Archive: 6 February 1996
51 articles found
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Isolated tribes need teachers
Isolated tribes need teachers AMBON, Maluku: Isolated tribes in the Tobelo district, North Maluku, need more elementary school teachers, Antara reported yesterday. An activist of a foundation for the development of isolated tribes, Otha Soselisa, said that most of the elementary schools in the areas have only one teacher each. "We need more teachers for the subjects of the Indonesian language and religion, two basic subjects, if we want to develop them," she said. (swe)
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Government cuts allowances for its researchers
Government cuts allowances for its researchers JAKARTA (JP): The government has decided to cut the allowances it pays researchers at ministries and state-run research institutions. The chairman of the Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI), Soefjan Tsauri, announced yesterday that researchers have been asked to decide if they wanted an allowance in line with their position or in line with their function.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
PP complains to govt over night-life hours
PP complains to govt over night-life hours JAKARTA (JP): More than 50 members of the Pemuda Pancasila youth organization filed a complaint with the city council yesterday over the city administration's alleged failure to enforce Ramadhan hours at local bars, restaurants, nightclubs and discotheques. The organization complained that numerous establishments have violated the city's special operating hours from 7 p.m. until 1 a.m. until Idul Fitri is celebrated this Feb. 20-21.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
'Lee's health not a factor in polls'
'Lee's health not a factor in polls' SINGAPORE (AFP): Elder statesman Lee Kuan Yew is back in shape after treatment for a heart problem and his health would not affect the timing of the next elections, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said in remarks published yesterday. Goh declined to give any timetable for the next general elections, widely expected to be held by April, but said it would have to come after the expected passage of the budget sometime in March, the Straits Times said.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Scholars must make ideological stand
Scholars must make ideological stand JAKARTA (JP): Scholars in Indonesia must assert their ideological beliefs instead of remaining on the sidelines as "objective observers", Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono said yesterday. Speaking after a ceremony to install new deputies at the Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI), Moerdiono said that scholars cannot remain neutral when it comes to strategic matters.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Four days off for workers
Four days off for workers JAKARTA (JP): Companies are being urged to give workers at least four days off to celebrate the Idul Fitri holidays in their hometowns, the head of the East Jakarta office of the All- Indonesia Workers Union Federation, Syarifudin Pondungge, said over the weekend. Syarifudin added that companies should be well prepared to give bonuses and holidays to their workers to celebrate the Idul Fitri festivities.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
'New leftist' fears questioned by legislators
'New leftist' fears questioned by legislators JAKARTA (JP): The military's fresh warning on the dangers of a "new leftist" movement was greeted yesterday with skepticism by many people, including two prominent legislators. The warning came on Sunday from Maj. Gen.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
BDNI in Philippines
BDNI in Philippines MANILA (AFP): Two Indonesian and Hong Kong banks have recently been given permission to expand operations in the Philippines, the Central Bank said. The Central Bank said Sunday that its policy-making body, the Monetary Board, recently approved the applications of Dao Heng Bank Inc. and Bank Dagang Nasional Indonesia (BDNI) to expand its representative offices to offshore banking units.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
'Genius children should be allowed to skip grades'
'Genius children should be allowed to skip grades' JAKARTA (JP): Exceptionally gifted children should be allowed to skip grades at school, an education expert said yesterday. Wuryanto, the former rector of the state teachers' training college IKIP in Semarang, said that this policy would allow gifted children to advance according to their capabilities, Antara reported.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta: Music * Hotel Dai-ichi, Jl. Senen Raya 135, Central Jakarta. - Mezzanine Lounge: Solo Pianist, daily from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., opening hours Monday to Sunday 11 a.m to 1 a.m. * Hotel Aryaduta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Bonauli vocal group, Monday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 1 p.m.; Los Morenos, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. - The Tavern Pub: Yeah Yeah Boys, Sunday and Thursday, 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Train connection back to normal
