Archive: 4 March 1996
41 articles found
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Fresh quake jolts Biak
Fresh quake jolts Biak JAKARTA (JP): The second major earthquake in two weeks shook the Biak Numfor regency yesterday, the Meteorological and Geophysics office said in a statement. There was no immediate report on casualties or damage. The earthquake was registered at 6.1 on the Richter scale. Striking at 7:41 a.m., it had its epicenter under the sea about 80 kilometers east of Biak island, the meteorological agency reported. More than 100 people were killed on Feb.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Public order agency turns 46
Public order agency turns 46 JAKARTA (JP): One may wonder what the real job of the city public order officials is. Not many people are well informed about the public order office. All people generally know is that the officials are seen at every demolition, raids on prostitutes, vendors and beggars or closure of entertainment centers. Nobody seems to care that the city public order agency turned 46 years on March 3, and nobody is really aware of its problems and achievements.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Locals want more say on forests
Locals want more say on forests JAKARTA (JP): The government promised yesterday to involve more indigenous people in the management of the country's forests. Minister of Forestry Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo admitted that indigenous people should play a larger role in making the country's program of sustainable development a success.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Malaysian booters hold Indonesia to 0-0 draw
Malaysian booters hold Indonesia to 0-0 draw JAKARTA (JP): Host Malaysia avenged its SEA Games loss to Indonesia by holding the visiting team 0-0 in an Asian Cup battle at Shah Alam stadium in Selangor on Saturday night. Indonesia, which spoiled two golden goal opportunities during the group IV qualifying round for the Asian Cup finals, blew its chance to relive the glorious moment when it beat Malaysia 3-0 in the Southeast Asian Games in Chiang Mai, Thailand, last year.
Mon, 04 Mar 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: Los Morenitos Vocal Group, Monday, Thursday, Sunday from 7:15 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Los Paraguas Vocal Group, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday from 7:15 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Conference on Islam opens today
Conference on Islam opens today JAKARTA (JP): Ministers in charge of Islamic affairs from Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore will gather in the capital today to review various programs on the development of Islam in the region. The two-day meeting is to be opened by President Soeharto. Senior officials from the four countries met here on Saturday to prepare the agenda of the sixth annual ministerial conference.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Astra invites trainees
Astra invites trainees JAKARTA (JP): The Yayasan Astra Motor foundation will open a technical course for amateur mechanics or small entrepreneurs who are willing to run car service business, Manager of Marketing Planning of PT Toyota Astra Motor D. Hendratmaka said. "We have invited 25 interested trainees to participate in the course which will be held here from March 25 to April 25," Hendratmaka said over the weekend.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Identity sought after Bangkok
Identity sought after Bangkok By Riyadi BANGKOK (JP): The inaugural Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), which concluded here over the weekend, will forge its own identity based on existing mechanisms, says Jusuf Wanandi of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies. Jusuf Wanandi, an analyst with the Jakarta-based think tank, said the meeting will not copy the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum and its sprawling infrastructure.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Chances of new war in Mindanao growing
Chances of new war in Mindanao growing MANILA (AFP): Moslem leader Nur Misuari said yesterday the chances of a new war breaking out in the Philippines' southern Mindanao island have sharply increased after the latest round of peace talks ended in deadlock. The chairman of the rebel Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) also warned in a radio interview of a possible consolidation of Islamic forces in Mindanao to demand a separate Moslem state if the negotiations fail.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Respiratory diseases kill 229
Respiratory diseases kill 229 WAMENA, Irian Jaya: Respiratory diseases have killed 229 people since January in two subdistricts in the Jayawijaya regency, an official said over the weekend. Jayawijaya regent J.B. Wenas said that the diseases claimed 120 lives in the Okbibab subdistrict and another 109 in the Wamena subdistrict of Trikora. He said a complete picture of the epidemic affecting the two subdistricts is difficult to obtain because of the absence of communication facilities.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Prosperity only way to democracy, says UI scholar
