Archive: 6 March 1996
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Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Dry season around the corner: Agency
Dry season around the corner: Agency JAKARTA (JP): The dry season this year will begin as early as April in Jakarta and most northern areas of East Java, which means that during March there will still be rainfall, the weather forecast agency says.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Robbery suspect surrenders
Robbery suspect surrenders SURABAYA: A fourth suspect in the Rp 1.2 billion ($520 million) heist at a local sub-branch of Bank Panin has turned himself in to the police after his mother made an appeal on newspapers and television, Antara reported.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Sempati Air to drop voucher system
Sempati Air to drop voucher system JAKARTA(JP): Sempati Air, one of Indonesia's private airlines, is to drop its On Time Guarantee program (OTG), a voucher system introduced in 1991 to assure passengers of the carrier's efforts to provide on-time schedules.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Courier services told to reregister licenses
Courier services told to reregister licenses JAKARTA (JP): The government will revoke the licenses of courier services if they fail to reregister their licenses by May, an official says.Director General of Post and Telecommunications, Djakaria Purawidjaja, told reporters yesterday the revocation...
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Educators place blame but come up short on solutions
Educators place blame but come up short on solutionsBy Santi WE Soekanto UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi (JP): Poorly qualified teachers are the main obstacle to improving the education system in Indonesia, educators taking part in a national congress on education said yesterday.H.A.R.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Indonesia to host parachuting c'ships
Indonesia to host parachuting c'ships JAKARTA (JP): The 6th World Parachuting Championships this June in Jakarta will be a prelude to the Indonesia Air Show, an official said yesterday.Executive chairman of the Indonesian Aero Sport Federation, Vice Marshal Purnomo Sidhi, said that he would arrange...
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Malaysia raises oil price
Malaysia raises oil price SINGAPORE (Reuter): Malaysian state oil company Petronas has hiked its February lifting Tapis crude oil price by 16 cents to US$21.05 per barrel against $20.89 in January, traders said.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Bhutto brings along 80 business leaders
Bhutto brings along 80 business leaders JAKARTA (JP): Pakistani Prime Minister Mohtrama Benazir Bhutto will be bringing along at least 80 business leaders when she visits Indonesia for three days beginning tomorrow.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
RI beach spikers to go to Atlanta
RI beach spikers to go to Atlanta JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia qualified for the men's and women's beach volleyball events in the Atlanta Olympic Games at the final selection tournament in Rio de Janeiro over the weekend.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
ABRI firm on human rights abuse
ABRI firm on human rights abuse JAKARTA (JP): Armed Forces (ABRI) Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung promised yesterday that no soldier will go unpunished for human rights violations.Feisal told a hearing with Commission I of the House of Representatives that respect for human rights is very much a part of...
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
KL trade balance to improve
KL trade balance to improve KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's trade balance is expected to improve in 1996 allowing the government to shift concern to inflation-control, analysts said yesterday, ahead of the release of December trade data.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Man ordered jailed for rape
Man ordered jailed for rape SINGAPORE (AFP): A Singaporean business executive has been jailed for eight years and ordered to be caned six strokes by a local court for raping his Indonesian maid, news reports said yesterday.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Special meeting urged to settle tennis dispute
Special meeting urged to settle tennis dispute JAKARTA (JP): National tennis coach Deddy Prasetyo yesterday demanded a meeting with the Jakarta tennis governing body to solve a growing rift between them.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Transportation ministry scraps fees, cuts permits
Transportation ministry scraps fees, cuts permits JAKARTA (JP): The ministry of transportation yesterday abolished four major types of administration fee and reduced the number of permits under its jurisdiction as part of the government drive to cut the costs of doing business.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Pakistan, Indonesia complement each other economically
Pakistan, Indonesia complement each other economically This week Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto visits Indonesia. The following is an interview with Mustafa Kamal Kazi, the new Pakistan Ambassador to Indonesia.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
2,000 Chinese gain citizenship
2,000 Chinese gain citizenship SEMARANG: As many as 2,000 people of Chinese descent in Central Java have gained Indonesian citizenship and will soon take an oath before the Minister of Justice here.More than 8,000 Chinese people in the province applied for citizenship following a presidential order...
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Drowned officer found
Drowned officer found JAKARTA (JP): Suhana, alias Surono, who drowned on Sunday in Jakarta Bay, was found dead by a local fisherman yesterday on the Cilincing beach, North Jakarta.A friend of the victim, Dai, confirmed the dead body was Suhana's.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Top investor in Indonesia
Top investor in Indonesia On Wednesday, Feb. 28, 1996, I watched a RCTI interview with the new American Ambassador, who had just presented his credentials to President Soeharto.In the interview he said, among other things, that the United States is the biggest investor in Indonesia.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Women shun guide jobs
Women shun guide jobs SURABAYA: Tourist guides are mostly male because society still cannot accept the thought of women spending long hours with foreign tourists, according to the East Java chapter of the Association of Tourist Guides.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
KL, Bangkok join in gas venture
KL, Bangkok join in gas venture BANGKOK (AFP): The Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT) and Malaysia's Petroleum Nasional Bhd. (Petronas) agreed yesterday on principles for the joint exploitation of natural gas in the Gulf of Thailand.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Smartcard phones to start ringing
Smartcard phones to start ringing JAKARTA (JP): Four private companies will soon be running public telephones using the new Smartcard technology.During the first phase, the four firms together with the state-owned telephone company, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom), will install and operate on...
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Timor Putra needs 5 years of protection: Businessman
Timor Putra needs 5 years of protection: Businessman JAKARTA (JP): PT Timor Putra Nasional -- the pioneer car assembly company which has been granted import duty and luxury sales tax exemptions needs to be protected for at least five years, commissioner of the Udatinda Group Frits Hendrik Eman said...