Train connection back to normal MUARAENIM, South Sumatra: Railroad transportation connecting Palembang and Lubuklinggau has returned to normal after a train crash which killed five passengers and injured eight others over the weekend temporarily closed the line. Hundred of railroad employees lifted wrecked railway cars from the track on Sunday evening, using equipment from the Bandar Lampung railroad storehouse.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Lentera International School closed
Lentera International School closed JAKARTA (JP): The Lentera International School in Cibubur, a Jakarta suburb, was closed last week, said chairman of the school board Keith Cameron. "The coup de grace was delivered Feb. 2," said Cameron in a statement made available to The Jakarta Post. According to Cameron, problems with the school's administration and business affairs began at the end of 1994.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Clampdown urged on firms ignoring labor safety
Clampdown urged on firms ignoring labor safety JAKARTA (JP): The government should impose firmer sanctions on construction companies that fail to ensure the safety of their workers, according to a member of the House of Representatives. The head of the House's Commission V, which oversees labor affairs, Erie Soekardja, said the government's current sanctions are too light.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Cambodia seeks UN help in its fight against drugs
Cambodia seeks UN help in its fight against drugs PHNOM PENH (Agencies): Cambodia asked the United Nations yesterday for help in its fight against drug abuse and trafficking. Cambodia's co-premier Hun Sen made the request in talks with Giorgio Giacomelli, executive director of the United Nations' International Drug Control Program (UNDCP), who is visiting Cambodia. "The government requested the UN representative...
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Dirty drinking water
Dirty drinking water From Media Indonesia I bought a small plastic bottle of "A.21" drinking water at the Jl. Tubagus Angke and Jl. Latumeten intersection in West Jakarta. It cost me Rp 500. Fortunately, a small child warned me that the water was unclean before I drank it. When I examined the water I found that the child was right. The water was murky and I saw a something floating inside the bottle. I still have the bottle now.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Moerdiono tells Davis Cup squad to give their all
Moerdiono tells Davis Cup squad to give their all JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's Davis Cup team received a morale boost yesterday when the country's top tennis figures Moerdiono and Sarwono Kusumaatmadja attended a training session prior to the tie against South Korea this weekend. Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono, flanked by the chairman of the Indonesian Tennis Association Sarwono Kusumaatmadja, told the young players to battle it out in their matches, scheduled to begin on Friday.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
IKA set to build Cawang-Cikarang elevated freeway
IKA set to build Cawang-Cikarang elevated freeway JAKARTA (JP): PT Investa Kusuma Artha (IKA) will start the development of a 30-km Cawang-Cikarang elevated toll road above the Malang river in June with an investment of more than Rp 900 billion (US$394.74 million). "We've finished the feasibility study for the project and we're ready to start the construction in June," an executive of the private road construction company told The Jakarta Post here yesterday.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Landslides block transportation
Landslides block transportation MANADO, North Sulawesi: Land transportation between Minahasa regency and other areas has been disconnected following the heavy downpour Sunday night which caused landslides and damaged a bridge. The disaster has killed six people and submerged tens of houses. The head of the Public Works Office, Heibert Tarore, told Antara that a landslide blocked the road at Pakeru village, 65 kilometers south of here, and damaged a bridge at Mokupa village.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Difficult logic
Difficult logic I was shocked to read your reportage Canada protests RI ambassador (The Jakarta Post, Feb. 4, 1996). I simply cannot understand how the foreign minister of Canada can so completely disregard international decency; all the while trying to sell to Indonesia a nuclear reactor reportedly rejected by Canadians (Nuclear plant should be built in Jakarta: Scholar, (The Jakarta Post, Feb. 5, 1996).
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
SE Asian rubber likely to trade lower
SE Asian rubber likely to trade lower SINGAPORE (Reuter): Rubber is likely to trade lower this week with pre-festive holiday selling, ahead of the Chinese New year break from Feb. 19, and thinning consumer demand, weighing on prices, some Southeast Asian traders said yesterday. But others took the opposite view, noting that the long Lunar New Year and Idul Fitri holidays and early wintering in Thailand and Malaysia could limit supplies and buoy prices.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
What are audits for?