Prosperity only way to democracy, says UI scholar JAKARTA (JP): Prosperity will beget democracy in Indonesia as it has in other newly industrialized Asian countries, believes academic Nazaruddin Sjamsudin. "Economic development is a pre-condition for democracy and political development," Nazaruddin said at the University of Indonesia. The increasing prosperity of the Indonesian people after 25 years of development has fueled the demand for more political openness.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
RP urged to pay cash to ex-rebels
RP urged to pay cash to ex-rebels MANILA (AFP): An opposition senator yesterday urged the Philippine government to fulfill its promise of financial assistance to surrendered rebels in order to prevent them from returning to the hills. The statement from Senator Ernesto Herrera was in reaction to a report by the Philippine Amnesty Commission that some 4,000 communist and Moslem rebels who surrendered under an amnesty program have threatened to rejoin their comrades.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Various ways of putting satellite in orbit
Various ways of putting satellite in orbit JAKARTA (JP): Human-made satellites are usually lofted into space by expendable launch vehicles, or boosters. The vehicle or launcher is a rocket-powered vehicle launched from the Earth's surface or from an aircraft that can boost a satellite through the Earth's atmosphere and place it into orbit above the Earth or other planetary bodies. A launch vehicle typically has more than one stage of propulsive devices.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
MPs to urge RP to review penalty
MPs to urge RP to review penalty TOKYO (AFP): Lawmakers here are to petition Philippine President Fidel Ramos for a review of the case of a Japanese man sentenced to death for possessing 1.9 kilograms of marijuana, a daily said yesterday. A total of 24 members of parliament from both ruling and opposition parties are to send a letter to Ramos asking for a review on the sentence on Eiji Suzuki, 39, the Tokyo Shimbun said.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
YMI teachers
YMI teachers From Kompas We have been teaching at the YMI (Indonesia Yamaha Music) for 12 years. In our early years with the school, our salaries (a certain percentage of the school fees) were satisfactory. Later, however, the percentage was cut bit by bit, despite the increase of the school fees charged to the students. We appointed a representative to discuss the matter but we did not hear a word from him. We are now worried about our fate.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Palapa's unifies the archipelago
Palapa's unifies the archipelago PT Satelindo invited I. Christianto of The Jakarta Post to witness the launching of the Palapa-C1 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Jan. 31. The following are his reports on competition in the spacecraft business and other satellite-related matters.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Probosutedjo backs out of Dayak Besar deal
Probosutedjo backs out of Dayak Besar deal JAKARTA (JP): Businessman Probosutedjo, who agreed last year to take over the debt-ridden timber companies of PT Dayak Besar Group (DBG), has decided to back out of the deal because the company's debts are too much for him to handle.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Businessman Eddi Kowara dies at 77
Businessman Eddi Kowara dies at 77 JAKARTA (JP): Eddi Kowara Adiwinata, one of Indonesia's most successful indigenous entrepreneurs, died Saturday night at the age of 77 at the Mt. Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore. Survived by 10 children and 26 grandchildren, Kowara is the father-in-law of President Soeharto's eldest daughter Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana. Born in Banten, West Java, on Sept.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
PDI seminar broken up
PDI seminar broken up SURABAYA: About 200 Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) activists disrupted a seminar on the upcoming election organized by intra-party rivals. The incident involved supporters of Latief Pudjosakti and Sutjipto, who each claim to be the legitimate chairman of the party's East Java chapter. The seminar, attended by students, party activists and labor leaders, was sponsored by Sutjipto, who was appointed chapter chief by PDI executive board chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Shooting case trial begins
Shooting case trial begins JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta District Court has begun the trial of Priyo Pujo Prabowo who stands accused of shooting at a five-star hotel and a bank building located in Central Jakarta last year. In his indictment Prosecutor Esther Datu Rante charged the suspect Thursday with illegally possessing a long-barrel riffle and later using it to fire shots at Shangri-La Hotel and the Bank Bumi Daya building on Oct. 29.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Woman-eating crocodile stuffed
