Archive: 15 October 1996
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Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Two arrested for attempted robberies
Two arrested for attempted robberies JAKARTA (JP): Police arrested two people yesterday for attacking ojek (motorcycle taxi) drivers in Bekasi, 35 kilometers east of here, and in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, thanks to the rapid response by local inhabitants.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Walhi pledges to maintain stance on the environment
Walhi pledges to maintain stance on the environment JAKARTA (JP): Prominent environmental group Walhi celebrates its 16th birthday today. It has pledged to continue its current work despite growing criticism that it has deviated from its original mission.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Highway robbery
Highway robbery On Sept. 24, 1996, I came back to Jakarta after having spent several days in Singapore. I arrived at Soekarno-Hatta Airport at around 7 p.m. and, even though I have stayed in Jakarta for four months I still don't have a car, I had to take a taxi to get to my house in West Jakarta.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Kid's Song 3:05 Music: Dilentasia 3:30 TV Series: Beyond Tomorrow 4:05 Science and Technology 4:30 Cultural: Pelangi Budaya: Permata Ibu Pertiwi 5:00 Regional News 5:25 Travel: My Country 5:30 English Lesson 6:00 News: Lintas Berita 6:05...
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
APEC to streamline customs procedures
APEC to streamline customs procedures MANILA (UPI): The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation's efforts to streamline customs procedures between and among its 18 members will help increase trade in the region, an official said at a three-day meeting here ended yesterday.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
OPEC to discuss quota violations
OPEC to discuss quota violations ABU DHABI (AFP): OPEC oil ministers will discuss quota violations by some member states when they hold their semi-annual conference in Vienna next month, OPEC president Rakad ibn Salim ibn Rakad said here yesterday.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Asians shun Australia
Asians shun Australia PERTH, Australia (AFP): Multi-million dollar investments in the Western Australian ostrich industry are being threatened by the fallout from Australia's bitter debate over Asian immigration, The West Australian reported yesterday.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Sabah launches first Malay paper
Sabah launches first Malay paper KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia (AFP): The first Malay newspaper in Malaysia's eastern state of Sabah on Borneo island hit the streets yesterday, with publishers saying it would be distributed free for a week.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct. 14, 1996 Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 1,100 0 0 AHAP Insurance 2,675 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 775 0 70,500 Andayani Megah 1,025 25 243,000 Aneka Kimia...
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Car policy row may lead to trade war: Economist
Car policy row may lead to trade war: Economist JAKARTA (JP): A senior economist warned yesterday that the dispute between Indonesia and the world's three trading powers over the former's controversial national car policy may lead to a trade war.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Three firms to invest $211m in palm oil
Three firms to invest $211m in palm oil JAKARTA (JP): Three local businesses -- PT Barito Pacific Timber Group, PT Gunung Sawit Bina Lestari and PT Sumarco Makmun Indah -- plan to invest a total of Rp 495 billion (US$211.5 million) in crude palm oil (CPO) estates and industry.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Village chiefs steal aid
Village chiefs steal aid KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Governor La Ode Laimoeddin was furious over reports that three village chiefs in the province have embezzled presidential aid for poor villages.One of the corrupt village chiefs reportedly used assistance funds to pay his children's school fees.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
More Megawati supporters go on trial
More Megawati supporters go on trial JAKARTA (JP): Another 60 supporters of Megawati Soekarnoputri, the ousted chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), appeared in court yesterday charged with assault in the July 27 riots.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Bali authorities seize 29,295 Ecstasy pills
Bali authorities seize 29,295 Ecstasy pills DENPASAR, Bali (JP): Customs and excise authorities at Ngurah Rai Airport found 29,295 Ecstasy tablets yesterday in two suitcases which had been left unclaimed for three months.It was the largest drug seizure in Bali this year.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Poor geological data damages environment: Rais
Poor geological data damages environment: Rais JAKARTA (JP): A deputy governor says many irregularities discovered in various development aspects in the capital that have damaged the environment are mainly due to the absence of accurate geological data.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
BPS defends statistics bill to regulate surveys
BPS defends statistics bill to regulate surveys JAKARTA (JP): The Chairman of the National Statistics Agency (BPS), Sugito, yesterday defended the government-sponsored draft law on statistics and said it would not restrict surveying activities.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Henry to sell Amcol shares
