Archive: 14 December 1996
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Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
'Wayang krucil', the endangered puppet play
'Wayang krucil', the endangered puppet play By Rosa Widyawan JAKARTA (JP): Wayang krucil is a form of wayang that depicts stories from the Majapahit period through the use of small, flat, wooden puppets. The stories generally concern Javanese cultural values, especially their educational and philosophical aspects.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
RI world's second worst software pirate: Survey
RI world's second worst software pirate: Survey JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is one of the world's greatest software pirates with a 98 percent strike rate, stealing US$150 million last year from software producers worldwide, according to a survey. International Planning and Research surveyed 82 countries in 1995. The survey was commissioned by two American software producers associations: the Business Software Alliance and Software Publishers Association.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Military to probe drivers strike
Military to probe drivers strike PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: The authorities will probe the massive bus drivers strike that paralyzed Bandar Lampung Tuesday and Wednesday. Spokesman for the local military command, Lt. Col. Malian Syahri, said Thursday the authorities would find out why the drivers had resorted to strike action to solve their problem. "We don't want to see strikes used to solve disputes, because it causes public unrest.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
TV Today: Saturday, Dec. 14, l996
TV Today: Saturday, Dec. 14, l996 TVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Animated Classic 3:00 News: Lintasan Berita 3:10 Soccer: Kansas League Gelora Dewata vs Assyabaab (live) 5:15 News: Siaran Berita TVRI 5:25 Travel: My Country 5:30 Travel: Perjalanan Nasional 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 Nusantara, The Beloved Country: Bali 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Music : Paket 27 7:00 Evening News 7:25 Filler and Trailler 7:30 TV Drama 8:00 News: Lintasan Berita 8:05 Music: Musik Malam...
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
IPTN sells 113 helicopters
IPTN sells 113 helicopters JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned PT Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) has thus far sold 113 NBO-105 helicopters on the domestic market, a company vice president says. IPTN Vice President for marketing, Pudji Sulaksono, said NBO- 105 helicopters, which costed Rp 3.5 billion (US$1.52 million) each, were multi-purpose vehicles that could be used for search and rescue operations, air traffic control, off-shore and military operations and aerial photography.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
More government incentives urged to boost agribusiness
More government incentives urged to boost agribusiness JAKARTA (JP): Agribusiness is potentially lucrative but more incentives are needed to attract investors, the Agribusiness Agency's head said yesterday. Ato Suprapto of the Ministry of Agriculture said the government should provide the same fiscal, monetary and technical incentives to agribusiness as it did for other sectors. Such incentives, he said, would encourage further investment and development of agribusiness.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Mixed reports on RP reforms
Mixed reports on RP reforms MANILA (AFP): U.S. investment house Goldman Sachs praised recent Philippine economic reforms, even as a World Bank report warned the country against complacency, according to reports obtained here yesterday.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Six months sought for housewife
Six months sought for housewife JAKARTA (JP): A prosecutor asked the Central Jakarta District Court to sentence a housewife to six months jail for slandering the Armed Forces. Prosecutor Darwis Lubay said Nurhayati or Yetty Sipahutar, 44, made slanderous remarks in her address at a free speech forum at the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) headquarters on Jl. Diponegoro, Central Jakarta, in June. Nurhayati, a supporter of ousted PDI chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri, was arrested on Aug.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Dec. 13, 1996: ------------------------------------------------------- Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,000 0 1,000 AHAP Insurance 2,675 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 725 0 0 Andayani Megah 1,025 0 70,000 Aneka Kimia Raya 1,400 0 146,500 Anwar Sierad 2,225 -25 2,500 Aqua Golden Mississippi 4,025 -50 5,000 Argha Karya Prima Industry 3,425 -25 20,000 Argo Pantes...