Woman-eating crocodile stuffed SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: A 7.6-meter-long crocodile killed after devouring a woman in Kutai last week will be stuffed. Kutai regent H.A.M. Sulaiman said here on Saturday that PT Pupuk Kaltim and PT LNG Bontang have agreed to provide about 100 bottles of formaldehyde needed to stuff the beast. "The animal will be kept in the Mulawarman Museum in Tenggarong, Kutai," Sulaiman was quoted by Antara as saying.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
UI seeks approval to manage own funds, resources
UI seeks approval to manage own funds, resources JAKARTA (JP): The rector of the state-owned University of Indonesia (UI) wants the government to give the university the autonomy to manage its own funds and human resources, in order to improve standards and face global competition in the future. The university's rector, M.K.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Telkom plans promotion drive
Telkom plans promotion drive JAKARTA (JP): State-owned telecommunication company PT Telkom's Jakarta office plans to launch a one-month promotion in Greater Jakarta. Bambang Riady Oemar, head of the PT Telkom Jakarta office, said on Saturday that the campaign, between March 11 and April 20, will offer customers new phone lines. "Those who want to have new or additional phone lines can apply.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
The Soeharto-Guterres encounter
The Soeharto-Guterres encounter An important event has occurred in Indonesia-Portuguese relations. In Bangkok, Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Guterres met with President Soeharto. Relations between the two countries soured some 20 years ago after East Timor's integration into Indonesia. That process occurred after Portugal hastily abandoned its colony of East Timor, leaving behind a state of chaos.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
1,000 educators gather for national meeting
1,000 educators gather for national meeting By Santi WE Soekanto UJUNGPANDANG (JP): Some 1,000 educators will gather today for the third national conference on education, with this year's focus on ways to adjust Indonesia's programs to the demands of globalization. The first convention in 1988 in Bandung drafted an education law, while the second in 1992 in Medan, North Sumatra, discussed how to implement the law.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Freeport to fund new copper project
Freeport to fund new copper project SCOTTSDALE, Ariz (Reuter): Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold said it is close to concluding a finance package to fund a new 200,000 ton copper smelter and refinery in Gresik, East Java. Freeport's vice-president of finance, Robert Wohleber, said the company is in the detailed process of arranging and completing finance for the new $650 million smelter. "I would say we would hope to have this completed mid-part of this year," Wohleber said.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Bankers Trust-Dharmala deal
Bankers Trust-Dharmala deal WASHINGTON (Reuter): Bankers Trust New York Corp. said it settled lawsuits over derivatives dealings with PT Dharmala Sakti Sejahtera of Indonesia. Dharmala lost US$69 million on interest rate swaps it entered with Bankers Trust in early 1994, but it refused to pay the bank, saying it had been misled.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Auto firms cool on new regulation
Auto firms cool on new regulation JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian automotive industry has agreed not to debate the contents of the Presidential decree No.2/1996 which gives tax exemption to the newly-established auto-maker, PT Timor Putera Nasional. "We have discussed both the positive and negative impacts of the regulation. And none of us objected to its contents," said the Chairman of the Indonesian Automotive Industries Association (GAIKINDO), Herman Z. Latief.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Siemens responds
Siemens responds This is in response to the letter by a Siemens employee to The Jakarta Post concerning Siemens' management. As it can be necessary for a project office, we sometimes hire people for a certain period of time to fulfill a special task. This is applicable for expatriates as well as Indonesian staff. In general however, we hire Indonesian staff on a long-term basis.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Govt team to keep state firms and agencies in line
Govt team to keep state firms and agencies in line JAKARTA (JP): The special import monitoring team set up on the basis of a presidential decree last week will ensure that government and state company projects remain on track, a senior official said over the weekend. "Many projects undertaken by state companies to date have deviated from the track of the government's development priority program," said State Minister of National Development Planning Ginandjar Kartasasmita.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Turning IKIPs to universities
Turning IKIPs to universities By Mochtar Buchori JAKARTA (JP): The past year has seen a number of teacher training institutes being converted into universities. Among the first were the IKIP Sanata Dharma, a Catholic Institute for Teachers Training in Yogyakarta which has now become Universitas Katolik Sanata Dharma, the IKIP Muhammadiyah Purwokerto, now Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto and the IKIP Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, now Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Indonesians obsessed with power: Sarwono
