Archive: 12 June 1996
51 articles found
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Australia's focus on Asia
Australia's focus on Asia MELBOURNE (JP): Jamie Mackie, retired professor of politics at Australia National University, believes that Australia's turn towards Asia did not start with former prime minister Paul Keating and his foreign affairs minister Gareth Evans. An attempt to prove the point was made at a conference here titled New Directions in Australian Foreign Policy, Australia and Indonesia 1945-1950.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Justice Adi wants fresh inquiry
Justice Adi wants fresh inquiry JAKARTA (JP): Deputy Chief Justice for General Crimes Adi Andojo Soetjipto said yesterday that the team investigating the alleged collusion and bribery at the Supreme Court has not been comprehensive and objective enough in its work. "How could it have concluded that there has been no collusion in the face of so much evidence to the contrary?" Adi told reporters in his office yesterday. He said he was not satisfied with the team's final report.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on June 11, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 925 0 0 AHAP Insurance 2,800 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 700 0 12,500 Andayani Megah 1,225 25 255,000 Aneka Kimia Raya 4,400 0 0 Anwar Sierad 2,175 -25 15,000 Aqua Golden Mississippi 2,300 0 0 Argha Karya Prima Industry 3,100 -50 5,500 Argo Pantes 1,975 0 0 Asahimas Flat 2,625 -75 1,500 Asiana IMI Indusrties...
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
National football
National football I am disappointed that The Jakarta Post does not carry more sports news about our very exciting national football competitions. This is an unfortunate time to mention this since you did carry our Uber and Thomas triumphs in Hong Kong recently, and you reported on the Lazio game. If there is an international exhibition or contest you do report it, but what of the national Dunhill League competitions happening right now?
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Evershine pays dividends
Evershine pays dividends JAKARTA (JP): PT Evershine Tex, a publicly-listed textile company, has won approval from its shareholders to allocate 52 percent of its net profits in 1995 to a final dividend. Its net profit increased slightly from Rp 22.3 billion in 1994 to Rp 24.2 billion last year. The company issued a statement yesterday disclosing that the total dividend amounts to Rp 12.6 billion (US$5.3 million), with each share worth Rp 100.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Bakrie to enter Uzbekistan
Bakrie to enter Uzbekistan JAKARTA (JP): To strengthen its presence in Uzbekistan, the Bakrie Group of Indonesia will participate in the bidding for the reconstruction of the telecommunications network in Tashkent. The group said in a statement yesterday that it had discussed the new project and also its other projects in Uzbekistan with the visiting telecommunication mission here.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
International agencies bullish on RP
International agencies bullish on RP International economic forecasting agencies are unanimous in predicting a sustained growth for the Philippines this year. With its estimated 6 percent economic growth last year, the UN World Economic and Social Survey says the country has closed in on the performance of exploding Asian economies and is set to join the ranks of the world's fastest growing countries.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Citra builds skyway in Manila
Citra builds skyway in Manila In metropolitan Manila, an elevated toll road project known as the Metro Manila Skyway, is being undertaken using mostly Indonesian equity and technology. Indonesia's Citra Marga Nusaphala Persada, Citra Lamtoro Gung Persada, Bhaskara Duniajaya and Matra Sarana Aristama will initially invest US$55 million in the Skyway company, Citra Metro Manila Tollways Corporation (CMMTC).
