Archive: 7 October 1996
42 articles found
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Bre-X expects to resolve Busang issues
Bre-X expects to resolve Busang issues CALGARY, CANADA (Reuter): Bre-X Minerals Ltd said that it has been told by a law firm advising it that the claims of one of its Indonesian partners to a 10 percent participation in Busang II and Busang III are without merit. This partner has a 10 percent stake in Busang I and believes it is entitled to a similar stake in Busang II and Busang III, the Toronto Globe and Mail reported over the weekend.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
NTT may have two more HIV cases
NTT may have two more HIV cases KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Governor Herman Musakabe said over the weekend that he has not seen a report issued by the health ministry last week citing the discovery of two HIV-positive prostitutes. "I haven't received any official reports. We'd better wait so please don't exaggerate," Herman told reporters Saturday.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
RI chess teams receive quiet welcome
RI chess teams receive quiet welcome JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian men's and women's chess teams touched down here Saturday after two intense weeks at the 32nd Chess Olympics in Armenia. The welcome ceremony at Soekarno-Hatta airport was modest as none of the National Sports Council's top brass were present. The Indonesian Chess Association's executive director, Mahnan Kamaluddin, was part of the small welcoming committee.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Strike ends after SPSI meeting
Strike ends after SPSI meeting BEKASI, West Java (JP): The management of a diesel engine manufacturing company in Cikarang has agreed to the demands of 200 of its workers following their two-day sit-in. Rahmat Abdullah, a local secretary of the All-Indonesia Workers Union (SPSI), said over the weekend the management of PT Mitra Kusuma Sejahtera Industri had agreed to pay its workers overtime and provide them with social security (Jamsostek) as soon as possible.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
KL may freeze inflow of workers
KL may freeze inflow of workers KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia is considering freezing immigration of Bangladeshi workers after Premier Mahathir Mohamad's ruling party blamed them for the country's rising security and social problems, officials said yesterday. "The National Security Council will evaluate inputs on the problems caused by the Bangladeshis in the country when it meets on October 16 before a decision is made," a security official said.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
ASEAN seeks UNDP aid for free trade area
ASEAN seeks UNDP aid for free trade area KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) yesterday sought assistance from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to facilitate its implementation of a free trade area. The UNDP, at its first-ever dialogue with the regional grouping, agreed to help ASEAN foster closer economic integration among its members in preparation for the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA), said ASEAN Secretary-General Ajit Singh.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Jambi students told to watch TV series
Jambi students told to watch TV series JAKARTA (JP): Junior and senior high school students in Jambi have been instructed to spend a portion of their coming vacation watching a local television series about a child who struggles triumphantly to continue with his studies. Antara reported yesterday that the six-episode Melati Mekar Setaman (A Garden Full of Blooming Jasmine) will be aired by private television station TPI from Oct. 21 to Oct. 26 to coincide with the students' vacation time.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Symbolism significant in Australian aboriginal dance
Symbolism significant in Australian aboriginal dance By Yenni Kwok JAKARTA (JP): Symbolism, particularly color symbolism, is the main element in Ochres, a contemporary Aboriginal dance performed by Bangarra Dance Theater at Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta, last Friday and Saturday. Yellow, black, red and white are the main colors examined; each symbolizes a different aspect of human existence on earth, namely womanhood, manhood, pain and life.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Office work at home
Office work at home From Bisnis Indonesia East Jakarta mayor's measures to revive order in residential zones under his jurisdiction should be followed by other mayors in other cities. In particular, it should be copied by the mayor of South Jakarta, a residential neighborhood infested with many offices.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Indonesia's plywood exports to Japan up 11%
Indonesia's plywood exports to Japan up 11% JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's plywood exports to Japan saw an 11 percent increase in the first nine months of this year and are expected to continue rising until next year, an international researcher says.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Hitachi to export mini excavators to holland
