Archive: 14 March 1996
43 articles found
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
RI to host 11th stage of '97 race
RI to host 11th stage of '97 race JAKARTA (Agencies): Indonesia made the list of world rally championship hosts for the second time when the International Automobile Federation announced the 1997 itinerary on Tuesday.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
RI told not to develop atomic plant
RI told not to develop atomic plant JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will be facing an energy crisis in the near future due to high economic growth, but it need not resort to nuclear energy, as it is rich in other energy resources, an energy analyst said yesterday.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Choice hotel in Parapat
Choice hotel in Parapat JAKARTA (JP): An American hotel chain, Choice Hotels International, has opened a hotel in Parapat, a tourist town about 180 kilometers from Medan, the capital of North Sumatra.An Indonesian spokesperson for Choice, Dina Herdiana, said here yesterday that the 92-room hotel,...
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
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.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Joko leads Indonesian attack in All England
Joko leads Indonesian attack in All England BIRMINGHAM, England (Agencies): Joko Suprianto led Indonesia's four-pronged attack upon the All-England title to a clean sweep at the National Indoor Arena here yesterday.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Asian song festival in Bali
Asian song festival in Bali JAKARTA: Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono has agreed to open the 1996 Asian Song Festival which will be held in Bali on March 30, the organizers said yesterday.Sadikin Zuchra, chairman of the Association of Song Artists and Composers, said Moerdiono may even have a...
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Foreign union urges RI to honor ILO pact
Foreign union urges RI to honor ILO pact JAKARTA (JP): Ten delegates of the International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) have called on the All-Indonesia Worker's Union Federation (FSPSI) to press the government to enforce the ratification of an International Labor Organization convention to...
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Sentul to host drag race
Sentul to host drag race JAKARTA (JP): One hundred drivers have confirmed their readiness for Sentul Drag Race's first round, scheduled for Sunday at the Sentul circuit, Bogor.Tournament director Karel Harry Latu announced yesterday that "this race is being held in order to prove that Sentul is the...
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Four year sentence wanted for Bintang
Four year sentence wanted for Bintang JAKARTA (JP): The public prosecutor asked the Central Jakarta district court yesterday to sentence outspoken politician Sri Bintang Pamungkas to four years in jail for calling President Soeharto a dictator.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Phone payments through ATMs
Phone payments through ATMs JAKARTA (JP): Telephone subscribers who are also customers of BCA bank will enjoy in May a new service from the state-owned domestic telecommunications company PT Telkom in paying monthly phone bills through Automatic Teller Machines (ATM).
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Funds missing from village bank
Funds missing from village bank DILI, East Timor: Governor Abilio Jose Osorio Soares confirmed reports yesterday that Rp 29 million (US$12,608) has gone missing from the administration's rural bank.Without revealing any identities, he said administrative sanctions have been taken against those...
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
RI's yachting berth at Olympics in doubt
RI's yachting berth at Olympics in doubt JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's hopes of winning a berth for the yachting event at the Atlanta Olympic Games look dim because of the government ban against national athletes competing in Israel.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Fence built despite naked protest
Fence built despite naked protest JAKARTA (JP): A protracted land dispute between city authorities and Gelong Baru residents almost erupted into violence yesterday as authorities demolished two more houses on and erected a fence around the disputed plot of land.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Budi Utomo students protest school policies
Budi Utomo students protest school policies JAKARTA (JP): About 100 students of state senior high school (SMAN) 1 on Jl. Budi Utomo in Central Jakarta staged a demonstration yesterday to protest the school's policies.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Tangerang hospital has VIP pavilion
Tangerang hospital has VIP pavilion JAKARTA (JP): Tangerang regent H. Saifullah AR yesterday inaugurated a VIP pavilion in the complex of the town's general hospital.The construction of the pavilion, called the Wijaya Kusuma Pavilion, was jointly financed by the hospital and PT Menara Mutiara.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Implications of China-Taiwan crisis
Implications of China-Taiwan crisis Although China's current tension with Taiwan is a domestic affair, it will have an impact on the region, writes Dewi Fortuna Anwar. JAKARTA (JP): The heightening tension between China and Taiwan clearly demonstrates one of the reasons why we do not talk about the...
