Archive: 29 December 1996
25 articles found
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Living without maids and baby sitters at weekends
<p>Living without maids and baby sitters at weekends</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Aliyah and her husband, Nirwan -- not their real names -- were trying something new: Living without a baby sitter or maids at the weekends.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Putri enjoys being her grandfather's 'heir'
<p>Putri enjoys being her grandfather's 'heir'</p><p>By K. Basrie</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Her childhood was tough enough. Her mother died shortly after she was born, 38 years ago. Putri Wong Kam Fu was then taken care of by her step-grandmother.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Tradition of palm-wine drinking prevails among Balinese
<p>Tradition of palm-wine drinking prevails among Balinese</p><p>By Putu Wirata</p><p> DENPASAR, Bali (JP): "Being tipsy from palm wine is not going to hurt the state.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Zarima case drags on
<p>Zarima case drags on</p><p>From Republika</p><p>The case of Zarima, the so-called Ecstasy Queen is, if one reads the papers, quite aggravating. The case has been long- winded and is proceeding very slowly.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Muara Angke fishermen use skills to survive
<p>Muara Angke fishermen use skills to survive</p><p>Text and photos by P.J. Leo</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): The Muara Angke village on Jakarta's northern tip is home to traditional and semi-traditional fishermen.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Tying the knot after cruising the Citarik on a raft
<p>Tying the knot after cruising the Citarik on a raft</p><p>Text and photos by Mulkan Salmona</p><p> SUKABUMI, West Java (JP): Rafters Lody Karua and Amalia Yunita celebrated their wedding in a different way -- cruising along the Citarik River in Sukabumi on a rafting...
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
World change sought
<p>World change sought</p><p> ANKARA (AFP): The foreign ministers of eight Islamic countries will meet in Istanbul on Jan. 4 with the aim of creating a new world, Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan said yesterday.</p><p>The conference comes amid increasing U.S.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Regrets for 1996 and resolutions for the new year
<p>Regrets for 1996 and resolutions for the new year</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Government officials, business executives, professionals, artists and workers were asked by The Jakarta Post to look back and share a few of their thoughts about 1996.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Cartoonist Sutanto's art dabbles in fantasy
<p>Cartoonist Sutanto's art dabbles in fantasy</p><p>By Parvathi Nayar Narayan</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): To appreciate the art of T. Sutanto is to enter the realm of the fantastic and the surreal.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Paranormals predict 1997 will be gloomy
<p>Paranormals predict 1997 will be gloomy</p><p> As 1996 draws to a close, people everywhere are attempting to evaluate their past performances -- their failures and successes. Their plans for 1997 will be based on this evaluation.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Bali grapples with the rising consumption of Ecstasy
<p>Bali grapples with the rising consumption of Ecstasy</p><p>By Putu Wirata</p><p> KUTA, Bali (JP): Bali, once regarded as a tranquil paradise, is now a haven for drug traffickers and prostitutes. Lately it has been drawing thieves, robbers and murderers.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Good business prospects for the Year of the Ox
<p>Good business prospects for the Year of the Ox</p><p> BANDUNG, West Java (JP): The New Year will arrive in three days. But according to the Chinese calendar, the new year begins on Feb. 7. It is called the Year of the Ox, or, more precisely, the Fire Ox.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Middle class seen as too weak to advocate change
<p>Middle class seen as too weak to advocate change</p><p>By Ati Nurbaiti</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Views of the Indonesian middle class are both optimistic and pessimistic.</p><p>The optimists are investors.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Norwegian explore Indonesia in cultural exchange
<p>Norwegian explore Indonesia in cultural exchange</p><p>By Lela E. Madjiah</p><p> OSLO (JP): "Ooooooh, Bali!"</p><p>The expression of beautiful memories and longing says it all.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
200 feared dead as rescue resumes after storm
<p>200 feared dead as rescue resumes after storm</p><p> KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia (AFP): Up to 200 people, mostly Indonesians, were feared yesterday to be still entombed in the slimy debris left by a storm that ripped through Malaysia's Sabah state, claiming 127 lives,...
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
The last straw: Are camels stronger?
<p>The last straw: Are camels stronger?</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): In the old days our ancestors wore wide-brimmed straw hats, sat on straw chairs, tickled their ears with straw and slept on straw mats.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Mama Terate trains herself to become a soothsayer
<p>Mama Terate trains herself to become a soothsayer</p><p>By K. Basrie</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Mama Terate, 79, has developed herself into one of the country's senior soothsayers.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Mahathir to get to bottom of indicted politician saga
<p>Mahathir to get to bottom of indicted politician saga</p><p> KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday he would decide on the fate of a politician charged in Australia with carrying a vast sum of undeclared money after getting his explanation.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
When a door is more than a door
<p>When a door is more than a door</p><p>By G.S. Edwin</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Doors do not merely separate space, nor are they only meant for ingress and exit. They, especially the closed ones, tell stories.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
'Sepak takraw' squad to train in Malaysia
<p>'Sepak takraw' squad to train in Malaysia</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): The men's national sepak takraw squad plans to train in Malaysia soon as preparation for the SEA Games here next year.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Anthology features poems of ASEAN writers
<p>Anthology features poems of ASEAN writers</p><p> ASEANO: An Anthology of Poems from Southeast Asia Published by The ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information, Manila, 1995 282 pages</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): What does the word "Aseano" mean? If you think that...
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Life in Traubled Tasikmalaya slowly returns to normal
<p>Life in Traubled Tasikmalaya slowly returns to normal</p><p>By MMI Ahyani</p><p> TASIKMALAYA, West Java (JP): Shops started to open and police officers began to patrol the streets yesterday as the town, ravaged by riots Thursday, struggled to resume some normalcy.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Port calls signal a U.S. return of sorts
<p>Port calls signal a U.S. return of sorts</p><p>By Joaquin L Gonzalez III</p><p> SINGAPORE: When the USS Belleau Wood sailed away from Subic Bay on Nov. 24, 1992, many believed this historic event symbolized something greater -- the end of more than 400 years of...
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Morality and comedy meet in traditional Javanese play
<p>Morality and comedy meet in traditional Javanese play</p><p>By Achmad Nurhoeri</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): What comes to your mind if your neighborhood doctor, your average motorcycle salesman, the local police chief, the local military officer and your regent are jumbled...
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Fujimori widens emergency rule
<p>Fujimori widens emergency rule</p><p> LIMA (Reuter): President Alberto Fujimori widened emergency rule in Peru on Friday and won solid backing from home and abroad for refusing to make concessions to Marxist guerrillas holding 103 VIP hostages at the Japanese ambassador's...