percent drop in the first three days of this week, dealers said.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct. 10, 1996 Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,100 0 0 AHAP Insurance 2,675 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 750 25 205,500 Andayani Megah 1,000 -25 888,000 Aneka...
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Indonesian old hands shine in Asian track and field c'ship
Indonesian old hands shine in Asian track and field c'ship JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian old hands scored an admirable feat and eluded their much stronger juniors when they scooped up gold medals galore to finish fifth in the 9th Asian Veteran Track and Field Championships in Seoul recently.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
U.S. backs exports to RI
U.S. backs exports to RI WASHINGTON (Reuter): The U.S. Agriculture Department Wednesday authorized US$100 million in credit guarantees for sales of U.S. farm goods to Indonesia under the Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102) for fiscal year 1997.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Upi gears up for Asian chess meet
Upi gears up for Asian chess meet JAKARTA (JP): International Master Upi Darmayana Tamin will be the only Indonesian to contest the Asian Women's Chess Championships next week in Tamil Nadu, India.The Indonesian Chess Association has informally named the country's female number-one chess player as...
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Developers told to coordinate drainage systems
Developers told to coordinate drainage systems JAKARTA (JP): The secretariat head of the Greater Jakarta Coordination Board has suggested that developers coordinate the design and construction of drainage systems to prevent floods.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Foreign food franchising may be curbed
Foreign food franchising may be curbed JAKARTA (JP): The government is seeking a way to curb the mushrooming activities of foreign food franchisees in the country in a bid to protect the popularity of local foods, a minister said.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
RI's first quintuplets in great shape
RI's first quintuplets in great shape BANDUNG (JP): Indonesia's first quintuplets turned three days old yesterday and are doing great, to the delight of their parents and doctors at Borromeus Hospital, where they were born and are being treated."They are fine, and the mother is too.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
ABRI's role in politics expected to increase in future: Syarwan
ABRI's role in politics expected to increase in future: Syarwan JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) chief of sociopolitical affairs, Lt. Gen. Syarwan Hamid, is predicting that the military will play a greater role in sociopolitics in the next five to ten years.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Indonesian verses golfing legends
Indonesian verses golfing legends JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian amateur golfer Frederik Lekatompessy has qualified to compete against some world golfing legends in the 1996 Australian BMW Golf Cup International Final in Brisbane, Australia, scheduled to start today and end on Saturday.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Court rejects Megawati's lawsuit over PDI dispute
Court rejects Megawati's lawsuit over PDI dispute JAKARTA (JP): Ousted leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) Megawati Soekarnoputri met a stumbling block in her legal battle yesterday when a court refused to try her lawsuit against the government and her political foes.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
RI, Malaysia buy 60,000t U.S. soybeans
RI, Malaysia buy 60,000t U.S. soybeans SINGAPORE (Reuter): Malaysia and Indonesia bought a combined total of 60,000 tons of U.S. soybeans as the rest of Southeast Asia's grain and oilseeds trade sat back to wait for the USDA crop report due today, traders said yesterday.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Anticipating floods
Anticipating floods It appears that the rainy season is here again. Yesterday (Wednesday) President Soeharto had to cancel his plan to inaugurate a project at Ciamis. His plane could not take off in the heavy rain.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Twisting the effects away in hair-raising tornado yarn
Twisting the effects away in hair-raising tornado yarnBy Yenni Kwok JAKARTA (JP): In Twister, Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton may have the leading roles, chasing dreaded tornadoes for the sake of science and humanity. But there is no doubt that the real star of the movie is the tornado itself.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Envoy recalled after alleged rape
Envoy recalled after alleged rape KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): Croatia recalled its ambassador to Malaysia yesterday following a civil law suit filed the day before in Kuala Lumpur by a 27-year-old Filipina maid alleging that she was raped and molested by the man over a five-month period.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Quest renovates factory
Quest renovates factory JAKARTA (JP): Quest International, a fragrance, flavors and food-ingredients business headquartered in Nardeen, the Netherlands, has renovated its 25-year-old factory in Cimanggis, West Java, to become its Asia-Pacific base.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
SEAG to feature 440 medal events
SEAG to feature 440 medal events JAKARTA (JP): The Southeast Asian Games Federation Executive Committee Meeting agreed yesterday that the upcoming 19th Southeast Asian Games will feature 440 medal events in 34 sports.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Theft of antiquities
Theft of antiquitiesFrom MerdekaTwo oil paintings, one by Raden Saleh, Portrait of a Dutch Governor Wearing the Willems Order (Raffles) (1869), and another by Basuki Abdullah, A Nude, (undated) were withdrawn from the auction of Christie's International Singapore, because the two paintings had been...
