Archive: 3 December 1996
56 articles found
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Singapore woman overstays visa by 10 years: Police
Singapore woman overstays visa by 10 years: Police JAKARTA (JP): Police have handed over a 42-year-old woman, believed to be Singaporean, to the Immigration Office for overstaying her Indonesian visa by about 10 years, police said yesterday. Head of the City Police's Control of Foreigners unit Lt. Col. Irwan Syamsuar said police seized one Indonesian passport and several local identity cards giving the suspect different identities. The woman was identified as Noraini Binti Kamis.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Indosat to raise phone rates to S'pore
Indosat to raise phone rates to S'pore JAKARTA (JP): International telecommunications provider PT Indosat is waiting for a government approval to raise billing rates to Singapore, the company announced yesterday. Indosat said the call-rate rise was needed to compensate for the government's policy of continuous depreciation of the rupiah. "The increase is also important to match the higher tariff from Singapore to Indonesia," the company said.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Control the growth of cities, Soeharto warns
Control the growth of cities, Soeharto warns JAKARTA (JP): The growth of cities needed serious attention to prevent more problems, President Soeharto said yesterday. Although urban areas are expected contribute up to 80 percent of Indonesia's national income, the expansion has created several problems such as diminishing agricultural areas and the emergence of city slums, he said.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
'Inaccurate news could worsen drug problems'
'Inaccurate news could worsen drug problems' JAKARTA (JP): An international conference on the prevention of drug and substance abuse opened here yesterday with President Soeharto warning that inaccurate media reporting could worsen the country's drug problems.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Tower firm seeks foreign equity
Tower firm seeks foreign equity BANDUNG (JP): PT Menara Jakarta, the private consortium planning to build the country's tallest tower in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, for US$560 million, has invited foreign firms to join its project. Menara Jakarta is owned by the state-owned telecommunications firm PT Telkom, PT Indosat, Yayasan TVRI foundation and PT Indocitra Grahabawana, a private firm controlled by Sudwikatmono, Prayogo Pangestu and Henry Pribadi. Telkom vice president Moh.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
N. Sumatra needs rubber
N. Sumatra needs rubber JAKARTA (JP): At least 11 private rubber makers in North Sumatra are suffering because of a shortage of natural rubber. The deputy of the Indonesian Rubber Producers Association's provincial chapter, Fauzi Hasbalah, said in Medan yesterday that local rubber makers should buy natural rubber from Riau, Jambi, South Sumatra and other provinces.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Dashboard thieves arrested
Dashboard thieves arrested TANGERANG (JP): Police arrested yesterday three men suspected of stealing car dashboards in an operation named Kilat Jaya on Jl. Gatot Subroto in Tangerang. Tangerang police chief Lt. Col. Iman Haryatna said police arrested Edy bin Abdul Rasyid, 35, Samsul Arifin, alias Safari, 33, and Jauhari, alias Alex, 18. They were caught when police searched their van in a routine operation, he said.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Danareksa opens outlet
Danareksa opens outlet JAKARTA (JP): State-owned fund manager PT Danareksa Fund Management opened its second retail outlet yesterday at the Jakarta International Trading Center in Mangga Dua, North Jakarta. Company president Iwan Pontjowinoto said the Sentra Investasi Danareksa outlet would function as an investment information center and a remote trading terminal for investors. The company opened its first outlet in August at Pondok Indah Mall, South Jakarta.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
'No big impact on S'pore tourists'
'No big impact on S'pore tourists' SINGAPORE (AFP): Australia has expressed regret for attacks against Singaporeans and vowed to take steps against racial harassment directed at Asians, Foreign Minister S. Jayakumar told parliament yesterday. Jayakumar, replying to queries on the current racial debate in Australia, said there was no indication of any "significant numbers" of Singaporean tourists, students and businessmen avoiding Australia because of the incidents.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
RP awakens to the potentials of its neighbors
RP awakens to the potentials of its neighbors By Mynardo Macaraig DAVAO, Philippines (AFP): After courting investors and traders from the United States, Europe, Japan and the so-called tiger economies of Asia, the Philippines is finally awakening to the potential of its nearest neighbors, Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Soldiers to have $7m shopping center