What are audits for? The uncovering of numerous irregularities in the implementation of the state budget reported by the State Audit Agency is not surprising. After all, we are still in the early stages of creating a clean government. What is astounding is the disclosure by the agency's chairman, Soedarjono, that various ministries and government agencies have shown a lack of willingness to follow up and act on the findings of the agency.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for Jakarta Tuesday Maghrib 6.19 p.m. Wednesday Imsak 4:27 a.m. Subuh 4.37 a.m.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Bintang may link up with PPP or PDI
Bintang may link up with PPP or PDI YOGYAKARTA (JP): Former legislator Sri Bintang Pamungkas says he may link up with one of the country's two minority parties to strengthen the chances of his new party, the Indonesian Democratic Union Party. "If my party is not allowed to participate in the 1997 general election, I will offer to form a coalition with either the United Development Party (PPP) or the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI)," he told journalists here on Sunday.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Asia-Pasific region vital to global aerospace industry
Asia-Pasific region vital to global aerospace industry SINGAPORE (AFP): The global aerospace industry is poised for a recovery on the back of mega deals in Asia which hold the key to the fortunes of civil and military plane-makers, industry officials said yesterday. "The writing is on the wall: that industry players who ignore Asia from now on do so only at their own risk," said Clive Richardson, an organizer of Asia's biggest air show, which opens here today.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Tubemakers expands in Indonesia and New Zealand
Tubemakers expands in Indonesia and New Zealand SYDNEY (Reuter): Tubemakers of Australia Ltd is progressing with its overseas growth plans through a joint-venture in Indonesia and an acquisition in New Zealand, the company said yesterday. Tubemakers said the expansion moves demonstrated the company's commitment to delivering 15 percent growth in shareholder value in future years. It also reiterated its advice to shareholders not to accept the Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd's A$4.05 a share takeover bid.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Rice imports no shame
Rice imports no shame All the fuss about Indonesia importing rice has made people ask whether we are now short of food. Is Indonesia no longer self-sufficient in the production of rice? The Ministry of Agriculture however reports there is no need for Indonesia to import rice this year because dried unhusked rice production last year totaled 48.4 million tons. This is a 3.8 percent increase over 1994 when production totaled only 46.6 million tons.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Aceh fish still edible: Official
Aceh fish still edible: Official JAKARTA (JP): The health authorities in Banda Aceh told people living in north of Aceh province yesterday that it is safe to eat fish from the sea. Most people in Aceh have been put off eating fish since the Gurita ferry sank off Banda Aceh two weeks ago. More than 100, possible even more than 200, people drowned in the calamity and their bodies were never found to this day.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Feb. 5, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ---------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 750 50 7,500 AHAP Insurance 3,000 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,375 0 0 Andayani Megah 2,125 -25 17,500 Aneka Kimia Raya 5,950 0 30,000 Anwar Sierad 1,450 225 1,275,000 Aqua Golden Mississippi 1,600 0 0 Argha Karya Prima Industry 2,150 0 118,000 Argo Pantes 1,800 0 0 Asahimas Flat 2,825 100 6,840,500 Asiana IMI...