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Tennis body to decide fate of Benny Wijaya
Tennis body to decide fate of Benny Wijaya JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Tennis Association has summoned its Jakarta chapter to a meeting scheduled for this afternoon to learn what the chapter has to say about the doping scandal involving Benny Wijaya.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Shipbuilder to be modernized
Shipbuilder to be modernized SURABAYA, East Java (JP): PT Dok & Perkapalan Surabaya, a state-owned shipbuilding company based here, is investing Rp 3 billion (US$1.2 million) to upgrade its facilities to international standards.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Government laments increase in soccer-related violence
Government laments increase in soccer-related violence JAKARTA (JP): The government deplored yesterday the mounting violence at soccer matches and called on clubs to avoid mobilizing supporters.State Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Hayono Isman said after a meeting with senior officials of the...
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Ex-activists group backs Soeharto's renomination
Ex-activists group backs Soeharto's renomination JAKARTA (JP): Former student activists grouped in the Keluarga Besar Laskar Arief Rachman Hakim have expressed their determination to back renomination of President Soeharto for a seventh term in 1998.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Dolce & Gabbana benefits from lingerie boom
Dolce & Gabbana benefits from lingerie boomBy Dini S. Djalal JAKARTA (JP): Modern-day feminist films such as The First Wives Club may be making headlines (and the cover of Time magazine), but Wonderbra ads are stopping the traffic.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Military
Military Correction: In our front page story "Military and civilians have equal chance at presidency" yesterday, we stated that the late former president Sukarno was a military leader, which is incorrect. Also on this page in the article on Maj. Gen.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Soeharto to be 'father of integration'
Soeharto to be 'father of integration' DILI, East Timor: President Soeharto will be honored as the "Father of East Timor Integration" by the local community during a visit here next week.The ceremony will begin with an official show of traditional East Timorese attire led by the speaker of the...
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
'Gender not an issue in rights body's membership'
'Gender not an issue in rights body's membership' SURABAYA (JP): National Commission on Human Rights member Soetandyo Wignyosoebroto disregarded a colleague's suggestion that the commission recruit women to fill four vacant posts."Gender is not a consideration in the composition of the commission.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Ulemas urge city to improve alcoholic beverage decree
Ulemas urge city to improve alcoholic beverage decree JAKARTA (JP): Hasan Basri, the head of the Indonesian Council of Ulemas (MUI), urged the city administration to form a team to improve the provincial decree on alcoholic beverages, which is now at the Ministry of Home Affairs awaiting approval.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Clemont changes name
Clemont changes name JAKARTA (JP): PT Clemont Finance Indonesia Corporation, a multifinance arm of the KORINDO Group, yesterday changed its name to PT DongNam Clemont Finance Indonesia due to the entrance of DongNam Bank of Korea as its new partner.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Businessman 'abducts' 4 girls
Businessman 'abducts' 4 girls SEMARANG: A building contractor was arrested yesterday and charged with abducting four teenage girls and taking them to a hotel here.The four girls -- three aged 16 and the other 17 -- met up with the man and were taken to a hotel where they were allegedly held for...
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Legal associations rally behind Megawati's lawyers
Legal associations rally behind Megawati's lawyers JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian lawyers are rallying to support R.O. Tambunan who has been accused of playing politics by being the principal legal counsel of the ousted leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), Megawati Soekarnoputri.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Flights of Ecstasy
Flights of EcstasyFrom Media IndonesiaOnce more Ecstasy is in the news. This time a Garuda pilot was nabbed by the Dutch police with 8,000 pills stashed in his vest.The government has made it known through attorney general Singgih that the hearing should be held in Indonesia, which he says would...
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Try warns against materialism
Try warns against materialism JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Try Sutrisno said yesterday that the country's focus on economic development must not create a materialistic society.He called for a reinforcement of moralistic values to protect against hedonistic and individualistic tendencies that often...