Hitachi to export mini excavators to holland BEKASI, West Java (JP): PT Hitachi Construction Machinery Indonesia, a Japanese-Indonesian joint venture producing hydraulic excavators, plans to manufacture other heavy equipment and expand marketing to Europe, company executives said. "We will export 1,200 mini excavators worth US$960,000 to the Netherlands next year," the firm's president Rustam Effendi told The Jakarta Post at a reception here Saturday to celebrate its fifth anniversary.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
RI to buy gas-fueled buses
RI to buy gas-fueled buses JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto has invited the French car-maker Renault to bid for the supply of 700 gas-fueled buses in Indonesia next year. "We will participate in the tender for the supply of the gas- fueled buses," said Renault's technical director Jean Pierre Forret, as reported by Antara over the weekend.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Outdated law destroying local cultures: Study
Outdated law destroying local cultures: Study JAKARTA (JP): A 1979 law on village governance threatens rural communities' traditional autonomy and cultures because it makes village chiefs answer to the government instead of to the people who elect them, a study has found. The study was conducted by the Jakarta-based Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (ELSAM) on the law's impact on indigenous cultures in Indonesia.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Inefficient train service
Inefficient train service From Neraca The Jakarta-Bogor electric train is following in the footsteps of the metro mini, dropping passengers off all over the place. This is very inconvenient for the other passengers. We recently boarded the electric train for Bogor, but had to disembark at Depok Lama. A technical breakdown, we were told. We had to wait patiently for the next train to Bogor. After many hours, the only train we spotted was the Depok Lama-bound train.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Bambang Triantoro defends stance
Bambang Triantoro defends stance JAKARTA (JP): Bambang Triantoro, who is known as a critic of the government, denied that outspoken retired generals were striving to undermine the state ideology Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution when they criticized government policies. Bambang, who is a retired lieutenant general, said here Saturday that the criticism should be treated as positive input for the 1998 People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) session.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Asia stocks may get reprieve from U.S. rally
Asia stocks may get reprieve from U.S. rally HONG KONG (Reuter): Asian stock markets are likely to receive an early boost this week from Wall Street's surge to last week's record close. The Dow Jones industrials index rallied around 60 points to end just shy of the 6,000 milestone after weak U.S. employment data helped soothed rate fears and sparked a rally in the bond market.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Analysts predict stock prices to be firm
Analysts predict stock prices to be firm JAKARTA (JP): Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) are likely to remain firm this week as foreign investors are expected to stay in the market, though many would prefer to be more choosy, several analysts said over the weekend. "I think foreign investors will continue to be net buyers next week but they might not be as aggressive as this week," a director of PT Bakrie Securities, Dandossi Matram, told The Jakarta Post.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Bali activist gets professor of peace
Bali activist gets professor of peace DENPASAR, Bali: A social activist from this tourism haven was recently inaugurated as a world peace professor by the Instituto Superiore Accademico in Palermo, Italy. I Wayan Mertha Sutedja was inducted at the Royal Agriculture College in London on Sept. 24, Antara reported Saturday.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Indonesian efficiency
Indonesian efficiency Recently I posted a registered letter from Jakarta to Brisbane, Australia. My letter was lost within Australia, after safely arriving in Sydney on a Garuda airlines flight. When attempting to trace my letter through the Slipi-Daan Mogot (West Jakarta) post office, I found the staff very helpful and efficient. They were able to prove conclusively that my letter had, within Indonesia, followed all the correct procedures for registered mail and been dispatched. SUSAN L.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Semangat 46 dissolved
Semangat 46 dissolved KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's opposition Semangat 46 party led by Premier Mahathir Mohamad's onetime rival, Prince Razaleigh Hamzah, was declared dissolved yesterday, eight years after it was formed to oppose Mahathir. Semangat 46's 400,000-odd members, at the party's last general assembly, adopted an emotional resolution to unanimously dissolve the party.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Labroy Marine to sail on diversification
Labroy Marine to sail on diversification SINGAPORE (Reuter): Singapore's Labroy Marine Ltd has diversified its operations to counter the volatility in shipping freight and charter rates, company officials said. The firm has forecast a turnover of Singapore $77.3 million for the 1996 financial year and a pretax profit of S$12.4 million, compared to a turnover of S$69.4 million in 1995 and a pretax profit of S$11.2 million. For the seven months ended July, the company recorded a net profit of S$6.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