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
RI agrees to join energy project
RI agrees to join energy project JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia and energy companies from a consortium of six industrialized countries signed yesterday a letter of intent on renewable energy to conduct pilot-phase activities implemented jointly. Renewable energy includes solar, wind, hydraulic, geothermal and other energy sources that are abundant and environment- friendly, with solar and wind being the more widely used in Indonesia.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Cigarettes worth Rp 50m stolen
Cigarettes worth Rp 50m stolen JAKARTA (JP): Thieves stole cartons of cigarettes worth Rp 50 million (US$21,459) yesterday from a shop on Jl. K.H.M. Mansyur, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta. A Central Jakarta Police precinct officer said the shop's employee, Asep, arrived at work in the morning and found the shop's door open and the cigarettes missing. "The thieves entered the shop by breaking the lock," the officer said. He said the thieves probably used a car to transport the stolen goods.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Alan misses Sanyo semifinals, Jeffer meets Hall
Alan misses Sanyo semifinals, Jeffer meets Hall JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's Alan Budikusuma crashed to Dong Jiong in the last match of the round-robin section yesterday and gave his opponent a place in the semifinals of the Sanyo World Cup Badminton Championship. Alan, the 1992 Olympic gold medalist, lost to Dong, the 1996 silver medalist, 8-15, 13-15. Dong dominated the match with his sharp dropshots from the beginning to race to a 6-2 lead.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Moerdiono slams journalists
Moerdiono slams journalists JAKARTA (JP): Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono turned the table on journalists, chiding them for confusing their own opinions with facts. "Many journalists can't differentiate facts from opinion," he said while addressing the celebration of the 59th anniversary of the state-owned news agency Antara. "It's the journalists that usually criticize the government. Today, it's my turn. I want to criticize journalists," he said.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Property tax collection issue takes new turn
Property tax collection issue takes new turn JAKARTA (JP): A city councilor expressed disbelief yesterday at the inspectorate's recent findings that most uncollected revenues in the 1995/96 fiscal year were from property tax. Amarullah Asbah, the secretary of the City Council's Commission C for financial affairs, among other things, said the finding meant property tax collection was a failure.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Many developers will go bankrupt next year: PSPI
Many developers will go bankrupt next year: PSPI JAKARTA (JP): About 625, or 25 percent of the country's 2,500 developers, will go bankrupt next year because of their liabilities, legal problems and the weakening market, property consultancy PSPI Research predicted yesterday. "The bankruptcies will be caused mostly by legal problems and problem loans," said PSPI Research chairman Panangian Simanungkalit.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Situbondo army chief replaced
Situbondo army chief replaced SURABAYA (JP): Situbondo, the site of Oct. 10 religious violence where five people were left dead and dozens of churches damaged, has a new military chief. Lt. Col. Imam Prawoto, chief of the military district of Situbondo, some 160 kilometers east of here, was hastily replaced yesterday by Lt. Col. Iswandi.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Indonesia becoming a rowing superpower, minister says
Indonesia becoming a rowing superpower, minister says JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has emerged as a major power to be reckoned with in world rowing, according to a cabinet minister. "The performances of our rowers in various international events over the past three years have attested to the fact that we have joined the ranks of the world elite in the sport," Minister of Public Works Radinal Moochtar said yesterday.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Arie to build cargo depot
Arie to build cargo depot SEMARANG (JP): PT Artha Mitra Pandawa, owned by President Soeharto's grandson, Arie Sigit, has signed an agreement with the state railway company Perumka to develop a Rp 3.9 billion (US$1.6 million) container yard. PT Artha president Arien Fajar Priambodo and Perumka Central Java Office chief Nugroho signed the contract on Thursday. The container yard is to be built on Perumka's 4.2-hectare site near Semarang's Tanjung Emas port.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
U.S. diplomat banned from meeting Suu Kyi
