Archive: 30 July 1996
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Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Stocks and rupiah plunge following weekend unrest
Stocks and rupiah plunge following weekend unrest JAKARTA (JP): Stock prices and the rupiah plunged on the local market yesterday as jittery investors lost confidence in the aftermath of the weekend riots. The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) lost 3.6 percent on panic selling as most investors became nervous to stay in the market, with the Indonesian rupiah falling by nearly 30 points in early trading.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Horror bus driver's trial postponed
Horror bus driver's trial postponed BOGOR (JP): Yesterday's planned trial of the Kramatdjati bus driver charged with causing the deaths of 31 passengers, who were incinerated inside the bus, has been rescheduled to Monday at the Bogor District Court. The trial to hear the prosecution of the inter-city bus driver, Ag. bin Yacob, was postponed because the defendant's lawyers were unable to attend the court, prosecutor Rizali Hanafiah said.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
More tourists in S'pore
More tourists in S'pore SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore's tourist arrivals in January-June increased 5.1 percent over the same period last year to 3.55 million, the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB) said yesterday. Arrivals in June alone grew 6.8 percent year-on-year to 586,973, boosted by school holidays in Malaysia and Indonesia and a series of promotional events here including an arts festival and the Great Singapore Sale in which retailers offered hefty discounts to customers.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Averting a harmful impact
Averting a harmful impact The incidents that occurred in Jakarta over the weekend have affected one of the pillars of our development efforts, namely political stability. A thorough study is needed to limit their negative effect on the national economy. The international perception of our development efforts is still limited and the information others receive is often lopsided.
Tue, 30 Jul 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.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Indonesia-Africa relationship
Indonesia-Africa relationship Be ready for a shock: Indonesia, despite its geographical distance, has been known in Africa for ages. The island of Madagascar in Southern Africa was populated by immigrants from various parts of the Indonesia archipelago. Their migration was continuous until 1511. Today many Madagascans are children of mixed couples, Africans and immigrants from Indonesia.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Experts discuss organ transplants
Experts discuss organ transplants JAKARTA (JP): Islamic medical experts are discussing crucial questions on health technologies, including whether religious laws permit uterus transplants and transplants of animal organs. Opened by Minister of Health Sujudi yesterday, the International Seminar and Annual Meeting of the Federation of Islamic Medical Associations discussed in general challenges that Moslems will face with advances in medical technologies.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Two firms secure loan facilities
Two firms secure loan facilities JAKARTA (JP): PT Pramindo Ikat Nusantara and PT Eternal Buana Chemical secured US$400 million and US$43 million respectively yesterday in syndicated loan facilities. Pramindo Ikat announced that its loans were pledged by 31 financial institutions, with Banque Nationale de Paris, Chase Manhattan Asia Limited, the Fuji Bank Limited, International Finance Corporation and Societe Generale Asia Limited acting as arrangers.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Smoking in hospitals and buses
Smoking in hospitals and buses From Neraca Basically I do not care if a person smokes close to me. It is his right and his money. What I object to is people smoking in public places like buses and hospitals. One day I saw a bus passenger smoking quietly next to a fellow passenger's baby. He did not seem to care that the baby was inhaling his smoke too. On a recent visit to Bayu Karta hospital in Karawang, West Java, I was astonished to see that many visitors to this good hospital smoked.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
SAEAGA to acquire plane
SAEAGA to acquire plane LANGKAWI, Malaysia (AFP): Malaysian-based SAEAGA Airlines Sdn. Bhd. said yesterday it planned to buy 10 medium-sized aircraft from Boeing Co. or Airbus to expand to international routes. "We are going to see Boeing and Airbus for expansion of business," Malaysian timber tycoon, Ting Pek Khiing, chairman of SAEAGA, a unit of listed Ekran Bhd., told reporters.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Rights body open to all complaints
Rights body open to all complaints DILI, East Timor: The National Commission on Human Rights office recently opened here will take any complaints of rights violations and will try to seek the best solutions, the office chief said yesterday. "We will act only as a mediator for conflicting parties and help to find the best solutions," Alex Ravialy was quoted by Antara as saying.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
No decision yet on party-line ads