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Accused drug dealer may get 8 months
Accused drug dealer may get 8 months TANGERANG, West Java (JP): The prosecutor in the trial of a 37-year-old man charged with trying to hawk 711 Ecstasy pills demanded at the Tangerang District Court yesterday that the defendant be sentenced to eight months imprisonment.Prosecutor R.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Indonesia won't quit WTO despite car dispute: Tunky
Indonesia won't quit WTO despite car dispute: Tunky JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will not resign its World Trade Organization (WTO) membership and it wants a peaceful solution to its car dispute with the world's three largest trading powers, Minister of Industry and Trade Tunky Ariwibowo said yesterday.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
2,000 workers continue strike
2,000 workers continue strike TANGERANG, West Java (JP): At least 2,000 employees of PT Starwin Indonesia continued their strike yesterday, demanding that the company pay their attendance allowances, which have not been given to them in the past six months.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Gas oil price at 5-year high
Gas oil price at 5-year high SINGAPORE (Reuter): Singapore gas oil traded yesterday at a five-year high of $30.00 per barrel on expectations of renewed buying interest from China and Indonesia, traders said.Traders said Shell Singapore sold 150,000 barrels loading Oct.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Govt raises its target for telephone lines
Govt raises its target for telephone lines JAKARTA (JP): The government says it will install even more telephone lines during the ongoing Sixth Five-Year Development Plan period to end in March 1999, raising its previous target for new telephone lines by 54 percent from five million to 7.7 million.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
53rd Armed Forces Civic Mission opens
53rd Armed Forces Civic Mission opens JAKARTA (JP): City military commander Maj. Gen. Sutiyoso said yesterday that the soldiers taking part in the 53rd edition of the Armed Forces Civic Mission would join forces with the public and students to handle floods in the capital and its surrounding areas...
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Soeharto says financial services will be protected
Soeharto says financial services will be protected JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto stressed yesterday that the government will not open financial services in the country too much to foreign investors, even though many of them want to enter the country.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
'Tifa' reporters still on strike
'Tifa' reporters still on strike JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Journalists from the local weekly Tifa continued their strike yesterday. The publication has been closed since the second week of September.A journalist from the weekly, Anthon Kelangename, said one of their demands was the removal of chief...
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Scavenger tried for raping children
Scavenger tried for raping children JAKARTA (JP): A 61-year-old scavenger was charged in the East Jakarta District Court yesterday for raping 12 boys, all street children aged between 11 and 16 years.The suspect, a resident of Pondok Gede, Bekasi, committed the alleged crimes between January 1994...
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Herve Dangla holding 2nd photo expo on Jakarta
Herve Dangla holding 2nd photo expo on JakartaBy Yenni Kwok JAKARTA (JP): In Herve Dangla's eyes, Jakarta is a belantara, an "organized" forest where the extremes coexist. However, despite the existence of the extremes, such as extreme human characters or unusual styles of architecture, Jakarta is...
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Taiwan gives RP another look
Taiwan gives RP another lookBy Rita Raagas MANILA (UPI): Taiwan's investments in the Philippines are loose change compared with the money it puts into other Southeast Asian nations, but its neighbor is now getting a second look.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Dutch ambassador doubts pilot will be extradited
Dutch ambassador doubts pilot will be extradited JAKARTA (JP): Dutch Ambassador to Indonesia Paul Reitze Brouwer hinted yesterday that Holland may not extradite the Indonesian pilot who was arrested at Schiphol airport late last month for allegedly trying to smuggle 8,000 Ecstasy pills.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Hotel Dai-ichi, Jl. Senen Raya 135, Central Jakarta. - Mezzanine Lounge: The Praise Vocal Group, nightly except Sunday, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. * Hotel Aryaduta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Los Morenitos Vocal Group, Monday, Thursday,...
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
U.S. congressmen seek information on RI labor
U.S. congressmen seek information on RI labor JAKARTA (JP): Two American congressmen met with executives from the All-Indonesia Workers Union Federation yesterday to obtain first-hand information about labor issues in Indonesia.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Five ships nabbed for illegal fishing
Five ships nabbed for illegal fishing JAKARTA: The Navy has captured five local ships manned by foreigners for fishing illegally in Natuna Island waters.Chief of the Navy's Western Fleet, Rear Admiral Achmad Sutjipto, said here Wednesday the ships carrying Indonesian flags were seized by three...
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Kaltim Methanol secures market for its exports
Kaltim Methanol secures market for its exports JAKARTA (JP): PT Kaltim Methanol Industri, wholly-owned by the Humpuss Group, has secured an export market through a long-term off-take agreement with Nissho Iwai Co. of Japan, the company's president Abdul Wahab said yesterday.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Five people arrested for violent burglary
Five people arrested for violent burglary JAKARTA (JP): North Jakarta Police have arrested four men and a woman from a group of six who allegedly stole five 100-gram gold bars, Rp 2 million (US$854.70) in cash and some jewelry from a shop house, while wounding the shop's owner and her maid.Lt. Col.
Fri, 11 Oct 1996
Indonesia to move events to Asian PGA
Indonesia to move events to Asian PGA JAKARTA (Agencies): The Indonesia PGA on Wednesday switched their top three tournaments, worth more than US$750,000, from the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation to the rival Asian PGA tour.