Archive: 3 December 1996
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Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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...
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
Raid on ID cards
Raid on ID cardsFrom KompasOn 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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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...
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
TV today
TV todayTVRI 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...
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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...
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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...
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock 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...
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
RP awakens to the potentials of its neighbors
RP awakens to the potentials of its neighborsBy 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,...
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
'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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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...
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
'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
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...
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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
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...
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
'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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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".
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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...
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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...
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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...
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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...
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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...
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
'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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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...
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.
Tue, 03 Dec 1996
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.