Indonesians obsessed with power: Sarwono JAKARTA (JP): Presidential succession is one of the most talked about topics of discussion in the country because Indonesians are obsessed with power, said one of the country's cabinet ministers over the weekend. State Minister of Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja said in an interview with The Jakarta Post that Indonesians are so fascinated by power that they tirelessly talk about succession as if it was the only thing they need to watch.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Brunei Airways to London
Brunei Airways to London YANGON (Reuter): Brunei Airways will begin a Brunei-London flight in October, Myanmar's official media reported on Saturday. State-run newspapers said Royal Brunei Airways general manager George Tan made the announcement at a meeting with Hotel and Tourism Minister Lieutenant-General Kyaw Ba on Friday. Tan said a Boeing 767 will make a twice-weekly Brunei-Yangon- Abu Dhabi-London flight.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Teaching Mandarin okay for tourism
Teaching Mandarin okay for tourism JAKARTA (JP): The government's decision last year to allow language schools to teach Mandarin was mainly taken to boost tourism, says a senior official of the Ministry of Education and Culture. Director general for extra-curricular activities and sports Soedijarto, who oversees language schools in the country, said that licenses to teach Mandarin are given under strict State Intelligence Coordinating Board conditions.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Govt must take measures to keep rice prices intact
Govt must take measures to keep rice prices intact JAKARTA (JP): The government must make an all-out effort to keep rice prices from falling below the official floor price so farmers are protected against unfavorable market conditions, an agricultural economist says.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
ASEM takes off
ASEM takes off The foundation for greater Asia-Europe cooperation has been established. The leaders from 10 Asian and 15 European Union countries, who concluded their first summit meeting between the two regions in Bangkok over the weekend, should be commended for initiating the new forum. Credit must also be given to the host country, Thailand, whose diplomatic skills contributed greatly to the success of the first Asia-Europe meeting (Asem).
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Mountaineers die on Mt. Ciremai
Mountaineers die on Mt. Ciremai BANDUNG, West Java: Two mountaineers were found dead and two others were in critical condition on Mount Ciremai in Kuningan, West Java, over the weekend. Second Sergeant Haeruddin of the Cilimus police station in Kuningan identified the dead as Azis and Mulyono, both from Cirebon, West Java, and the two in a critical condition as Adi and Cahyo.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Tangerang police chief refuses to meet reporters
Tangerang police chief refuses to meet reporters JAKARTA (JP): The Tangerang police chief refused to receive a photojournalist who wanted to explain the detail of his dispute with a local village head. Robin Ong, former photographer at banned Tempo magazine, who came to the Tangerang police precinct with six reporters on Friday failed to meet the precinct chief, Lt. Col. Hari Setiabudhi, who chose to stay in his room.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Aryaduta to run hotel in Bogor
Aryaduta to run hotel in Bogor JAKARTA (JP): Aryaduta Hotel Management Ltd., a hotel management firm affiliated with the publicly-listed PT Hotel Prapatan, will run a property called Hotel Lido in Bogor, West Java. Hotel Lido's spokesperson, Vitri M. Soehardjo, told The Jakarta Post over the weekended that Aryaduta will manage the three-star hotel for four years. Since it began operation last July, the hotel was run by PT Lidosarana Prima which owns the property.
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Saber Rider and The Star Sheriff 3:00 News: Lintasan Berita 3:05 Children Program: Riang Ria 3:30 TV Series: Crystal Maze 4:00 News: Lintasan Berita 4:05 TV Series: Crystal Maze (continued) 4:30 Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:00 Evening News 5:25 Travel: My Country 5:30 Technology: Pupuk Khusus Lahan Gambut 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country: Riau 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Religious Teachings: Hindu 7:00 Evening News...
Mon, 04 Mar 1996, 00:00 WIB
Siemens
Siemens I work at Siemens Telecommunication Project Office in Pulo Mas, East Jakarta, and I have observed with concern this company's activities. This letter is meant as constructive criticism toward Siemens themselves and as input for the Ministry of Manpower and PT Telkom. Siemens has operated in this country for 100 years and should be professional in all aspects. But in reality the conditions are different.