Soldiers to have $7m shopping center JAKARTA (JP): The construction of an Rp 18-billion (US$7.64 million) shopping center to serve mainly soldiers started at the Marine Corps complex in Cilandak, South Jakarta, yesterday. The 20-square-meter building will stand on one hectare of land owned by the Marine Corps. It will have three stories and a basement, said the project's owner, H. Ketut Abdurrahman Masagung, president of Graha Citra Herodiza.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Philippines asks for RI badminton coaches
Philippines asks for RI badminton coaches JAKARTA (JP): The Badminton Association of Indonesia had the honor of being visited by the chairwoman of the Badminton Association of the Philippines, Amelita M Ramos, at its headquarters in Cipayung, East Jakarta, yesterday.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
AIDS lurks in East Timor
AIDS lurks in East Timor DILI, East Timor: Increasing human traffic has exposed the province to the deadly Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), chief of the provincial health office Samuel Munaiseche said yesterday. The local government has embarked on an information campaign to improve people's awareness about AIDS, he said. "Although there has been no reported case of AIDS, the public need to stay alert on the spread of HIV (Human Immuno-deficiency Virus)," he said as quoted by Antara.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Bhuwanatala Indah lists on Surabaya bourse
Bhuwanatala Indah lists on Surabaya bourse JAKARTA (JP): PT Bhuwanatala Indah Permai, a shopping center and hotel operator, cross listed its shares on the Surabaya Stock Exchange (SSX) yesterday. BIP president Benny Soetrisno said yesterday the company, which had been listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX), listed all its 504 million shares on the SSX.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Big power rows could burst Asian bubble: RP
Big power rows could burst Asian bubble: RP MANILA (Reuter): Big power conflicts could "burst the bubble of stability" in the Asia-Pacific region and wreck APEC's potential as the world's biggest free-trade area, Philippine President Fidel Ramos warned yesterday. He said even if the major powers kept the military balance among them, greed arising from unrestrained economic competition could ruin Asia's inter-connected markets.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Dec. 2, 1996: -------------------------------------------------------- Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,075 0 0 AHAP Insurance 2,675 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 775 0 15,000 Andayani Megah 1,000 0 9,500 Aneka Kimia Raya 1,400 -25 1,452,500 Anwar Sierad 2,325 0 0 Aqua Golden Mississippi 3,800 0 0 Argha Karya Prima Industry 3,450 0 17,500 Argo Pantes 1,725 0...
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Lawyer in subversion case upset by legal conduct
Lawyer in subversion case upset by legal conduct JAKARTA (JP): Lawyer Trimoelja D. Soerjadi was up in arms yesterday because the prosecutors office neglected to inform him that the dossiers on his three clients, up on subversion charges, had been presented to the Surabaya district court for prosecution. Although the law does not require that the defense be informed, Trimoelja said, the prosecutors should have had the courtesy to inform him.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Myanmarese students stage second protest in six weeks
Myanmarese students stage second protest in six weeks YANGON (Reuter): About 1,500 Myanmar university students staged the second street demonstration in six weeks yesterday when they moved a peaceful sit-in protest to the streets of Yangon, witnesses said. The students, some of whom had staged a sit-in protest on the Yangon Institute of Technology (YIT) campus earlier in the day, left YIT and moved their sit-in to the front gates of Yangon University.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Singapore govt presents $8.14b interim budget
Singapore govt presents $8.14b interim budget SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore Finance Minister Richard Hu presented to parliament yesterday an interim national budget for 1997 totaling S$11.4 billion (US$8.14 billion) amid uncertainty over the date of the island state's next elections. Hu said the budget for the April-August period was necessary "only to provide the prime minister with flexibility" in setting an election date.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Malaysian king visits Cambodia
Malaysian king visits Cambodia PHNOM PENH (AFP): The King and Queen of Malaysia arrived here yesterday for a state visit, the third such visit hosted by King Norodom Sihanouk in as many months. King Tuanku Ja'afar Abdul Rahman and his wife, the Raja Permasuri Agong, were met at Pochentong International Airport by King Sihanouk and Queen Norodom Monineath Sihanouk as well as hundreds of government officials, diplomats and members of Cambodia's Moslem community.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Berenstain Bears 3:05 Children's Program: Gemar Membaca 3:30 Science Film: Beyond Tomorrow 4:05 Science and Technology Film: Science World 4:30 TV Drama: Drama Remaja 5:00 Regional News 5:25 Travel: My Country 5:30 English Lesson: Your Letters 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country:West Sumatera 6:15 News: Siaran Pedesaan 6:30 News: Lintasan Ekonomi 7:00 Evening News 7:25 Filler and Trailer 7:30 Talk Show:...
