Archive: 19 March 1996
42 articles found
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Election watchdog
Election watchdog Anyone who dreams of a more democratic Indonesia should applaud the establishment of the Independent Election Monitoring Committee (KIPP) in Jakarta last week. The presence of the independent watchdog will of course not improve Indonesia's democracy overnight, but it proves that...
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Driver stabbed to death
Driver stabbed to death JAKARTA (JP): A driver was stabbed to death on Saturday in a fight with four criminals who robbed his girlfriend in Cawang, East Jakarta.The brother of the driver, Malik, told The Jakarta Post at his house yesterday that Tulus, 23, was trying to catch one of the four thugs...
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Police arrest marijuana farmer
Police arrest marijuana farmer MEDAN, North Sumatra: Police have arrested a farmer in the Tanah Karo regency and confiscated around 100 marijuana plants he had allegedly grown in his field, Antara reported yesterday.Police spokesman Lt. Col.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Ministry attempts to boost efficiency
Ministry attempts to boost efficiency JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Industry and Trade Tunky Ariwibowo said yesterday that his ministry is trying to boost efficiency by providing better services to private sector businesses.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Gemini to lose concession
Gemini to lose concession JAKARTA (JP): The government is revoking PT Gemini Timber Joint Corp.'s exploitation rights over its forest concession in the Kolaka district of Southeast Sulawesi, the province's governor said.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Boar bloodbath in Bengkulu
Boar bloodbath in Bengkulu BENGKULU, Bengkulu: During the last week around 300 crop- damaging wild boars have been shot dead by members of the Indonesian Target Shooting and Hunting Association.The head of the team, which comes from Central Java, Rustam Sentiko, said Friday that the efforts to...
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Howard to visit Asian countries later this year
Howard to visit Asian countries later this year SYDNEY (AFP): Australian Prime Minister John Howard is likely to visit Japan, South Korea and Indonesia later this year to underpin his commitment to economic engagement with the region, government sources said yesterday.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Danamon-EDS venture
Danamon-EDS venture JAKARTA (JP): The Danamon Group of Indonesia and Electronic Data Systems (EDS) Corp. of the United States agreed yesterday to form a joint venture on information technology services.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Indonesia eyes Polish technological expertise
Indonesia eyes Polish technological expertise JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is hoping to benefit from Polish industrial technological expertise, particularly in shipbuilding, through the current state visit of Polish Prime Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Polluted Ciliwung kills mounds of fish
Polluted Ciliwung kills mounds of fish JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of fish were found dead and floating in the Ciliwung river over the weekend, city environmental officials reported yesterday.The head of the city's environmental study and monitoring office, Ali Rozy, said at City Hall that his office...
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Asian palm oil prices to remain steady this week
Asian palm oil prices to remain steady this week KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Asian palm and laurics oil prices will hold steady this week, regional traders said yesterday.They said Indonesian palm prices would be fueled by a supply shortage but that their upside could be capped by government...
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Habitat II: Coping with looming issues of urbanized world
Habitat II: Coping with looming issues of urbanized world JAKARTA (JP): The world is steadily becoming more urban, as people move to cities and towns. They search for employment and educational opportunities and higher standards of living, migrating from rural lands that can no longer support them.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Fire destroys furniture shop
Fire destroys furniture shop TANGERANG (JP): Fire ravaged a furniture factory located on Jl. Yos Sudarso Tangerang on Sunday night.No fatalities were reported and the amount of financial damage is still uncertain.Eyewitnesses said the fire started at about 9 p.m.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Police force adapting to challenges: Feisal
Police force adapting to challenges: Feisal SEMARANG (JP): Armed Forces Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung said yesterday that the National Police force is working to adapt to changing circumstances."I'm encouraged to see that the growing challenges to public security and order have been accompanied by the...
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Govt turns down PT Freeport closure demands
Govt turns down PT Freeport closure demands JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of National Development Planning Ginandjar Kartasasmita rejected yesterday petitions by some Irian Jaya tribal chiefs that the PT Freeport Indonesia mining operation be closed down.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Harmoko backs general's claim on ruling Golkar
Harmoko backs general's claim on ruling Golkar JAKARTA (JP): Golkar chairman Harmoko yesterday backed Army Chief Gen. Hartono's controversial claim that every member of the Armed Forces (ABRI) is a cadre of the ruling political group.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Mobile Selular gets $60 million loan
Mobile Selular gets $60 million loan JAKARTA (JP): PT Mobile Selular Indonesia (Mobisel), a private cellular telecommunications provider, signed an agreement yesterday on a US$60 million credit facility with Nissho Iwai International of Japan.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Newmont starts producing gold in North Sulawesi
Newmont starts producing gold in North Sulawesi JAKARTA (JP): PT Newmont Minahasa Raya, an Indonesian- Australian joint venture, will soon start producing 100,000 ounces of gold bullion per annum in Minahasa, North Sulawesi, the company announced in Manado yesterday.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on March 18, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 900 -50 4,000 AHAP Insurance 2,800 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,375 0 0 Andayani Megah 1,975 0 0 Aneka...