U.S. diplomat banned from meeting Suu Kyi YANGON (Reuter): Myanmar's military government yesterday stopped a U.S. embassy official from meeting opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and labeled his attempt to visit her during the current unrest provocative. A government spokesman accused embassy charge d'affaires, Kent Wiedemann of interfering in Myanmar's internal affairs and creating unnecessary problems by trying to see the 1991 Nobel peace laureate. "This is provocative.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Middle class weak to set up alliance: Scholar
Middle class weak to set up alliance: Scholar JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's middle class is too feeble and overshadowed by the military to join forces and be agents of change, a scholar says. Sociologist Arief Budiman said the middle class here was too dependent on the state. "They are weak, partly because the military here is very strong," he said after giving a presentation on Jakarta's middle class here Thursday.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Businessmen face Ecstasy charges
Businessmen face Ecstasy charges SEMARANG, Central Java: The immigration office has barred 10 businessmen, charged with smuggling 108,290 Ecstasy pills, from traveling abroad. Head of the office Sri Triswojo said yesterday he would revoke the businessmen's passports if the police investigation now underway found them guilty. The city police said the pills were illegally imported from Hong Kong, Thailand, Germany, Pakistan and the Netherlands. "Our law does not discriminate.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Lippo Life, Disney sign deal
Lippo Life, Disney sign deal JAKARTA (JP): Lippo Life and the United States-based Disney Enterprises Inc have signed an agreement to promote each other in Indonesia. Lippo Life, an insurance company, said yesterday it would handle Disney's Indonesian promotions. In exchange, Lippo Life has the domestic right to use Disney characters, including Mickey, Minnie, Beauty and the Beast, Lion King and Little Mermaid, for Lippo Life advertisements, stationary and souvenirs.(04)
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
OIC ministers end meeting with new economic vigor
OIC ministers end meeting with new economic vigor JAKARTA (JP): The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) ended its five-day foreign ministers meeting here yesterday with a new-found vigor to forge economic cooperation and the possibility of an Islamic common market. While political issues remained at the forefront of the 54- member organization's concerns, economic cooperation gained new impetus in the meeting chaired by Indonesia.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Soeharto to open Hotel Nikko Bali
Soeharto to open Hotel Nikko Bali By I. Christianto NUSA DUA, Bali (JP): President Soeharto is scheduled to open the five-star Hotel Nikko Bali here today. The hotel's general manager, Nobuaki Tezuka, said yesterday the 395-room Nikko Bali had been open for soft operations since last May. "The occupancy rates during the soft operation reached 40 percent, with guests originating mainly from Japan and Indonesia," he said.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Jakarta, for Dec. 14, 1996
Where to go in Jakarta, for Dec. 14, 1996 Music * Hotel Dai-ichi, Jl. Senen Raya 135, Central Jakarta. - Morgan's 1072 Classic Disco, Asian Force Band, Tuesday and Thursday, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Saturday: 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Acid Speed Band, Friday, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.; Platinum Band, Wednesdy, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. * Hotel Aryaduta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Los Morenitos Vocal Group, Monday, Thursday, Sunday, 7:15 p.m.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Reporters enlisted for sports promotion
Reporters enlisted for sports promotion JAKARTA (JP): Apparently still smarting from its unexpected lopsided defeat to host Thailand in last year's 18th SEA Games, the National Sports Council will hold a workshop for local sports scribes to gather fresh views and ideas from them on ways to develop national sports. The workshop will be held from Dec. 17 to Dec. 18 in Ciloto, a hilly district some 90 kilometers southeast of here.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Transport for Bekasi
Transport for Bekasi From Neraca Jakarta currently has an estimated population of eight million. That is at night. In the daytime, as many as 10 million people crowd the capital city. The excess of more than two million live in the dormitory towns of Bekasi in the east, Tangerang in the west and even in the town of Bogor in the south. With the convergence into Jakarta of so many people in the morning, transport facilities like trains and buses are far from adequate.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Tangerang wants airport parking fees
Tangerang wants airport parking fees TANGERANG, West Java (JP): The Tangerang Mayoralty wants 25 percent of the parking fees collected at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, the mayoralty spokesman said Thursday. Nurhayat Satjadipura, the spokesman, said West Java provincial decree No. 3/1994 on parking stated the local administration was entitled to 25 percent of parking fee income collected by individuals or institutions.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