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Higher costs hurt textile exporters
Higher costs hurt textile exporters JAKARTA (JP): Exports of Indonesia's textiles and textile- related products has steadily declined in the last five years, due to increasing production costs, the secretary-general of the Indonesian Textile Association said yesterday.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Car troubles
Car troubles We will soon have a national car, after almost 25 years as merely a car assembler. I am glad to know I will not have to pay three times the original value for the domestically assembled cars. I don't understand why the Japanese are complaining about the national car policy after being given 25 years to a produce an Indonesian car.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Ometraco revenues up
Ometraco revenues up JAKARTA (JP): Ometraco Corporation announced yesterday that it booked Rp 382 billion (US$162 million) in consolidated revenues during the first quarter of this year, surpassing the Rp 234 billion recorded in the same period of last year. The company said in a statement that revenues from its financial division rose from Rp 15 billion in the first quarter of last year to Rp 94 billion for the same period of this year.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Workers not paid minimum wage
Workers not paid minimum wage PALANGKARAYA, Central Kalimantan: Some of the workers recruited for the clearing of one million hectares of farmland located in the forests of the Kapuas regency are being paid less than the official daily minimum wage, Antara reported. The situation was discovered over the weekend by visiting members of the House of Representatives.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
ASEAN leaders urged to stand up to Myanmar
ASEAN leaders urged to stand up to Myanmar MANILA (AFP): Two special envoys of U.S. President Bill Clinton met with Philippines President Fidel Ramos here yesterday at the second stop of an Asian mission aimed at coordinating an international response to the military crackdown in Myanmar, officials said. There were no immediate details on the outcome of Ramos' meeting with the emissaries, retired ambassador William Brown and Stanley Roth of the U.S. Institute for Peace.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Asia-Pacific economies to grow faster: PECC
Asia-Pacific economies to grow faster: PECC SINGAPORE (AFP): Asia-Pacific economies will grow faster this year and next on the back of increased trade and investment after a soft landing in 1995, the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) said yesterday. "We expect to see faster growth in 1996 and 1997 and inflation to further decrease," P. C. Leung, director-general of the council, said after releasing the eighth annual Pacific Economic Outlook report here.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Japanese hate filthy toilets
Japanese hate filthy toilets DENPASAR, Bali: Japanese tourists find the many filthy toilets located in Indonesia's airports and tourism sites repellent enough to make them cancel visits here, Antara reported yesterday. Quoting Wanda, a speaker at a seminar on tourism here, the agency said that many Japanese tourists prefer other countries to Indonesia because of many factors, including reports of filthy toilets. She did not give details.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Three questioned about gang rape and robberies
Three questioned about gang rape and robberies JAKARTA (JP): Three men are undergoing intensive police interrogation for their possible roles recently in a number of robberies and a gang rape in Bekasi, West Java. The three were taken yesterday to the National Police headquarters to have their fingerprints and blood test taken again. The re-examination of fingerprints and blood tests of the three men is needed for ascertainment, Jakarta Police Spokesman Lt. Col.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Govt should deregulate real sectors: Economist
Govt should deregulate real sectors: Economist JAKARTA (JP): An economist suggested yesterday that the government further deregulate the real sectors (of production and distribution) to adjust them to current macroeconomic policy. Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti, an economist at the University of Indonesia, said after meeting with President Soeharto yesterday that improvements in the two sectors will complement the country's liberalization drive.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Message from Philippine Ambassador
Message from Philippine Ambassador We Filipinos have a lot to be grateful for as we celebrate 98 years of Independence today, just two short years away from our centennial. A resurgent and viable economy, one of the most remarkable success stories in the developing world, has put the Philippines back in business, in the heart of Asia.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Bangladesh mounts security operation to make poll safe
Bangladesh mounts security operation to make poll safe DHAKA (Agencies): Bangladesh mounted a huge security operation yesterday ahead of the country's second parliamentary elections in four months and pledged that everything possible had been done to ensure voting was clean.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Sarwono wants marine environment preserved
Sarwono wants marine environment preserved JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja made a fresh call yesterday for greater efforts to preserve the coastal and marine environment. Addressing the opening of a national meeting on the environment here, Sarwono said that the pollution and general destruction of coastal and marine resources has reached an alarming level.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Plans to bring body to DPR dropped
Plans to bring body to DPR dropped JAKARTA (JP): Friends of a hoodlum who was fatally shot by police on Friday have dropped their plans to carry the corpse to the House of Representatives. Two representatives of the hoodlum's friends agreed yesterday to bury him peacefully, Jakarta Police spokesman Lt. Col. Iman Haryatna said. The men, Hendrikus and Valentine, met the Central Jakarta Police Chief Lt. Col.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Most vehicles fail standard emission tests
Most vehicles fail standard emission tests JAKARTA (JP): The first day of emission tests on 200 vehicles found that most produced high levels of hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and smoke in comparison to permitted levels. The tests, carried out on a sample 100 vehicles using gas and 100 others using diesel fuel, took place on Jl. Raya Bekasi, East Jakarta, yesterday.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
State firms not above the law, Mar'ie warns
State firms not above the law, Mar'ie warns JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad stressed here yesterday that the management of state-owned companies on the domestic stock exchanges are not exempt from the Indonesian Capital Market Law. "Directors and commissioners of publicly-owned companies, whether or not they are state-owned, may be sued for damages related to violations of the law," the minister said in his speech at an Indonesian capital market forum.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Quo vadis PDI?