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Pan Brothers' divestment
Pan Brothers' divestment JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed textile maker PT Pan Brothers Tex, a Pan Brothers Group subsidiary, has won its shareholders' approval to sell its shares in three other Pan Brothers Group subsidiaries: PT Pancaplaza Indotextile, PT Charpan Buna and PT Pancaprima Ekabrothers. The company announced the divestment, worth Rp 8.2 billion (US$3.53 million), was approved by shareholders in their extraordinary meeting here yesterday.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Advertising body wants total control
Advertising body wants total control JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Association of Advertising Agencies is lobbying the government to make all advertising agencies join it. Association chairman Koes Pudjianto said yesterday compulsory membership was one of the rules on advertising proposed by the association to the Ministry of Information and the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The draft rules include a stipulation that membership of the association is a condition of obtaining a business license.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Raid on ID cards
Raid on ID cards From Kompas On Nov. 25, I was on my way home from Citraland in Slipi, West Jakarta around 11 p.m. when I noticed that a raid was going on. The cab I occupied was one of many nabbed by officials. They were checking identity cards. As it happened, I did not have mine with me because the new one was still in the making. I showed the officials a photocopy of my original ID card from Jakarta instead.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
RI national car talks open in Geneva today
RI national car talks open in Geneva today GENEVA (AFP): Bilateral talks aimed at ending a dispute over Indonesia's national car policy, criticized for breaching international trade rules, are to open today in Geneva in an attempt to avert outside adjudication. Japan, the European Union and the United States in October lodged a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO), which allows parties 60 days to consult to try and settle trade sores.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Inflation rises 0.57%
Inflation rises 0.57% JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia recorded a month-on-month inflation rate of 0.57 percent for November, up 0.15 percentage points on last November's rate, the Ministry of Finance announced yesterday. Inflation for October was 0.41 percent. November's inflation was mostly caused by a 1.67 percent rise in the food price index. Housing prices rose 0.03 percent, clothing 0.1 percent and miscellaneous goods and services 0.1 percent.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Three routes short-listed for Trans-Asian rail link
Three routes short-listed for Trans-Asian rail link KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Three routes have been short-listed for a proposed Trans-Asia railway link from Singapore to Kunming in China, Malaysia's transport minister said yesterday. The railway link will be in the form of a network based on the three recommended routes with Thai capital Bangkok as the central point, Ling Liong Sik was quoted by Bernama news agency as saying.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Ten to face trials over role in July riots
Ten to face trials over role in July riots JAKARTA (JP): Chairman of the unrecognized Democratic People's Party (PRD) Budiman Sudjatmiko and nine other people will soon be tried for allegedly masterminding the violent riots on July 27 here. The state prosecutors yesterday filed six dossiers on Budiman and his friends, accused of subversion, to two separate district courts. Subversion is a crime punishable by death.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Man arrested over fatal robbery
Man arrested over fatal robbery TANGERANG, West Java (JP): A 19-year-old man was arrested Friday night an hour after he allegedly robbed and stabbed to death a man on a public bus, police said. Tangerang Police Chief Lt. Col. Iman Haryatna said Adi Mulyatno stole bus passenger Adi Pradana's wrist watch and stabbed him in the neck when he refused to give up his shoes. The crime occurred on the Mayasari Bakti bus plying Ciledug- Senen route when the bus was driving along Jl. HOS Cokroaminoto.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Siltation threatens Mrica reservoir
Siltation threatens Mrica reservoir BANJARNEGARA, Central Java: Rapid sedimentation is threatening to bury the multi-purpose Mrica reservoir unless the upstream areas of Serayu and Mrawu rivers are reforested, an official has warned. An estimated 4.6 million cubic meters of mud settles every year at the bottom of the reservoir, Munadjat, manager of the Mrica hydropower plant, said over the weekend.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Indonesian seas safe: Navy chief
Indonesian seas safe: Navy chief JAKARTA (JP): Navy chief Vice Admiral Arief Kushariadi yesterday denied that Indonesian seas were unsafe as was suggested by the International Maritime Bureau. "Our seas are quite safe. Our battleships go out on patrols every day of the year, so those suggestions were completely untrue," he said here yesterday.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Police call for more time in murder probe
Police call for more time in murder probe JAKARTA (JP): Police called yesterday for more time and a "better climate" to continue their investigations into the August slaying of Yogyakarta-based journalist Fuad Muhammad Syafrudin. Brig. Gen. Rusdihardjo, head of the National Police Crime Investigation Directorate, said here yesterday that police would follow up all suggestions from external parties in their investigation.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Realigning local taxes