Henry to sell Amcol shares SINGAPORE (Reuter): Amcol Holdings' single largest shareholder, Indonesian businessman Henry Pribadi, has put his 17.92 percent stake in the company up for sale, the Business Times said yesterday.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Probe looms over Riady's U.S. campaign donations
Probe looms over Riady's U.S. campaign donations WASHINGTON (Agencies): House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich predicted on Sunday that congressional and criminal investigations would be launched into a $425,000 contribution by Indonesian businessman James Riady to the Democratic Party.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Bomb threat embarrasses RI
Bomb threat embarrasses RIFrom Bisnis IndonesiaThe recent bomb threat at the Dutch Embassy in Jakarta, should really embarrass Indonesia. Even more so if the bomb had actually existed.The police department should find out who made the bomb threat and hunt that person down.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Aspac race to end motocross series
Aspac race to end motocross series JAKARTA (JP): The Asia Pacific Motocross Championships at Bumi Serpong Damai circuit in Tangerang, West Java, on Oct. 27 and Oct. 28 will decide the national championships overall title.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
ITB students get ATM cards
ITB students get ATM cards BANDUNG, West Java: Freshman students at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) this year will receive a student card that also functions as an automated teller machine bank card at Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI).
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Sluggish Roy claims title
Sluggish Roy claims title JAKARTA (JP): Roy Nirwan won the National Sprint Rally Championships with a poor sixth place in the series' final race at Bumi Serpong Damai circuit in Tangerang, West Java, on Sunday.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Fish bombing rife in Maluku
Fish bombing rife in Maluku TERNATE, Maluku: The military vows to take harsh punitive action against fishery companies and individual fishermen caught damaging marine resources in their operations.Fish bombing and the use of chemical substances for catching fish is common in Ternate and elsewhere...
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Quality Hotel in Solo
Quality Hotel in Solo JAKARTA (JP): PT Quality Indah, the franchise holder of Choice Hotels International, said yesterday that it has begun the construction of its Quality Hotel in Surakarta (Solo), Central Java.The construction, which started on Sunday, is expected to be completed in early 1998.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Religious leaders denounce attacks on churches
Religious leaders denounce attacks on churches JAKARTA (JP): Along with expressions of regret, condemnation came hard and fast yesterday over the recent attacks on East Java churches which left five people dead and damaged a score of buildings.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Cathay ups Jakarta flights
Cathay ups Jakarta flights HONG KONG (AFP): Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways has added an extra flight to its service to Jakarta due to growing demand, the airline said yesterday.Cathay Pacific will operate an extra return flight from Hong Kong to Jakarta each Friday from Oct.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
PSN to operate multimedia satellite by 1999
PSN to operate multimedia satellite by 1999 JAKARTA (JP): Publicly-listed PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN) plans to operate a multimedia satellite by 1999.The company's president, Adi Rahman Adiwoso, said yesterday that PSN selected Loral Corporation of the United States to manufacture the...
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
'Foreign Ministry not to blame for RI's poor image'
'Foreign Ministry not to blame for RI's poor image' JAKARTA (JP): Political observer Jusuf Wanandi said yesterday that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was not to blame for the country's poor image, since negative domestic developments often overrode the good work of Indonesian diplomats.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
E. Timor's Bishop Belo defends Horta's Nobel Peace Prize
E. Timor's Bishop Belo defends Horta's Nobel Peace Prize DILI, East Timor (JP): Contrary to the chorus of Indonesian officials' disapproval of awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to separatist leader Jose Ramos Horta, joint winner Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo defended the choice yesterday, saying...
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
New public vehicles opposed
New public vehicles opposed BEKASI, West Java (JP): Public transport drivers serving the Bantar Gebang-Bekasi route stopped working for a half-day yesterday to protest the operation of new vehicles on their route.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Overseas banks loan $480m loan to telecom firm
Overseas banks loan $480m loan to telecom firm JAKARTA (JP): PT Mitra Global Telekomunikasi Indonesia, a private firm responsible for developing telecommunications networks in Central Java, will today sign a US$480 million loan facility extended by overseas banks.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Indonesia to launch junior soccer league
Indonesia to launch junior soccer league JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia, hungry for international soccer glory, announced yesterday that a new-style national youth league would kick off nationwide on Nov. 2.The All-Indonesia Football Association's head of youth affairs, Sinyo Aliandu, told a press...