U.S. pedophile wanted in Bali
U.S. pedophile wanted in Bali DENPASAR, Bali: Police are tracking down an American social worker wanted for sexually harassing 180 local children of both sexes over the past two years. The pedophile that Antara identified as James PT, 35, has proudly claimed to have slept with 180 girls between the ages of 12 and 14. James is known to be a polite and generous social worker belonging to the Guam-based Smile of a Child Foundation which helps neglected children in the rural areas of Bali.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Children of retired servicemen pledge loyalty to Golkar
Children of retired servicemen pledge loyalty to Golkar JAKARTA (JP): Leaders of an association grouping children of retired service personnel have pledged their allegiance to Golkar and ordered all their members to vote for the ruling political group next year's general election.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Jakarta's top executives discuss the Internet in detail
Jakarta's top executives discuss the Internet in detail By Dean Carignan JAKARTA (JP): When 90 of Jakarta's top executives gathered last Monday to discuss the future of Information Technology, the result was a shock: no discussion of databases, financial software, or even management information systems. Rather, the entire dialogue focused around a single recurring theme: the Internet.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 2:35 p.m. TV Series: Saber Rider 3:05 Children's Program: Anak-Anak Indonesia 3:30 TV Series: Major Dad 4:05 Science Film 4:30 Education Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:00 Evening News 5:25 Travel 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 Travel 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Nationality 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Series: Sketsa Asa Kanvas 8:00 News: Lintasan Berita 8:05 Talk 9:00 World News 9:30 Music 10:30 Late News 10:40 TV Series: Santa Barbara Program 2 4:30 p.m.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Timor to Geneva
Timor to Geneva The launching last week of the Timor car on the domestic market was seen by Japan, the United States and the European Union as the opportunity to accuse the Indonesian government of violating basic rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Now that they have formally filed complaints to the WTO, the government has to negotiate simultaneously with the three complaining parties in Geneva.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Cardex Genesis: Graphics cards get better and cheaper
Cardex Genesis: Graphics cards get better and cheaper By Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): My Pentium 90 MHz, which I mainly use for playing around with new hardware or software, had a Cirrus Logic GD5430 graphics accelerator card on it. Everything worked well when I was still using Windows for Workgroup. As more and more new computer stuff arrived with the Windows 95-compliant logo, however, I had no choice but to replace the faithful MS DOS and WFW duo with the new operating system.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
MKGR solves conflict, reinstates Tantyo
MKGR solves conflict, reinstates Tantyo JAKARTA (JP): The leadership conflict within MKGR, a faction of the nation's dominant political organization, Golkar, ended yesterday with the swearing in of Tantyo A.P. Sudharmono as chairman of its youth wing. MKGR chief Mien Sugandhi, who previously opposed the election of Tantyo in the Gema MKGR congress in Lampung last month, installed the son of former vice president Sudharmono at the end of a tense 12-hour marathon meeting.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Land usage rules relaxed in Jagakarsa
Land usage rules relaxed in Jagakarsa JAKARTA (JP): Residents of Betawi kampongs in Jagakarsa, Lenteng Agung, Lebak Bulus, Cinere and Fatmawati subdistricts who have less than 1,000 square meters of land are now allowed to use 40 percent of their land to build on. The head of the city planning agency, Ahmadin Achmad, said over the weekend that the policy was meant to encourage the development of the areas where indigenous Jakartans live. The five subdistricts are located in Jagakarsa district.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Painting display at TIM and HI
Painting display at TIM and HI JAKARTA (JP): Painter Rudi Isbandi is holding a solo exhibition at the Taman Ismail Marzuki arts center in Central Jakarta. The event runs to Oct. 12. Meanwhile, five other painters are exhibiting together in an event titled "Lima Karakter" (Five Characters) in the lobby of Hotel Indonesia. The exhibit featuring the works of MK Lesmana, Emily Djohan, Gunawan Edy, Maryam Smith and Syamsul Bachri, runs to Oct.13. (anr)
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
A penny a day
A penny a day From Gatra The drive to coax people into saving money has had results, as can be seen from the steady yearly increase of the number of depositors. I think that the number of depositors can still be augmented, by targeting schoolchildren as well as adults. Bank Indonesia, which initiated the drive, in cooperation with the government could strongly recommend to: 1.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Soeharto meets Mahathir in KL