Quo vadis PDI? The party of fusion has turned, temporarily at least, into a party of confusion. However, being an underdog, the Indonesian Democratic Party could win popular support and sympathy, not out of ideological persuasion (how could a fused party have an ideology of its own) but rather from protest votes and/or the perception that PDI has been unfairly treated.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
GM freezes investment in Indonesia
GM freezes investment in Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): United States-based auto manufacturer General Motors Corp (GM) said yesterday it has suspended additional investment in Indonesia because of what it describes as the discriminatory privileges Jakarta has granted its national car project.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Tennis player Romana to undergo physical test
Tennis player Romana to undergo physical test JAKARTA (JP): Romana Tedjakusuma, Indonesia's second best tennis player, will undergo a fitness test today at the National Sports Council's laboratory as required for the Olympic Games. Romana, who will team up with Yayuk Basuki in the women's doubles, is in her hometown of Surabaya, East Java, after returning from studying in the United States. "We'll see Romana's fitness test tomorrow.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Djakarta Lloyd to buy five ships from PT PAL
Djakarta Lloyd to buy five ships from PT PAL JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned international freighter service company PT Djakarta Lloyd has ordered five container ships worth US$118.71 million from the state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL in Surabaya. "We will sign the purchase contract with PT PAL later this month," Djakarta Lloyd's president, M. Muntaqa, said yesterday.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Concorde to arrive at RI Show
Concorde to arrive at RI Show JAKARTA (JP): For a third time, the world's only supersonic passenger jet will arrive in the city for the Indonesia Air Show 1996. The manager of British Airways in Indonesia, David H. Jones, told The Jakarta Post yesterday that the Concorde will arrive at Soekarno-Hatta airport on June 24 and return to London on June 28. "Tickets for seats on the flights are now on sale. The airfares are set for first class," he said.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Indonesia refuses to pressure Myanmar
Indonesia refuses to pressure Myanmar JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia yesterday reasserted its refusal to take a tougher line against Myanmar, saying that it would continue its "constructive engagement" with the ruling junta in Yangon. Speaking at Bina Graha here yesterday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas said Indonesia has no intention of isolating Yangon, because the internal strife going on there was purely a domestic matter.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
DHL responds
DHL responds With reference to Paul Charis' letter 'DHL charges twice' in The Jakarta Post, June 6, 1996, I would like to provide the writer with some background information. As DHL Indonesia does not accept collect charges, Mr. Charis was billed by the shipper in the U.S. and not by DHL. Unfortunately, the "transport collect" sticker had not been removed from the shipment in the U.S., consequently our DHL staff in Bandung mistakenly charged Mr. Charis. After Mr.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Traffickers to face death penalty in KL
Traffickers to face death penalty in KL KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia said yesterday traffickers of the drug "Ecstasy" would be charged under the Dangerous Drugs Act, which carries a mandatory death sentence. "It will be up to the courts to decide whether (the accused) is a user or a trafficker, depending on the amount he is caught with," Health Minister Chua Jui Meng said.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
ASEAN hopes to reduce pollution emission by 4%
ASEAN hopes to reduce pollution emission by 4% BANDUNG (JP): Experts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are pushing for a massive reduction in pollutant emissions by reducing its growth to 4 percent per year. The retrenchment of pollutant emissions was one of the proposals put forth during an ASEAN workshop here yesterday, which was attended by representatives of the association's seven- members.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
CSIS launches two economic journals