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Union proposed to boost fishery industry
Union proposed to boost fishery industry JAKARTA (JP): Workers in fishery-related businesses have proposed the creation of a national association to unite different perceptions on fisheries development.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Minister to revamp state firms
Minister to revamp state firms JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Industry and Trade Tunky Ariwibowo said here yesterday that the government would restructure state- owned companies in a move to boost their efficiency. Tunky said the restructuring plan would cover both improvement of the management and the consolidation of business activities. "Money losing firms, which have no future, would be liquidated.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Nine killed in Cilacap train collision
Nine killed in Cilacap train collision CILACAP, C. Java (JP): Nine people were killed and 13 others seriously injured in a collision involving an intercity bus with a train yesterday evening. Singgih Abadi, chief of the Purwokerto branch of the state railway company Perumka, told The Jakarta Post that the accident occurred at an unguarded railway crossing in Kesugihan, Cilacap.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Floods in Riau subside
Floods in Riau subside PEKANBARU, Riau: Waters 2.5 meters deep which have covered the road to West Sumatra since Saturday have started to subside but several villages are under threat of landslides, Antara reported yesterday. Yurnalis Saiby, the head of the local office of land transportation control agency, said traffic has returned to normal yesterday after having been cut off since Saturday.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Police use masks
Police use masks From Media Indonesia I learned from a TV broadcast that traffic police in Jakarta are equipped with masks while on duty. This is to stop them inhaling polluted air which is mainly caused by the exhaust fumes emitted by cars. Although we understand the aim in this matter, this implicitly suggests that polluters can go on polluting the air without warning from the police. But the problem of pollution is not yet solved.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Pencak silat proposed for Asiad
Pencak silat proposed for Asiad JAKARTA (JP): Vice President of the Olympic Council of Asia Mohammad Hasan has proposed that Indonesian martial arts pencak silat be included in the 13th Asian Games in 1998 in Bangkok. The decision on whether or not the council will accept the proposal will be made at the council's general assembly on Dec. 11 in Bangkok, Thailand, Hasan was quoted on Sunday by Kompas. Hasan was in Harbin, China attending a meeting of the council's executive committee.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
CN-235 displayed at S'pore air show
CN-235 displayed at S'pore air show SINGAPORE (JP): The Asian Aerospace '96 show is scheduled to open here today with some 70 aircraft from around the world on display, including the Indonesian-made CN-235 turboprop. Managing director of Asian Aerospace Pte. Ltd., Jimmy Lau, said yesterday that more than 900 aviation-related companies from 36 countries are taking part in the air show.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Hostage crisis drags on, special troops withdrawn
Hostage crisis drags on, special troops withdrawn JAKARTA (JP): The military withdrew some of the Army's Special Forces from the Irian Jaya town of Wamena yesterday, in another sign that the hostage crisis is likely to drag on for some time. The military admitted that they had not had any further contact with the separatist rebels who have been holding 13 people, including six Europeans, captive, since Jan. 8.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Lightning kills five in Irian Jaya
Lightning kills five in Irian Jaya MERAUKE, Irian Jaya: Lightning killed five inhabitants of Jasa Mulia village in the Semangga Tanah Miring transmigration resettlement Sunday afternoon. "The five victims were a mother and her four children. They were hit while working in the field close to a statue. They had moved to the resettlement area only last year," the village chief told Antara.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Obituary
Obituary Muhammad Zamroni, a former youth activist who was involved in the 1960s students' uprising against the Old Order administration of the late president Sukarno, died of a stroke in Jakarta yesterday. He was 60 years old. Zamroni, who was also a deputy chairman of the United Development Party (PPP) between 1984 and 1989, is survived by his wife, Siti Muznah, and three children. He also left four grandchildren.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Groups protest over election preparations
Groups protest over election preparations JAKARTA (JP): The general election is still more than one year away, but two organizations held separate protests yesterday, one in Jakarta and another in Semarang, about the way the election is being prepared, one even calling for a postponement.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
U.S. appeases Seoul over aid to N. Korea
U.S. appeases Seoul over aid to N. Korea SEOUL (AFP): U.S. presidential security advisor Anthony Lake yesterday tried to ease South Korean jitters by playing down Washington's unilateral decision to give two million dollars in new aid to North Korea. Lake also told South Korean Foreign Minister Gong Ro-myung that Washington would maintain close consultations with Seoul on any moves to seek normalization with Pyongyang, Gong's office said. "Mr. Lake clarified the U.S.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Australia, Asia and the new regionalism