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Government to study riot report
Government to study riot report JAKARTA (JP): The government promised yesterday to study the findings of the National Commission on Human Rights's investigation into the July 27 riots. Some of the revelations differ markedly from the official account of the unrest.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Disco busted for showing porn films
Disco busted for showing porn films TANGERANG, West Java (JP): The police have closed down a discotheque and arrested two of its managers for screening pornographic films and charging viewers Rp 5,000 each.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Garuda pilot and drug case
Garuda pilot and drug case I refer to the case of the Garuda pilot nabbed in Amsterdam for attempting to carry 8,000 Ecstasy pills out of Holland with the obvious aim of bringing them into and having them distributed and sold within Indonesia.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Utut to take on Hungary's Polgar
Utut to take on Hungary's Polgar JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's number one chess player Utut Adianto is to take on Judith Polgar of Hungary, the first ever female grandmaster, in a one-day exhibition duel on Dec. 10. It is to be aired live on television here.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Improve our competitive standing
Improve our competitive standing The decline of our national competitive standing is without doubt something we must try to overcome. In his speech at the opening of the Association of Indonesian Economists (ISEI) congress in Medan yesterday (Thursday), Finance Minister Mar'ie Muhammad disclosed...
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Police identify suspects in toll road robbery
Police identify suspects in toll road robbery JAKARTA (JP): Bogor police investigations into the fatal robbery on the Jagorawi toll road last Friday indicate that the victim's passengers and soldiers may have been involved in the crime.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
City to get two injection wells
City to get two injection wells JAKARTA (JP): The City Mining Agency plans to build two injection wells in South and North Jakarta to maintain groundwater levels in the areas.Agency head Arifin Akbar said yesterday that the wells will be built next to Babakan Lake in Lenteng Agung and near Sunter...
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
600 desk-bound police given riot training
600 desk-bound police given riot training JAKARTA (JP): The city police are training 600 personnel from non-operational units to back up the limited resources available for handling mass disturbances, particularly to deal with unrest expected before and during the 1997 general election.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
House passes food bill into law
House passes food bill into law JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives approved a government-sponsored food bill yesterday which will guarantee food safety, create a climate of fair and responsible trade of foodstuffs and help small-scale food industries to thrive.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Councilors reject bill on liquor
Councilors reject bill on liquor BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: Councilors from the Moslem- based United Development Party (PPP) are determined to reject a bill on liquor distribution.They said yesterday they intended to stick to their demand that the government must ban liquor and not merely...
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Indonesia to ratify UN convention on psychotropic drugs
Indonesia to ratify UN convention on psychotropic drugs JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is close to ratifying the United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances, as part of its efforts to seal legal loopholes that previously enabled drug abusers and traffickers to escape punishment.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Court overrules mayor's eviction notice
Court overrules mayor's eviction notice JAKARTA (JP): A court overruled yesterday a Jakarta mayor's instruction ordering shop owners to vacate a shopping center in the downtown Glodok commercial center.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Soeharto to pay closer attention to eastern provinces
Soeharto to pay closer attention to eastern provinces KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara (JP): President Soeharto pledged yesterday to pay closer attention to the development of the country's eastern provinces.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Chatterbox Cafe
Chatterbox CafeFrom Media IndonesiaOn Thursday evening Oct. 10, my family and I went to dine at Chatterbox Cafe in Plaza Indonesia. The occasion we were looking forward to ended very unsatisfactorily because of the service.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
Stolen paintings
Stolen paintings I thank The Jakarta Post and Kompas for printing stories about the paintings stolen from the National Museum in Jakarta recently. I have observed that these two dailies have great appreciation for Indonesian art.
Tue, 15 Oct 1996
U.S. airlines delay RI service again
U.S. airlines delay RI service again JAKARTA (JP): Two U.S. air carriers, United Airlines and Northwest Airlines, have again delayed services to Indonesia due to the unsettled aviation dispute between Japan and the United States.