Archive: 18 February 1996
25 articles found
Sun, 18 Feb 1996
Family Law
Family LawBy Dewi Anggraeni Simon steps into the chambers still elated from the weekend spent in close proximity with his new love. Paramita is not only beautiful, she is also intelligent. And what warms his heart even more is, she has a social conscience.
Sun, 18 Feb 1996
Homecoming obliterates memory of nightmare trip
Homecoming obliterates memory of nightmare tripBy Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): It was dark. The only sound came from the train's wheels rolling along the track and the ceaseless rain pounding the carriage roof.Night was advancing. Ali Al Husein, 31, heaved a sigh of relief.
Sun, 18 Feb 1996
Servants: Can we rely on them all of our lives?
Servants: Can we rely on them all of our lives?By Myra Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): One of the city's leading newspapers recently carried an article to prove that servants bring profit to their employers. Having relied on servants all my life, I was happy that this article, illustrated with tables of the...
Sun, 18 Feb 1996
Trisutji finds herself in religious songs
Trisutji finds herself in religious songsBy Rita A. Widiadana JAKARTA (JP): The adzhan reverberation from nearby mosques may be heard as just the routine call for Moslems to perform their prayers, but for Trisutji Juliati Kamal, a prominent Indonesian composer, it inspires her music compositions.
Sun, 18 Feb 1996
Guess What?
Guess What? Never leave your wife behind when you travel, especially if you are on medication.That was a lesson Sudwikatmono, the president of PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa, learned last year.The tycoon had a stroke two months after he attended the Jimbaran meeting in Bali in August l995.
Sun, 18 Feb 1996
Going for broke on Idul Fitri
Going for broke on Idul Fitri JAKARTA (JP): It's that time again. Idul Fitri is a day away and households are doing without maids, bosses without drivers, and Jakarta will be traffic free as 3.2 million people jam Central Java's roads instead.
Sun, 18 Feb 1996
SE Asia linked to Tigers
SE Asia linked to Tigers COLOMBO (Reuter): A Sri Lankan rebel arms ship blown out of the water by the navy and air force on Wednesday is believed to have come from a Southeast Asian country, a senior naval officer said yesterday."We firmly believe it came from that region," the officer told Reuters.
Sun, 18 Feb 1996
Lifters want to take part in Olympics
Lifters want to take part in Olympics JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Weightlifting, Powerlifting and Body Building Association has asked the National Sports Council to send lifters to the upcoming Olympic Games in Atlanta if they meet the qualifying requirements, despite proposals to send only...
Sun, 18 Feb 1996
Dutch artist displays 'Indonesia Memories'
Dutch artist displays 'Indonesia Memories'By Parvathi Nayar Narayan JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia Memories at the Erasmus Huis is based on just that -- the memories of Paul Husner and his wife, and the trips they took in Indonesia.In 1983 and 1985 they visited Sumatra and Bali.
Sun, 18 Feb 1996
Quake, tidal waves kill 10 in north Irian Jaya
Quake, tidal waves kill 10 in north Irian Jaya BIAK, Irian Jayapura (JP): At least 10 people were killed when an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale shook several coastal towns in north Irian Jaya yesterday.
Sun, 18 Feb 1996
Indonesia to struggle through Year of the Rat
Indonesia to struggle through Year of the Rat JAKARTA (JP): A local Chinese astrologer forecasts darkness for Indonesia during the Year of the Rat in 1996."The Rat symbolizes winter and darkness. The Rat is an animal that always lives in the dark," said Asminur Soffian Uddin.
Sun, 18 Feb 1996
Guess What?
Guess What? Guess who hit Bali recently?None other than Ejler Bille, the Danish painter who helped found the CoBrA (Copenhagen, Brussels, Amsterdam) group of international Expressionist painters.Bille, 68, has been to Bali for eight times and has written a book about Ubud.