Realigning local taxes Many officials will lose significant sources of personal, though illegal, incomes when the bill on local taxes and retributions (user tax and user fees) comes into force sometime next year. But the new legislation will surely contribute to strengthening the fiscal system of local administrations, notably the subnational government at the regency level, which has been designed to function as the bastion of local administrative autonomy.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Fire victims ready to seek legal advise
Fire victims ready to seek legal advise JAKARTA (JP): Fire victims in Karet Tengsin plan to seek legal help if the Central Jakarta mayoralty does not allow them to rebuild their houses. A residents' spokesman, who did not want to be identified, said yesterday the residents had land ownership documents which the fire destroyed. Therefore, victims had the right to rebuild their houses and would seek advice from the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH), he said.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
'Dead man' returns at his wake in RP
'Dead man' returns at his wake in RP MANILA (AFP): A man who went missing for a month went berserk when he returned to his Manila home and discovered his wife and neighbors holding a funeral wake for him, complete with a corpse they assumed to be his, police said yesterday. An enraged and upset Isidro Caturla terrified the already frightened mourners on Saturday, breaking everything in the house except for the casket bearing the unidentified corpse.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Japan eyes Buton asphalt
Japan eyes Buton asphalt JAKARTA (JP): A Japanese investor plans to spend Rp 250 billion (US$106 million) developing an asphalt mine in Buton regency, Southeast Sulawesi, according to the local governor. Governor La Ode Kaimoeddin said in the province's capital of Kendari over the weekend that the Japanese investor, who wanted to remain anonymous, had contacted the local administration and promised to send a team of researchers to Buton soon.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Eddy shows form to beat Suwandi for first time
Eddy shows form to beat Suwandi for first time JAKARTA (JP): Eddy Kusdaryanto shelved his long-time status as a mere bridesmaid of Suwandi when he upset the Indonesian number one tennis player 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4 yesterday on the opening day of a national selection tournament. Eddy was making his first appearance after an eight-month lapse due to hepatitis A, but he proved his private practice under tutelage of Dedy Prasetyo made perfect.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Official says limit imports
Official says limit imports JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Industry and Trade's director general for domestic trade, Djoko Moeljono, warned local companies yesterday about growing imports. Djoko said continually increasing import levels would hurt the country's economy if nothing was done to solve the problem.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Thai oil firm to invest $4.8b over five years
Thai oil firm to invest $4.8b over five years BANGKOK (AFP): The Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT) said yesterday it would invest 129 billion baht (US$4.8 billion) over the next five years. About 60 percent of total investment would be spent on exploration and natural gas activities while the rest would go into downstream oil and refinery businesses, a statement said.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
PT Indosat to launch new satellite service
PT Indosat to launch new satellite service JAKARTA (JP): International telecommunications provider PT Indosat will launch a new service next January for international calls using International Maritime Satellite's (Inmarsat) services. Indosat public relations manager J.B. Basuki said yesterday the new service, Inmarsat Mini-M, would be available through Inmarsat M systems.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Karaoke diplomacy livens summit
Karaoke diplomacy livens summit Our Asia correspondent Harvey Stockwin reports on the latest developments in the style of Philippine diplomacy -- and how this new political format could help dissipate prevailing regional tensions. This article is a fictulation -- a combination of fact, fiction and speculation, with the reader having to decide which is what.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Bengawan Solo badly polluted
Bengawan Solo badly polluted SEMARANG: Industrial waste dumped into Bengawan Solo river is posing health problem for the hundreds of thousands of people who use the river water for daily purposes in Central and East Java. Chief of the Central Java provincial government's environmental bureau Mulyanto said yesterday that scores of factories dump their waste into the river without proper treatment.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
City has stopped property barter deals: Official
City has stopped property barter deals: Official JAKARTA (JP): City-owned property has become too valuable to be exchanged, an official said yesterday. This is why agreements with the private sector to build on city-owned property could no longer be conducted by trading the land for a plot elsewhere, the assistant to the city secretary in charge of economic and development affairs, Prawoto S. Danoemihardjo, said.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Two caught in record drug haul
Two caught in record drug haul JAKARTA (JP): Customs officers at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport have arrested two Singaporeans for smuggling a record 70,431 Ecstasy pills into Indonesia. Director of Prevention and Investigation at the Director General of Customs and Excise, Thomas Sugijata, told The Jakarta Post yesterday the two were apprehended on Sunday evening after disembarked Cathay Pacific flight number 777 from Paris via Hong Kong.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Prince Andrew to visit Manila