CSIS launches two economic journals JAKARTA (JP): Two economic journals featuring in-depth analyses of Indonesia will be issued by the Jakarta-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). The first is the Bulletin of Economic Indonesian Studies, which analyzes the Indonesian economic situation, is published by the Indonesia Project at Australian National University in cooperation with CSIS.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Inter-Continental Hotels and Resorts to enter RI
Inter-Continental Hotels and Resorts to enter RI JAKARTA (JP): Inter-Continental Hotels and Resorts, one of the world's largest privately owned hotel chains, plans to run a Forum Hotel in Surabaya, East Java, which will become its first hotel under the Forum brand and its third property in Indonesia.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Women, children malnourished, Unicef reports
Women, children malnourished, Unicef reports JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian women and children's health is still poor, despite rapid economic progress over the past several years, a report reveals. A summary of The Situation Analysis of Children and Women in Indonesia l995, a special report prepared jointly by the Indonesian government and the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), disclosed that maternal mortality rates (MMR) here remains very high compared to other Asian countries.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Administration to insure scavengers
Administration to insure scavengers YOGYAKARTA: The Sleman regency administration has decided to insure local scavengers, whose work exposes them to great health risks, Antara reported yesterday. Regency spokesman Soerjadi said that the area has around 60 registered scavengers, but the actual number may be higher. "This plan is proof of our respect for scavengers, who help maintain a clean environment here," he said.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Grade school officials told no extra fees
Grade school officials told no extra fees JAKARTA (JP): State elementary schools in Jakarta are not allowed to charge new students for uniforms or books, an official says. The head of the city education agency, Suparmo, said yesterday that each school is allowed to charge new students only Rp 1,750 (US$ 76 cents) in admission fees. "Headmasters or teachers are not allowed to require students to pay for uniforms or books.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Bintang's challenges are also ours
Bintang's challenges are also ours Sacked legislator Sri Bintang Pamungkas who faces a four-year jail term for slandering President Soeharto shook the political landscape recently when he set up a new political party. Political scientist Mochtar Pabottingi examines the event. JAKARTA (JP): Only a handful of Indonesians could emulate the courage, energy and vision of Sri Bintang Pamungkas in contemporary Indonesian politics.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Tax fraud defendants may get 14 years in jail
Tax fraud defendants may get 14 years in jail JAKARTA (JP): Prosecutors yesterday demanded that four men indicted of tax evasion each be sentenced to 14 years imprisonment at a court here. The prosecutors also demanded that each defendant compensate the state, with amounts ranging from Rp 10.5 billion to Rp 10.9 billion in addition to a Rp 30-million fine each.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
PON organizers told to rethink athlete transportation plans
PON organizers told to rethink athlete transportation plans JAKARTA (JP): Members of the House of Representatives' Commission IX, which overseas youth affairs, sports, religion, education and culture, told the organizer of the upcoming National Games to consider the public's transportation needs during the event. The organizer plans to use some of the PPD city buses as transportation for athletes from their accommodations to the sports venues. "The main problem is transportation.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Government won't change political system: Soeharto
Government won't change political system: Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday reiterated that the government will not change the political system, as some people have demanded, to "suit their personal interests". Opening the sixth congress of Pemuda Pancasila, a politically well-connected youth organization, Soeharto said here yesterday that the current political system has proven effective to support the achievement of the nation's ideals for a prosperous Indonesia.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
PDI breakaways may choose Medan for venue