28 countries to liberalize trade on info-tech products
28 countries to liberalize trade on info-tech products By Riyadi SINGAPORE (JP): Twenty-eight member countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreed here yesterday on the United States' initiative to liberalize trade on information technology products. Trade ministers from the 28 countries, including Indonesia, issued a separate ministerial declaration on trade in information technology products at the closing of the inaugural WTO ministerial conference.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Minister Yogie refuses to mediate in PDI rift
Minister Yogie refuses to mediate in PDI rift JAKARTA (JP): Home Affairs Minister Moch. Yogie S.M. refused to mediate yesterday in the conflict between top leaders of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI). "Why should I intervene? Let them solve their dispute by themselves," Yogie told reporters, who asked if he was interested in helping Soerjadi and Megawati Soekarnoputri reconciliate. Soerjadi snatched the PDI top slot from Megawati in a rebel congress in June that Yogie endorsed.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Depok today
Depok today From Jayakarta We are residents of Depok district, and are quite proud of the region since its transformation into a shopping and trade site. We cannot but marvel at the development of coffee shops, restaurants and shops, along Jl. Margonda Raya in particular. Come Sunday or public holiday, one could get crushed in the crowd on Margonda Raya or in the shopping center. We are afraid to go shopping on holidays.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Drama bridges RI-Japan cultural gap
Drama bridges RI-Japan cultural gap By Bakdi Soemanto YOGYAKARTA (JP): A play was performed on two consecutive days here last week at the Hidang Kesenian arts center, which once housed a Yogyakartan nobleman. The performance took place in the center's pendhapa (hall) over two days, Dec. 6 and Dec. 7, in the area of Nataprajan. It was a unique production in the way it was presented. The actors were from Yogyakarta's Indonesian Institute of the Arts and from the Boat Theater of Japan.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Aceh becomes chaotic
Aceh becomes chaotic From Republika As a resident of Aceh, I should be proud of our town Banda Aceh, being an Adipura award winner. This must be attributed to the hard work of its citizens. However, it is ironical that a day of rainfall is enough to cause flooding throughout the town. This indicates that the functionaries of the town administration are lacking seriousness in managing the situation, despite their access to ways and means for taking necessary measures.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Biennale X to close with auction
Biennale X to close with auction By Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): The works from Biennale X, Jakarta's tenth fine arts biennial, will be auctioned off tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. at the Taman Ismail Marzuki arts center in Central Jakarta. Approximately 90 paintings will be offered at estimates from a modest Rp 1 million to a lavish sum of Rp 60 million. Paintings by Herry Dim, an artist who usually does installations, are also priced quite low.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
JakJazz needs govt, private sector support
JakJazz needs govt, private sector support JAKARTA (JP): The A Mild JakJazz festival '96, dubbed the country's biggest musical event, was held last weekend. Thirty-six local jazz bands and seven foreign groups performed this year. The festival had fewer jazz stars than last year, but the organizers managed to bring in big names such as Japanese saxophonist Sadao Watanabe, American guitarist Mike Stern and the Mezzoforte group from Iceland.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Coca-Cola, Subway tie up
Coca-Cola, Subway tie up JAKARTA (JP): Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia (CCAI) signed a five- year agreement with the Subway restaurant chain here Thursday to exclusively supply soft drinks to Subway. The agreement was signed by CCAI's organizational and development director, Vince Monterola, and Subway's Southeast Asia regional manager, Gary Schiff, at Subway's Kuningan outlet in South Jakarta. CCAI had signed a similar five-year contract with Jaya Ancol entertainment center.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Log theft cases settled secretly
Log theft cases settled secretly BENGKULU, Bengkulu: Head of the Prosecutors Office TN Syamsah said yesterday he suspected many of the log theft cases here have been resolved out of court by the culprits and corrupt officials. Syamsah said illegal practices have increased the rate of log theft to an alarming point. "I don't know why. Either security or law enforcing officials should unravel this trend," he complained.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Freer trade promised in next century