Prince Andrew to visit Manila MANILA (AFP): Britain's Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, will visit the Philippines from Dec. 19-20, the British Embassy said yesterday. The prince, a lieutenant commander in the Royal Navy, is scheduled to meet with Philippine President Fidel Ramos, Defense Secretary Renato de Villa and newly installed armed forces chief Gen. Arnulfo Acedera, the embassy said in a statement.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Feisal warns of campaign clashes
Feisal warns of campaign clashes JAKARTA (JP): Armed Forces Commander Gen. Feisal Tanjung said yesterday possible election rule violations could lead to physical clashes. This should be anticipated as early as possible, Feisal said at City Hall. "Sensitivity and the ability to immediately respond is needed to face every change which might be disturbing," Feisal said. He was addressing an annual gathering of the Agency for Coordinating Defense and National Stability's city branch.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Singapore to build $1.07b terminal for super jumbos
Singapore to build $1.07b terminal for super jumbos SINGAPORE (AFP): The Singapore government announced yesterday it would soon start work on a modern third airport terminal capable of handling the 600-seat "super jumbos" of the 21st century. Changi airport's Terminal 3, estimated to cost S$1.5 billion (US$1.07 billion), would start operating in 2004, Communication Minister Mah Bow Tan said at an annual aviation industry reception.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Detention center 'responsible for inmate's death'
Detention center 'responsible for inmate's death' JAKARTA (JP): A lawyer said yesterday the Pondok Bambu detention center in East Jakarta was responsible for the death of his client and said the jail's conditions needed to be improved. OC Kaligis representing a family in jail for murdering a woman and her three children, said one of his clients, Lambertus Lele Koban, died in the detention center because of poor conditions.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
What kind of politics?
What kind of politics? In your Nov. 17, 1996 issue under the headline Thousands welcome Bishop Belo in Dili, you quote Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas as saying "that both Indonesia and the Vatican believed that Belo should stay out of politics". And further, "We can not accept him delving into political affairs. That's not the job he's supposed to do and not the job given him by the Vatican." Let us now suppose, for a change, that Mr. Alatas had been correctly quoted.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
'Bishop Belo has freedom to express his views'
'Bishop Belo has freedom to express his views' JAKARTA (JP): The government will not tell East Timor's Roman Catholic bishop, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, what to say when he receives his share of this year's Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Dec. 10, a senior cabinet minister said here yesterday. Coordinating Minister for Political Affairs and Security Soesilo Soedarman said, however, that although Belo is free to express his ideas, he should not discredit the Indonesian government.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta: 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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Phone lines disrupted
Phone lines disrupted JAKARTA (JP): Due to the widening of Jl Raya Cilondoh in Tangerang the areas' telephone lines will be disrupted for about two weeks. The telephone numbers affected are those beginning with 551, 552, 553, 554 and 558, the state-owned telecommunications company, PT Telkom, said yesterday. A Telkom spokesman said several telephone line networks along the street would be redirected through different cables.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Foresters meet opens near Bogor
Foresters meet opens near Bogor JAKARTA (JP): Forestry experts and officials from around the world gathered in Cisarua near Bogor, West Java, yesterday to discuss forestry issues and take part in a training program for forest certification.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Komodo
Komodo The two-page coverage on the island of Komodo carried in your Sunday, Dec. 1 edition provided a colorful glimpse into the background and operation of one of the world's most cherished natural heritage areas. Unfortunately, many writers who visit the park cannot resist the tendency to depict the park and its natural inhabitants in terms more fanciful than factual.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Ten die of dengue fever
Ten die of dengue fever PURWOKERTO, Central Java: Dengue fever affecting Kebumen, Purwokerto and Klaten killed at least 10 people and sent 160 others to hospitals in November, an official said yesterday. Head of the Banyumas regency health office Mambo Diyanto said four people have died in Banyumas, two in Gombong and four in Klaten. Most of those affected were children. In Kebumen, elementary school children have been advised to wear trousers and jackets when attending classes.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996, 00:00 WIB
Nuclear bill: A ploy to build power plants?
Nuclear bill: A ploy to build power plants? JAKARTA (JP): As deliberation draws to a close, it is becoming obvious that the government drafted the nuclear energy bill to legalize its controversial plans for building nuclear power plants, a legislator said yesterday. Laksmiari Priyonggo, a legislator from the minority Indonesian Democratic Party, who has been involved in the deliberation process, said the bill explicitly discusses matters related to nuclear power plants.