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Soeharto calls for Islamic moderation
Soeharto calls for Islamic moderation JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday called on Islamic leaders in Southeast Asia to preach moderation.Addressing a meeting of ministers from the region who oversee Islamic affairs, Soeharto said religious extremism has no place in society, at least in...
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
HK rushes to learn Mandarin for 1997
HK rushes to learn Mandarin for 1997By Kwan Chooi Tow HONG KONG (Reuter): In a cramped Hong Kong classroom, multinational executive Fjorn Cho struggles with the vowels of Mandarin Chinese and an alphabet called pinyin.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
HBL restaurant
HBL restaurant With reference to the article written by Dini S. Djalal published in The Jakarta Post on Feb. 24, 1996, on page 5, we find that some points of the article are not accurate, so the article could mislead your readers.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Police cars hamper traffic
Police cars hamper traffic JAKARTA (JP): Five broken down cars yesterday celebrated their first anniversary of being abandoned by the East Jakarta police precinct on a heavily congested street."We daren't say anything because these vehicles belong to police office," said Amran, a shop owner on Jl.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Councilors urge municipality to abandon bartering system
Councilors urge municipality to abandon bartering system JAKARTA (JP): A commission of the city council has urged the municipality to save its assets by no longer using the barter process to get new facilities.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
German corpse in morgue
German corpse in morgue JAKARTA (JP): The corpse of a German man kept at the Cipto Mangunkusumo hospital's morgue since Feb. 27 has yet to be claimed by his relatives.A hospital official said yesterday that the body of M.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Six killed, 37 others injured in bus inferno
Six killed, 37 others injured in bus inferno TANGERANG (JP): Six people, including a child, died of serious burns and 37 others were injured when their overloaded bus turned over and exploded on the Merak-Jakarta highway early yesterday morning.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
France keen to join ARF
France keen to join ARF KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): France yesterday expressed interest in joining the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) on security as it seeks a higher profile in Asia, especially in the Southeast Asian region.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Amazing 3:05 Talks: Pengorbanan 3:30 Science: Science World 4:05 Among Us 4:30 Documentary 5:00 Evening News 5:30 Indonesian Lessons 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country: South Sumatra 6:15 Village Program 6:45...
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Irianese backed in quest for policy change
Irianese backed in quest for policy change JAKARTA (JP): A retired Army general, a human rights campaigner and a number of activists have found many shortcomings in the government's policy on Irian Jaya, especially in the area of human rights.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Traffic congestion in Depok
Traffic congestion in DepokFrom NeracaThe everyday traffic congestion in Depok, Bogor, needs addressing. During morning and afternoon peak hours it takes me half an hour to get to Depok II from the Arief Rachman Hakim junction.
Wed, 06 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.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Bambang elected chief of Legal Aid foundation
Bambang elected chief of Legal Aid foundation JAKARTA (JP): Bambang Widjojanto, a lawyer experienced in handling tough political cases, yesterday won the election for the coveted post of chairman of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI).
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Teacher colleges should be transformed slowly
Teacher colleges should be transformed slowly UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi (JP): The government's plan to convert state-run teacher training institutes (IKIPs) into full- fledged universities should happen gradually, say education experts.H.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Nurfaizi installed as new natioanl police spokesman
Nurfaizi installed as new natioanl police spokesman JAKARTA (JP): National Police Chief Gen. Banurusman Astrosemitro yesterday installed Brig. Gen. Nurfauzi as the new Indonesian Police spokesman replacing Brig. Gen. IK Ratta, who went into retirement.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
626 billboards in peril
626 billboards in peril JAKARTA (JP): A city administration team may remove 626 billboards for reasons ranging from failing to pay their taxes to improper use of the Indonesian language, head of the City Revenue Office Wahab Rachmatsjah says.The team began its examination yesterday.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Boatpeople in HK reduced to 20,000
Boatpeople in HK reduced to 20,000 HONG KONG (AFP): The number of Vietnamese boatpeople in Hong Kong detention camps has dropped to less than 20,000, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said yesterday.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Officials fear empowering the masses
Officials fear empowering the masses YOGYAKARTA (JP): The concept of empowering the people to promote national development has been slow to catch on among government officials, State Minister for National Development Planning Ginandjar Kartasasmita said yesterday.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Meekatharra to proceed with RI mine
Meekatharra to proceed with RI mine SYDNEY (Reuter): Meekatharra Minerals Ltd. said yesterday its board had decided to proceed with the development of a gold mine at Way Linggo in Southern Sumatra, Indonesia, after drilling increased its resource by 22 percent.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on March 5, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ----------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 800 0 14,500 AHAP Insurance 2,800 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,375 0 0 Andayani Megah 2,025 -75 89,500 Aneka Kimia...
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Santa Fe finds oil
Santa Fe finds oil JAKARTA (JP): Santa Fe Salawati, an affiliate of Santa Fe Energy Resources and a production sharing of state-oil firm Pertamina, has found oil and gas in Salawati island, Irian Jaya.Pertamina said in a statement yesterday that Santa Fe Salawati had drilled a 9,813-foot well,...
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Student initiation
Student initiationFrom TirasI am deeply concerned about the death of Zaki Tifan Lazuardian during initiation week at the Bandung Institute of Technology. This tarnishes the reputation of the institution which has produced many leaders and reputable scientists.
Wed, 06 Mar 1996
Only 39% of JSX shareholders eligible to nominate directors
Only 39% of JSX shareholders eligible to nominate directors JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) yesterday said that only 39 percent of its 197 shareholders are qualified to nominate the exchange's new boards of directors and commissioners.