Freer trade promised in next century By Riyadi SINGAPORE (JP): Trade ministers from 128 countries yesterday settled contentious issues at the closing of the World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference and adopted sweeping measures to develop freer international trade in the 21st century.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Protection for migrant workers called for
Protection for migrant workers called for JAKARTA (JP): Women's rights activists urged members of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) yesterday to do more to legally protect the migrant workers in their respective countries. Women's Solidarity submitted a petition to OIC ministers attending a conference at the Jakarta Convention Center. The banner-waving demonstrators chanted slogans criticizing OIC officials for not doing enough to protect migrant workers.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
President okays Sudjana's move on coal funds
President okays Sudjana's move on coal funds JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto said yesterday the government's 13.5 percent share of private coal-mining contractors' output belonged to the public who were represented by the government. "Therefore, the funds derived from the coal share shall be returned to the rightful owner," the President was quoted as saying by Minister of Mines and Energy I.B. Sudjana.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Man devotes his life to repairing 'delman'
Man devotes his life to repairing 'delman' By Joko Sarwono BOGOR, West Java (JP). It is hard to believe that in this modern era few people can profess to running a repair shop for horse-drawn buggies. The more so when the repair shop only works on delman (traditional horse-drawn carriage), the numbers of which have dwindled drastically. But Miming's case is out of the ordinary. He opened a delman garage in his backyard at Rt. 05/02 in Kedungbadak village in Tanah Sereal, Bogor.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Lombok loses 131,000 people
Lombok loses 131,000 people MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: The provincial government has resettled 131,265 people from Lombok island through state- sponsored transmigration over the past 30 years. Head of Transmigration Office Mudjijo announced Thursday that Lombok people have been relocated in East Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Maluku and Irian Jaya. Mudjijo admitted that transmigration remains far from popular among the people.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
'Ritusamhara' at JIS
'Ritusamhara' at JIS JAKARTA (JP): After the success of last month's Hindi play, the Jawaharlal Nehru Indian Cultural Centre plans to perform a music and drama extravaganza titled Ritusamhara on Dec. 15. B.N. Reddy, the second secretary of the Indian embassy, said yesterday the event would start at 7:00 p.m at the Jakarta International School's Little Theater on Jl. Terogong Raya 33, Cilandak, South Jakarta. Mrs. Hema Devare, wife of Ambassador Sudhir Tukaram Devare, is the producer.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Pertamina cuts gasoline price
Pertamina cuts gasoline price JAKARTA (JP): State oil company Pertamina has cut the prices of unleaded Super TT gasoline and 35 lubricants, the company announced yesterday. Spokesman Didi Sunarwinadi said Pertamina had cut Super TT gasoline's price from Rp 1,000 (US$ 0.4) a liter to Rp 975 a liter, and the prices of 35 lubricants for vehicles and industry by between 5 percent and 20 percent.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Hitachi delays KL plant
Hitachi delays KL plant TOKYO (AFP): Japan's Hitachi Ltd. and partner LG Semicon Co. Ltd. of South Korea are to delay construction of a 130 billion yen (US$1.2 billion) semiconductor plant in Malaysia, a Hitachi official said yesterday. The official at Japan's biggest electric machinery maker said construction of the plant was initially scheduled to start in the first half to September 1996, but has been delayed due to the deterioration of the microchip market.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Church Services
Church Services * Catholic Church, University of Atmajaya, Jl. Jend. Sudirman: Saturday 5:30 p.m., Sunday, 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. * First Church of Christ, Scientist, Jl. Teuku Cik Ditiro 48, Menteng, Central Jakarta: Services on Sunday, 8:30 a.m. (in English), and 10 a.m. (in Indonesian), Sunday school 8:30 a.m.; Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. (in English). * All Saints' Anglican Church (opposite The Aryaduta Jakarta), Jl. Arif Rahman Hakim No.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
PSP group opens food stores
PSP group opens food stores JAKARTA (JP): PT Putra Serasi Pioneerindo, a subsidiary of the Putra Surya Perkasa (PSP) Group, has opened five Bilo food discount stores in greater Jakarta. The stores are in Narogong (East Bekasi), Taman Galaxy (South Bekasi), Lorong (Rawa Badak, North Jakarta), Tebet Timur (South Jakarta) and Kedoya Utara, Kebon Jeruk (West Jakarta).