Sun, 18 Feb 1996
No 'ketupat' for many Indonesian abroad
No 'ketupat' for many Indonesian abroadBy T. Sima Gunawan JAKARTA (JP): Moslems across the world are busy with their spiritual and physical preparations for Idul Fitri which falls on Feb. 20 and Feb. 21 this year.The Idul Fitri atmosphere is strongly felt in every corner of Indonesia.
Sun, 18 Feb 1996
Two die as boat overturns
Two die as boat overturns CILACAP, Central Java (JP): Two people were killed and seven are still missing after a barge carrying 15 passengers overturned when it was hit by a strong current while crossing the Cimeneng River, near Sitihinggil village, yesterday.
Sun, 18 Feb 1996
Guess What?
Guess What? Being a human rights activist requires patience.Activists often face patience straining situations when dealing with unsympathetic government officials.Abdul Hakim Garuda Nusantara, the chairman of the Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy, had to wait more than an hour before he...
Sun, 18 Feb 1996
Being literary about ethnic Chinese
Being literary about ethnic ChineseBy Laurel Means There are thematic similarities in the literature produced by ethnic Chinese writers in two countries -- Singapore and Canada. What first attracted me to a study of Singaporean post- colonial literature in English were striking similarities of...
Sun, 18 Feb 1996
Challenged Roosters, Enriched Rats in 1996
Challenged Roosters, Enriched Rats in 1996 JAKARTA (JP): What will the Year of the Rat bring to both the Rat and the other 11 animals of the Chinese zodiac?Neil Somerville, in his book Your Chinese Horoscope 1996, provides a glimpse into the future.
Sun, 18 Feb 1996
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for JakartaSunday Maghrib 6:17 p.m.Monday Imsak 4:31 a.m. Subuh 4:41 a.m.
Sun, 18 Feb 1996
Hepburn: A more complete, compelling figure
Hepburn: A more complete, compelling figure Katharine Hepburn By Barbara Leaming 549 pp Crown Publishers, Inc. Rp 110,000 (US$27.50) JAKARTA (JP): Hollywood's spin doctors could learn a lesson or two in image maintenance from Katharine Hepburn.
Sun, 18 Feb 1996
Thousands of Idul Fitri revellers stranded
Thousands of Idul Fitri revellers stranded JAKARTA (JP): Eleven people have been killed in series of traffic accidents on Java's northern coast (Pantura) routes as motorists struggled to reach their hometowns to celebrate Idul Fitri.
Sun, 18 Feb 1996
Boyfriends, a wife's privilege
Boyfriends, a wife's privilege JAKARTA (JP): I would not have realized the vivacious wit of my garbage man, or what an interminable, unflagging walking and talking encyclopedia my gardener was, had Idul Fitri not rolled around and taken my maids to their hometowns.
Sun, 18 Feb 1996
Impolite policeman
Impolite policemanFrom KompasOn the afternoon of Feb. 16, after my office, located on Jl. Damai, Daan Mogot, West Jakarta, was closed, my two friends and I decided to go home by bajaj (three-wheel motorized pedicab) using an alternative road because the main road to our home in Grogol was inundated...
Sun, 18 Feb 1996
Chinese New Year is a family affair
Chinese New Year is a family affair In conjunction with Chinese New Year's Day, The Jakarta Post is running a series of articles on tomorrow's celebrations in Jakarta. Related stories and Chinese horoscopes follow on Page 6. JAKARTA (JP): Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Day.
Sun, 18 Feb 1996
KL plans Asia's biggest cycling race
KL plans Asia's biggest cycling race KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysia will hold Asia's biggest cycling event, a tour around peninsular Malaysia offering US$400,000 in prize money, organizers said yesterday.Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad will flag off Le Tour de Langkawi on Feb.
Sun, 18 Feb 1996
Local products
Local productsFrom NeracaIt is impossible for the Indonesian government to stop the flood of foreign products by imposing high import taxes. Such an effort is out of date.Encouraging the public to love local products and buy fewer foreign items is a better policy.