PDI breakaways may choose Medan for venue JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) dissenters' plan to hold fresh elections for chairperson solidified yesterday with the tentative decision to choose Medan in North Sumatra as the venue for the gathering next week. Ismunandar, an organizer of the planned congress, told the press that his group was leaning toward Medan because the city has adequate facilities.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
No idea where Tansil could be: Government
No idea where Tansil could be: Government JAKARTA (JP): The government admitted yesterday it has no idea where Eddy Tansil, the business tycoon who escaped from prison more than one month ago, has gone. "We are continuing to hunt him but there is no clue to his whereabouts," Minister of Justice Oetojo Oesman told Commission III of the House of Representatives in a hearing on legal affairs. Tansil's escape dominated the hearing.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Mayoralties get 'Adipura' award
Mayoralties get 'Adipura' award JAKARTA (JP): The city's five mayoralties, for the first time in history, have won the Adipura award for cleanliness. The trophies were handed over by President Soeharto in a ceremony at Merdeka Palace on Monday. The trophies were taken by the respective mayors who then paraded them on horse-driven carts to City Hall. Governor Surjadi Soedirdja and City Council Speaker MH Ritonga greeted them.
Wed, 12 Jun 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: The Praise Vocal Group, nightly except Sundays, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.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.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Curriculum more than subject list
Curriculum more than subject list By Mochtar Buchori JAKARTA (JP): Educating students about human rights became a topic of discussion recently. It was argued that students should receive instruction in human rights to make society more mindful towards problems of human dignity. The problem is how to incorporate this particular topic into an already swollen curriculum. This kind of discussion, typical to Indonesia, comes up every time someone feels the need to add a new subject to the curriculum.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Ecstasy in East Java
Ecstasy in East Java SURABAYA, East Java: Provincial Police Chief Maj. Gen. Sumarsono said that the designer drug Ecstasy, now widely circulating throughout Indonesia, entered here through Bali from countries such as Australia and Germany, Antara reported yesterday. Sumarsono then apologized to the press for having to cover up many facts about drug trafficking in the province. "The police and journalists are partners.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
5,000 civil servants punished for 'errors'
5,000 civil servants punished for 'errors' JAKARTA (JP): Over 5,000 civil servants have been punished over the past two years for breaching rules, Minister for Administrative Reforms T.B. Silalahi said yesterday. In a hearing with the House of Representatives' Commission II for home affairs, Silalahi said between April 1994 and March 1996, his office received reports on 3,713 such cases.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
'Limit commercial banks' operations'
'Limit commercial banks' operations' JAKARTA (JP): The Federation of Indonesian Secondary Banks (Perbarindo) yesterday asked the government to limit commercial banks' operations in regional districts. The federation's chairman, I Wayan Saswa, said that the establishment of commercial banks' regional branches has caused the collapse of many secondary banks, which have less capital and poorer management.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
Citra Marga expects Rp 500 toll fee hike
Citra Marga expects Rp 500 toll fee hike JAKARTA (JP): PT Citra Marga Nusaphala Persada, a toll road developer controlled by President Soeharto's eldest daughter, Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, yesterday confirmed its proposal to the government for a Rp 500 (21 U.S. cents) increase in the toll road tariff. "The new fee which we propose is based on a comprehensive analysis.
Wed, 12 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 Game Show: Fun House 3:00 News: Lintasan Berita 3:05 TV Drama: Lutung Kasarung 3:30 TV Series: Roseanne 4:05 TV Drama: Suasana Baru 4:30 Documentary: Tugutil at North Maluku 5:00 Evening News 5:30 Indonesian Lessons 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country: Yogyakarta 6:15 Village Program 6:45 TV Series: Jump Over The Moon 7:00 Evening News 7:25 Garuda Pancasila/Filler/Trailer 7:30 TV Series: Jump Over The Moon (continued)...