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Unadulterated music for NY-based Mike Stern Trio
Unadulterated music for NY-based Mike Stern Trio By Devi M. Asmarani JAKARTA (JP): This year's JakJazz highlight was the electrifying performance of the New York-based Mike Stern Trio. More than a thousand jazz fans flocked to the main stage at the Gelanggang Mahasiswa Sumantri Brodjonegoro youth center to see the band perform seven compositions from their latest album Between the Lines during the opening of the three-day jazz extravaganza on Dec. 6.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Kennedy to visit Indonesia
Kennedy to visit Indonesia JAKARTA (Antara): United States Congressman Patrick J Kennedy will make a brief visit to Indonesia this Christmas, when he is expected to meet Dili Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo in East Timor. The congressman (Democrat, Rhode Island) however, will not come to Jakarta, Antara said here yesterday. Sources declined to elaborate on Kennedy's itinerary while in Indonesia. Kennedy is the son of U.S.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Concessionaires short timber provision
Concessionaires short timber provision JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo said yesterday forest concessionaires had provided only 36 percent of the timber they should have allocated to locals in their concession areas. Djamaludin said the government had expected the concessionaires to give at least 990,000 cubic meters of timber, assuming that concessionaires contributed 5 percent of their production as stipulated by it.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Flooding keeps students away from school, kills elderly man
Flooding keeps students away from school, kills elderly man JAKARTA (JP): Major floods hit Riau and Aceh yesterday, drowning one villager, destroying dozens of houses and forcing hundreds of families to flee their homes. In the Riau town of Dumai, the floods affecting six subdistricts have kept thousands of students from school since Monday. Dumai regent Zainuddin Abdullah said floods hit the area every year although rivers were regularly dredged. "There have not been any reports of casualties.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Three intellectual property bills given to House
Three intellectual property bills given to House JAKARTA (JP): The government submitted Thursday three bills on for revising the current laws on copyright, patents, and trademarks to the House of Representatives for its next deliberation session.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
RP trade deficit rises
RP trade deficit rises MANILA (AFP): The Philippines' trade deficit for October 1996 was up 27.6 percent from a year earlier at 944 million dollars, the National Statistics Office (NSO) said here yesterday. The trade deficit in the first 10 months of 1996 was up 41.2 percent at US$10. 09 billion compared to the same period last year, the NSO said.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Cement plant in Minahasa
Cement plant in Minahasa JAKARTA (JP): PT Sulenco Bohusami Cement plans to build a cement plant in Minahasa regency, North Sulawesi, the company president said yesterday. Tidarwono Soedirman said in the province's capital, Manado, that his company planned to invest around Rp 300 billion (US$127 million) to build the cement plant on a 1,000-hectare site. He said the cement factory would use Chinese technology to produce about 2,000 tons a day.(hen)
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Island dispute to go to court in the new year
Island dispute to go to court in the new year JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian and Malaysian officials will meet in Kuala Lumpur in the first weeks of 1997 to resolve technical details before jointly submitting the Sipadan-Ligitan dispute to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The two sides have formed technical teams to define the exact argument to be arbitrated by the ICJ. The Indonesian team will be led by the foreign ministry's Director General for Political Affairs Izhar Ibrahim.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Hundreds want to adobt abandoned babies
Hundreds want to adobt abandoned babies JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of people expressed their willingness yesterday to adopt seven babies abandoned by their parents at Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, Central Jakarta. The hospital's public relations officer, Tini, said she received dozens of phone calls from people interested in adopting the babies. "The phone has been ringing since morning with couples asking about the babies," she said.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Unleaded gasoline
Unleaded gasoline From Neraca The government's effort to reduce air pollution in larger cities is to encourage use of compressed gas and unleaded gasoline. Consequently the government's program, known as the "Blue Sky Program", should receive full support from the society. The problem now is if car owners want to shift to gas, they must install a certain instrument in the engine, which is expensive.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Dispensaries and medicines
Dispensaries and medicines From Republika Referring to the numerous complaints and writings doubting the right of dispensaries to substitute other medicine for doctors' prescriptions, I would like to inform the public as follows: * In line with good dispensing practices, dispensaries are allowed to substitute one brand of medicine for another brand, as long as the contents are the same. Dispensaries resort to this practice if the prescribed medicine is not available.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Sanrio show at Ciputra Mall
Sanrio show at Ciputra Mall JAKARTA (JP): Japanese Sanrio cartoon characters appear today at the Ciputra Mall, West Jakarta, on the first day of the Japanese Sanrio Festival. The festival, part of the mall's end-of-year celebrations, will run until Dec. 23. The mall's other celebrations will run until the New Year. The festival includes a Sanrio product display, activities and competitions like drawing, coloring in, origami and martial arts demonstrations.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Our middle class
Our middle class It is probably not too far off the mark to say that the findings of an ongoing study being made on this country's middle class only affirms what many Indonesians have always known, or at least have guessed.
Sat, 14 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
RI firm to broadcast with Mindanao govt
RI firm to broadcast with Mindanao govt JAKARTA (JP): The government of the Autonomous Region in Moslem Mindanao, southern Philippines, and Indonesia's PT Ariobimo Ekakarma signed a cooperation agreement here yesterday to develop local and transnational television broadcasting services. The agreement was signed by Abdurahman U.Amin, the adviser to the regional governor of Mindanao and Ariobimo's president Sharif Cicip Sutardjo (far left).