Archive: 29 December 1996
25 articles found
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Living without maids and baby sitters at weekends
Living without maids and baby sitters at weekends 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'
Putri enjoys being her grandfather's 'heir'By K. Basrie 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
Tradition of palm-wine drinking prevails among BalineseBy Putu Wirata DENPASAR, Bali (JP): "Being tipsy from palm wine is not going to hurt the state. But, being 'drunk' with greed for wealth certainly would!" exclaimed Ketut Kelim, 49, the leader of a genjek (local group of traditional artists).
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Zarima case drags on
Zarima case drags onFrom RepublikaThe 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. Punishment, which should have been meted out to her right away, seems to be kept at bay.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Muara Angke fishermen use skills to survive
Muara Angke fishermen use skills to surviveText and photos by P.J. Leo JAKARTA (JP): The Muara Angke village on Jakarta's northern tip is home to traditional and semi-traditional fishermen.Here, they can be seen making their boats, fish traps, hooking fishnets, auctioning and preserving fish.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Tying the knot after cruising the Citarik on a raft
Tying the knot after cruising the Citarik on a raftText and photos by Mulkan Salmona 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 boat.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
World change sought
World change sought 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.The conference comes amid increasing U.S.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Regrets for 1996 and resolutions for the new year
Regrets for 1996 and resolutions for the new year 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
Cartoonist Sutanto's art dabbles in fantasyBy Parvathi Nayar Narayan JAKARTA (JP): To appreciate the art of T. Sutanto is to enter the realm of the fantastic and the surreal. His images are drawn from a rich repertoire of fable, folklore and dreams.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Paranormals predict 1997 will be gloomy
Paranormals predict 1997 will be gloomy 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. Some are optimistic, others pessimistic about their future.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Bali grapples with the rising consumption of Ecstasy
Bali grapples with the rising consumption of EcstasyBy Putu Wirata 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
Good business prospects for the Year of the Ox 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.The ox works hard.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Middle class seen as too weak to advocate change
Middle class seen as too weak to advocate changeBy Ati Nurbaiti JAKARTA (JP): Views of the Indonesian middle class are both optimistic and pessimistic.The optimists are investors. Credit card promoters and those investing in property, malls and expensive resorts, for instance, are confident that...
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Norwegian explore Indonesia in cultural exchange
Norwegian explore Indonesia in cultural exchangeBy Lela E. Madjiah OSLO (JP): "Ooooooh, Bali!"The expression of beautiful memories and longing says it all. It is Norwegian students' most common response after spending three-months in Bali in a course organized by DNS -- De Norske Studiesentra...
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
200 feared dead as rescue resumes after storm
200 feared dead as rescue resumes after storm 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, officials said.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
The last straw: Are camels stronger?
The last straw: Are camels stronger? 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. Today, in the age of microelectronics, who would care about the straw that mother nature used to provide in...
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Mama Terate trains herself to become a soothsayer
Mama Terate trains herself to become a soothsayerBy K. Basrie JAKARTA (JP): Mama Terate, 79, has developed herself into one of the country's senior soothsayers.Born as Lee A Kioek, alias Seruniati Arief, she has worked as a soothsayer for over two-thirds of her life.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Mahathir to get to bottom of indicted politician saga
Mahathir to get to bottom of indicted politician saga 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
When a door is more than a doorBy G.S. Edwin JAKARTA (JP): Doors do not merely separate space, nor are they only meant for ingress and exit. They, especially the closed ones, tell stories.Joseph Keller, in his book Good as Gold, mentions that a closed door in an office, the antithesis of...
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
'Sepak takraw' squad to train in Malaysia
'Sepak takraw' squad to train in Malaysia JAKARTA (JP): The men's national sepak takraw squad plans to train in Malaysia soon as preparation for the SEA Games here next year."Twelve athletes, who will compete in the Games, are going to have a stint with Malaysian athletes," Aminuddin Machmud, the...
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Anthology features poems of ASEAN writers
Anthology features poems of ASEAN writers ASEANO: An Anthology of Poems from Southeast Asia Published by The ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information, Manila, 1995 282 pages JAKARTA (JP): What does the word "Aseano" mean? If you think that it has something to do with the Association of Southeast...
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Life in Traubled Tasikmalaya slowly returns to normal
Life in Traubled Tasikmalaya slowly returns to normalBy MMI Ahyani 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
Port calls signal a U.S. return of sortsBy Joaquin L Gonzalez III 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 foreign military presence in the Philippines.
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Morality and comedy meet in traditional Javanese play
Morality and comedy meet in traditional Javanese playBy Achmad Nurhoeri 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 together in one arena? A community meeting? A...
Sun, 29 Dec 1996
Fujimori widens emergency rule
Fujimori widens emergency rule 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 residence in Lima.