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Semarang air is third worst
Semarang air is third worst SEMARANG: An environmental official from Jakarta yesterday called on the city administration to take steps to reduce air pollution, which he ranked as the third worst in the country after Jakarta and Bandung.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
EAGA shows promise along with host of problems
EAGA shows promise along with host of problems MANILA (Reuter): The East ASEAN Growth Area (EAGA) offers many investment opportunities but is hampered by the depletion of natural resources, poor infrastructure and a lack of skilled labor, a study released yesterday said.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Indonesia queries PNG policy on separatist rebels
Indonesia queries PNG policy on separatist rebels JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas said yesterday that the government will look into the political implications of Papua New Guinea's policy of allowing Free Papua Movement (OPM) leader Moses Weror to maintain his base there.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
No paper in Kendari
No paper in Kendari KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: The province's only daily newspaper Media Kita was not published yesterday due to the late arrival of printing paper from Ujung Pandang, South Sulawesi."I am very disappointed at the late arrival," Media's general manager Benyamin B.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
House agrees on budget amendments
House agrees on budget amendments JAKARTA (JP): The Budgetary Commission of the House of Representatives endorsed yesterday a bill to amend the government's budget for the current fiscal year.The bill will soon be submitted to the House, which is expected to pass it into law.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Dossier on bank fraud suspect sent to prosecutor
Dossier on bank fraud suspect sent to prosecutor JAKARTA (JP): The City Police have handed over the dossier of one of four suspects in the recent HongkongBank fraud case to the Jakarta Provincial Prosecutor's Office.The head of the economic crime section, Lt. Col.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Indonesia awaits Romana's yes to joining tennis team
Indonesia awaits Romana's yes to joining tennis team JAKARTA (JP): Romana Tedjakusuma is expected to join the Federation Cup women's tennis team this week as it gears up for a first-round clash against Belgium next month.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Boeing and Airbus bullish on Asia
Boeing and Airbus bullish on Asia SINGAPORE (AFP): Asia-Pacific economies will propel world air cargo traffic growth into the 21st century, boosting demand for dedicated air freighters, according to officials of the world's two leading plane makers.Boeing Co.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Brebes hit by flood
Brebes hit by flood SEMARANG: More than 170 houses in seven villages near the town of Brebes were swamped by floods on Wednesday after incessant overnight rain.The disaster occurred when the Tengguli Tanggul River, which divides the Tanjung and Paguyangan districts, burst its banks.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Manila to sign repo accord
Manila to sign repo accord MANILA (AFP): The Philippines' central bank is to sign bilateral repurchase agreements with its counterparts in Indonesia and Singapore next week, Central Bank of the Philippines governor Gabriel Singson said yesterday.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Irian copper town calm but tense after riots
Irian copper town calm but tense after riots JAKARTA (JP): The Irian Jayan copper town of Timika and the Tembagapura mine of PT Freeport Indonesia, the giant American copper and gold mining company, were calm but tense yesterday after three days of rioting, residents said.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Soekarno-Hatta airport porters seek better payment
Soekarno-Hatta airport porters seek better payment JAKARTA (JP): About 1,000 workers, mostly porters, at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport are demanding that PT Indonesia National Air Service improve its working conditions and salaries.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Pro-integration Timorese ready for fresh talks
Pro-integration Timorese ready for fresh talks JAKARTA (JP): Fifteen East Timorese leaders will travel to Austria next week for the second round of talks with fellow countrymen opposed to their territory's 1976 integration with Indonesia.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Buyers mull over Pertamina price formula
Buyers mull over Pertamina price formula SINGAPORE (Reuter): Indonesia's state-owned oil firm, Pertamina, has given its term buyers several options in proposed changes to its crude oil price formula effective April 1, oil traders said.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Council upset with Tangerang project
Council upset with Tangerang project JAKARTA (JP): The Tangerang legislative council has urged its administration to cancel a deal with a private company to build a bus terminal and shopping center on the old market site.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Plantation firms merged
Plantation firms merged The merger of the 26 state plantation companies (PTPs) was finally completed on Monday, almost two years after the firms were to be realigned into nine groups in May, 1994, in the first phase of what the government calls the overall reform of the PTPs.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
TV today
TV today 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Ultraman 3:00 News: Lintasan Berita 3:05 Dance 3:30 TV Series: Harapan Nan Sirna 4:00 News: Lintasan Berita 4:05 TV Series: Harapan Nan Sirna (continued) 4:30 Female World: Profile of Min Uno 5:00 Evening News 5:30 Arabic Lessons: Tetangga Dekat...
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
New chiefs
New chiefsCorrection: The photograph of Rear Admiral Arief Kurhariadi, the newly appointed Navy chief of staff, appearing on this page yesterday was inadvertently identified as that of Rear Marshall Sutria Tubagus, the new Air Force chief of staff.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on March 13, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 950 25 9,500 AHAP Insurance 2,800 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,375 0 0 Andayani Megah 1,900 0 0 Aneka Kimia Raya...
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Taiwan crisis monitored from ship in Jakarta
Taiwan crisis monitored from ship in Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): The United States fleet currently deployed near Taiwan to monitor the escalation in the Taiwan Strait has been getting its orders from a ship stationed in Jakarta since Monday.The orders are coming from Vice Admiral Archie R.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Bapepam approves Salomon
Bapepam approves Salomon JAKARTA (JP): PT Salomon Brothers Nusa Securities, a U.S.- Indonesian joint venture, announced yesterday that it has been granted a license by the Capital Market Supervisory Agency (Bapepam) to operate in Indonesia.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Zurich PSP Life opens
Zurich PSP Life opens JAKARTA (JP): PT Zurich PSP Life Insurance Indonesia was launched yesterday with a total paid-up capital of Rp 20 billion (US$8.5 million).The joint-venture company was inaugurated last night at a ceremony attended by Swiss charge d'affaires, Denis Knobel.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Undelivered mail
Undelivered mailFrom Media IndonesiaI sent two important letters to Tanjungsari, Banyuwangi, East Java, in November and December 1995. Neither ever arrived. I only learned this when I visited my hometown during the Idul Fitri holiday. Even a telegram I sent in January 1996 never arrived.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
REI calls for removal of government levies
REI calls for removal of government levies JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Developers Association (REI) said here yesterday that government levies, which account for up to 13 percent of sale prices, discourage its members from building low- cost housing.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Indonesia Open organizers change Jagorawi golf course
Indonesia Open organizers change Jagorawi golf course JAKARTA (JP): In its efforts to make the Indonesia Open golf championship more challenging, organizers have decided to change the Jagorawi Golf and Country Club from a par-72 to a par-71 layout.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
Govt to adopt new development approach
Govt to adopt new development approach JAKARTA (JP): The government will introduce a new approach to economic development by promoting zones with high potential for investments, a minister said yesterday.
Thu, 14 Mar 1996
VAT refund process to be accelerated
VAT refund process to be accelerated JAKARTA (JP): The Director General of Taxes Fuad Bawazier promised yesterday that his office will accelerate the processing of value added tax (VAT) refunds for export-oriented companies in a bid to help boost the country's exports.