Soeharto meets Mahathir in KL JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's President Soeharto and Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad of Malaysia will hold a 90-minute meeting in Kuala Lumpur this morning to discuss issues of mutual concern, including the overlapping claims over Sipadan and Ligitan islands. Soeharto arrived at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Subang airport in a private plane yesterday afternoon.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
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 Sundays, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. * Hotel Aryaduta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Los Morenitos Vocal Group, Monday, Thursday, Sunday, 7:15 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Los Paraguas Vocal Group, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 7:15 p.m. to 11 p.m. - Ambassador Lounge: Pianist Sudarmadi, Monday through Saturday, 7:30 a.m to 9:30 a.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Expert warns of new types of harmful drugs
Expert warns of new types of harmful drugs JAKARTA (JP): An expert has warned teenagers, parents and law enforcers of the possibility of new types of drugs and new forms of drug abuse. Tony Setiabudhi, a doctor at the Navy Hospital on Jl. Bendungan Hilir, Central Jakarta, said Saturday that injected amphetamine, once used as an appetite suppressant, is now used as a narcotic.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
City Council against new gasoline tax
City Council against new gasoline tax JAKARTA (JP): City Council is apparently against the idea of introducing gasoline and diesel fuel tax. The chairman of Commission C for revenue, Helmy AR Syihab, said over the weekend vehicle owners are already burdened by various taxes and fees. "They must pay motorized vehicle tax, fees for vehicle ownership documents and progressive car taxation," Syihab said.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Police to play greater role in internal security
Police to play greater role in internal security JAKARTA (JP): Armed Forces Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung promised over the weekend to give the National Police Force greater responsibility in security matters. "We're pushing the National Police Force to the front line to protect the country from internal security problems. We will increase its role in line with the Armed Forces strategic planning," Feisal said on Saturday.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Mastrans breaks jinx with league win
Mastrans breaks jinx with league win JAKARTA (JP): Two early first-half goals thrusted Mastrans Bandung Raya to its first league championship title with a 2-0 win over PSM Ujungpandang yesterday. PSM defied the heavy rain which drenched Senayan stadium right before the kick-off to take the initiative, but it was Bandung which put the ball in the net after only four minutes. A sandwiched M.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Mystery behind the stolen paintings
Mystery behind the stolen paintings JAKARTA (JP): The news of at least 25 paintings stolen from the National Museum and the alleged role of a Singaporean collector as the fence of the valuable art works have made headlines of many newspapers here. However, there are still some questions which remain unanswered.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Frans Seda stresses dignity
Frans Seda stresses dignity JAKARTA (JP): In a collection of articles to celebrate his 70th birthday, former cabinet minister Frans Seda notes the importance of human dignity in developing a skilled and productive labor force in Indonesia.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Singapore urges peaceful solution
Singapore urges peaceful solution SINGAPORE (Reuter): Singapore Defense Minister Tony Tan has urged rival claimants to the Spratly islands to resolve the dispute peacefully and prevent disruption of the region's booming economies. "If claimant countries do not resolve their territorial problems peacefully, these overlapping territorial claims may result in conflict at sea and could also result in obstruction to freedom of navigation," Tan said in a speech on Saturday.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Courts favor the rich in land disputes: Lopa
Courts favor the rich in land disputes: Lopa JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's courts of law have a tendency to favor the rich and powerful in land conflicts, the Secretary- General of the National Commission on Human Rights said. Baharuddin Lopa said many land conflicts tried in court have ended with the rulings favoring the rich people acquiring the land.
Mon, 07 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB
Moslems protest liquor regulation
Moslems protest liquor regulation BOGOR, West Java (JP): More than 500 Moslems attended over the weekend a mass prayer session at the Al-Huda mosque in the Timah Kelapa housing complex of Cimanggis, Bogor, to protest a provincial regulation on alcohol distribution fees. The gathering, held under the theme of "Liquor and the Decadence of the Young Generation," heard a single speech given by Habib Abubakar Al-Habsyi, a local Moslem leader.