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Sisindosat looking for strategic partners
Sisindosat looking for strategic partners JAKARTA (JP): PT Sisindosat Lintasbuana, a sister company of state-owned PT Indosat, is looking for strategic partners to enhance the performance of its value-added telecommunications services.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Govt warns election watchdog
Govt warns election watchdog JAKARTA (JP): The National Election Supervision Committee yesterday warned the activists who formed an independent watchdog to monitor the 1997 election to stay out of its way.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Feasibility studies key to small company's progress
Feasibility studies key to small company's progress JAKARTA (JP): Manpower Ministry and state-owned Bank Rakyat Indonesia started yesterday a one week-course on entrepreneurship feasibility for small and medium-scale businesspeople to help them obtain collateral free loans.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Postal Internet service
Postal Internet service BANDUNG, West Java (JP): State-owned postal service company PT Pos Indonesia (Posindo) plans to expand the network of its Internet service to the capitals of the country's 27 provinces by the end of this year.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
DongNam joins Clemont
DongNam joins Clemont JAKARTA (JP): DongNam Bank of South Korea plans to acquire a 50 percent stake at PT Clemont Finance Indonesia Corp., a multi- finance firm affiliated to the Korindo Group of Indonesia.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Pasaraya near closing time
Pasaraya near closing time On March 16, 1996, my young daughter and I were shopping at the Pasaraya department store in Blok M, South Jakarta. At 9:00 p.m. we were asked to leave by the young floor manager, who stated that they wished to close 30 minutes early.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Two people die as riots rock Jayapura
Two people die as riots rock Jayapura JAKARTA (JP): A market was torched and several cars and houses damaged as hundreds of students and youths ran riot in Jayapura yesterday, officials and residents in the Irian Jaya capital said.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Australia may adopt pragmatic Asian policy
Australia may adopt pragmatic Asian policyBy Michael Perry SYDNEY (Reuter): Australia's new conservative government seems determined to quickly build bilateral bridges with Asia through a series of official visits and by using a special envoy to help with difficult relations.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Quest for victory drains national shuttlers: Icuk
Quest for victory drains national shuttlers: Icuk JAKARTA (JP): "Exploitation" and no freedom of expression could explain why Indonesian top shuttlers flopped in the just concluded All England, according to Icuk Sugiarto.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Youths learn trades in Japan
Youths learn trades in Japan PADANG, West Sumatra: Forty-six local youths left for Japan on Sunday to take part in an apprenticeship program in a number of companies, Antara reported yesterday.The head of the provincial manpower office, Fachri Thaharuddin, said each of the youths will get a monthly...
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Bank audit seminar
Bank audit seminar JAKARTA (JP): PT Auditsi Utama, which offers internal audit services for banks, will host a three-day seminar on the integrated auditing of banking applications at the Grand Hyatt hotel next month.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Police wage war on gambling
Police wage war on gambling SEMARANG: Police said yesterday that they will take firm measures against gambling in the Central Java capital city and those caught in red handed will be processed according to the.Maj. Gen.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Murder case takes new twist
Murder case takes new twist JAKARTA (JP): The blood found in the house of the main murder suspect, Philipus, matches the three murder victims' blood types, a court was told yesterday.Forensic experts who took blood samples in the victims' house in the Bambu Apus subdistrict of East Jakarta, told...
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Robbers kill servant
Robbers kill servant TANGERANG (JP): A servant was killed in his employer's house in Ciledug, Tangerang yesterday afternoon.Police assume the murder was premeditated and conducted by acquaintances of the victim. No force seemed to have been used to enter the house.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Moving Bali
Moving BaliFrom Suara KaryaI read in the Kompas daily on March 3, 1996, that there is a Bali Village project in A Kung Tien, South Taiwan. It was built by Kung, whose mother comes from Surabaya, East Java. About 80 artists and craftsmen were recruited from Bali.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Crisis of Taiwan
Crisis of Taiwan At the time of the Tang dynasty, and later during the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the Indonesian empires of Sriwijaya and Majapahit covered a larger part of the archipelago, including Malaysia's peninsular.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Discipline
DisciplineFrom Media IndonesiaIn the effort to uphold discipline people should be encouraged, sometimes forced, to queue when asking for service in banks, offices and at bus stops, etc. Everyone should get equal treatment.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Kid's Songs 3:05 Music: Diletansia 3:30 Film: Road to Avonlea 4:00 News: Lintasan Berita 4:05 Film: Road to Avonlea (continued) 4:30 Science Film: The Great Day of Century 5:00 Regional News 5:30 English Lessons: Idiomatic Expression 6:05...
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Ting Seen to set up fish processing plant
Ting Seen to set up fish processing plant JAKARTA (JP): PT Ting Seen Banda Sejahtera will establish canned fish and fish meal plants in Tual, in the southeastern part of Maluku province, with an investment of US$200 million."The construction of the plants will start this month.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
HK, Taiwan marts make slight gains
HK, Taiwan marts make slight gains HONG KONG (Reuter): Asian stock markets showed little movement yesterday with Taipei and Hong Kong shares closing slightly higher despite China's new round of war drills near Taiwan.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Minority parties voice growing frustration
Minority parties voice growing frustration YOGYAKARTA (JP): The massive rallies held over the weekend by minority party supporters indicates a growing frustration with the ruling Golkar organization's political maneuvering, political observer Riswanda Imawan said yesterday.
Tue, 19 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.
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
Bambang to lead SEAG consortium
Bambang to lead SEAG consortium JAKARTA (JP): The 19th Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee yesterday named President Soeharto's eldest son Bambang Trihatmodjo coordinator of an underwriting consortium for the biennial sporting event.