Australia, Asia and the new regionalism The following article is an excerpt of Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating's "Singapore Lecture" on Jan. 17. This is the first of two articles. SINGAPORE: The nearly forty percent of immigrants to Australia who now come from Asia are playing their part in changing the way Australians think about the world and their country.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
TIM renovation not to halt art activities
TIM renovation not to halt art activities JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja has asked the Taman Ismail Marzuki Art Center not to halt art activities completely while the complex is renovated. Speaking at the breaking of fast dinner with artists on Sunday, Surjadi said that the renovation was meant to provide better facilities for the artists. "The renovation does not mean to evict the artists from the complex or stop their activities," Surjadi said. The 28-year old art center, on Jl.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Labor or Liberal, no difference to Indonesia
Labor or Liberal, no difference to Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): While Australian party leaders continue to jeer at one another over the other's foreign policy approaches, analysts here believe the outcome of the Australian election will have little bearing on relations with Indonesia. Though both parties have expressed diametrically opposite views, many here see it as an electioneering ploy to drum up support from the electorate and nothing else.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Adrianus to fight Nasarov in Japan
Adrianus to fight Nasarov in Japan JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's Adrianus Taroreh has signed a contract to fight World Boxing Association lightweight champion Orzubek Nasarov in Tokyo in April 15. The contract, signed over the weekend, ended months of doubt about the title fight caused by a dispute between two national promoters who claimed they owned the rights to the bout. The agreement also prevented a possible auction by the WBA, scheduled for Feb. 10 at the Cesar Park Hotel, Panama City.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
RI archers to enter Asian meet
RI archers to enter Asian meet JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian trio of women who won the bronze medal in the world championships last year will spearhead their team in the Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand on Feb. 24. D. E. Rahantoknam, secretary general of the association, said that the event would serve as a warm-up for Nurfitriyana, Hamdiah and Dahliana before entering the Olympic Games in Atlanta this July.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
BA Asia to advise RI firm
BA Asia to advise RI firm HONG KONG (Reuter): BankAmerica subsidiary BA Asia yesterday announced it has been named as financial adviser for a major US$700 million telecommunications project to build land-based telephone lines in Indonesia. The project company, PT Aria West International, is a consortium headed by US West and including the Asian Infrastructure Fund and PT Artimas Kencana Murni.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Glodok shopping bridge finally evacuated
Glodok shopping bridge finally evacuated JAKARTA (JP): The authorities finally evacuated the Glodok Metro Bridge shopping strip yesterday, one week after a deadline imposed by the West Jakarta mayor. The evacuation brought to a climax a prolonged dispute involving 60 shop owners, PT Binacitra Tataswati and the West Jakarta Mayoralty. Police and military personnel were deployed yesterday to execute the instruction of West Jakarta mayor Sutardjianto to clear the city-owned shopping strip.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Beer levy dispute needs inter-ministerial solution
Beer levy dispute needs inter-ministerial solution JAKARTA (JP): Director General of Domestic Trade Djoko Mulyono said yesterday that the best way to solve the beer levy dispute in Bali is for several ministries to discuss it. "It is the best procedure because several ministries are involved in setting up the levy," Djoko was quoted by Antara as saying. He said that the provincial administration of Bali actually has imposed, through a provincial ruling, a local levy of Rp 200 (8.6 U.S.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Preachers not to be screened
Preachers not to be screened JAKARTA (JP): The City Military Commander Maj. Gen. Wiranto said yesterday that his office will not screen preachers who are scheduled to deliver sermons during Idul Fitri prayers on Feb. 20. "There is no need to screen preachers, because I believe they are people who are endowed with an ability to tell their congregations good things," the general said.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Civil servants need education and training
Civil servants need education and training JAKARTA (JP): A weakening sense of morality is just one sign that more needs to be spent on the education and training of the city's lower level civil servants, said a councilor of the Indonesian Democratic Party. The case of a servant who was raped two weeks ago with the knowledge of Central Jakarta security and order officials, "is a sign that civil servants are in urgent need of moral guidance," councilor Budihardjo said.
Tue, 06 Feb 1996, 00:00 WIB
Journalists hurt in East Java accident
Journalists hurt in East Java accident JAKARTA (JP): A group of journalists touring cities in East Java were involved in an accident yesterday in Purwosari village, Magetan regency, some 190 km southwest of Surabaya. Eight people, including The Jakarta Post's reporter Fairus Husaini, were seriously injured after the minibus in which they were traveling plunged into a river. Local residents immediately went to the rescue and took the victims to the Magetan Public Hospital.