No decision yet on party-line ads JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Association of Advertising Agencies has yet to accept the appeal from the state-owned communications company Indosat to block a foreign telephone service's advertisements promoting a "party-line". The Association's Secretary General, Syarifuddin Noor, said yesterday that the Association has yet to study the appeal. The commercial offers an opportunity to learn English conversation with seven other callers.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
RP to float oil prices
RP to float oil prices MANILA (AFP): The Philippines is to partially lift price controls on domestic oil products from Aug. 12, which should initially increase gasoline prices and reduce those for other refined products, a government statement said yesterday. The Energy Department said an interim scheme, to be called the "automatic pricing mechanism", would be in effect for a year and adjusted every month, at the end of which daily prices would be left to market forces.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
FM Gong begins talks in Hanoi
FM Gong begins talks in Hanoi HANOI (AFP): South Korean Foreign Minister Gong Ro-myung began a day of official talks here yesterday that were expected to focus on economic links and tensions on the Korean peninsula. Gong was to spend the day in talks with his counterpart Nguyen Manh Cam and was to pay courtesy calls on Communist Party General Secretary Do Muoi, President Le Duc Anh and Deputy Premier Tran Duc Luong.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
EVA Air carries more passengers
EVA Air carries more passengers JAKARTA (JP): The number of passengers transported between Taiwan and Indonesia by EVA Air of Taiwan during the first five months of this year increased by 58.13 percent to 68,000 over the same period of 1995. EVA Air's representative in Jakarta, Peter Chen, told The Jakarta Post that during the first five months of this year, the airline carried 35,000 inbound passengers to Indonesia and 33,000 outbound passengers from Indonesia.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Consumer institutions asked to do more
Consumer institutions asked to do more JAKARTA (JP): Consumer groups should do more to defend the public from the adverse effects of advertising, an anthropologist said at a seminar on women and advertising in Surabaya yesterday. "Of late, we are getting more reports of people deceived by irresponsible advertising which present products that are not the same in reality," said Irwan Abdullah, a staff lecturer at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Herb intensifies as it nears RP
Herb intensifies as it nears RP MANILA (Reuter): Typhoon Herb gathered strength yesterday and weathermen said it was likely to intensify as it roared closer to the Philippines. Herb was raging over the Pacific Ocean, 810 kilometers east of the northern tip of the main Philippine island of Luzon, with powerful winds gusting up to 200 kph and center winds of 165 kph, a weather bureau alert said.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
More protests over Tangerang nightspots
More protests over Tangerang nightspots TANGERANG (JP): Thirty youths from the Balaraja regency in Tangerang marched to the local council yesterday, protesting that local nightspots have become sites for drug transactions and illicit prostitution. The protest is the latest of several in the area. The main focus of their ire is the Grand Sentul Singing Hall. They told the council's commission E for public welfare that their concerns expressed to executives have gone unheeded.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Corn self-sufficiency may cost US$81.89m
Corn self-sufficiency may cost US$81.89m JAKARTA (JP): The government's target of reaching national self-sufficiency in corn will require the intensive development of 456,150 hectares of hybrid-corn fields, costing Rp 188.34 billion (US$81.89 million) in farmers' credit funds.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Local runners win cross country
Local runners win cross country JAKARTA (JP): Local runners sped to a double victory yesterday in the Arafura Youth Games' cross country at the Somba Opu Fort in Ujungpandang, South Sulawesi. M. Idris won the men's 5,000-meter gold medal in 15 minutes and 14 seconds. East Timorese runner, Yosef, clocked 15:27 to take the silver medal ahead of another South Sulawesi runner, Suardi, who ran 15:30. The three Australian runners managed to come only 16th, 17th and 18th in the 25-man event.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Era of cheap cars
Era of cheap cars Putting the controversy aside for the moment, the government's national car policy may have ushered in a new era of cheap cars in Indonesia. Local car manufacturers may question the fairness of a policy that favors a complete newcomer, and Japan and the United States may make good their threats to take Indonesia to the World Trade Organization, but it now appears that Indonesian consumers will be the biggest winners from the policy.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on July 29, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,275 0 0 AHAP Insurance 2,700 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 650 -50 15,000 Andayani Megah 1,250 -25 2,217,500 Aneka Kimia Raya 3,725 0 0 Anwar Sierad 1,975 0 0 Aqua Golden Mississippi 2,300 0 0 Argha Karya Prima Industry 3,050 0 0 Argo Pantes 1,900 -75 2,500 Asahimas Flat 1,525 -175 1,698,000 Asiana IMI...
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Ever Shine's bonus shares
Ever Shine's bonus shares JAKARTA (JP): PT Ever Shine Tex, a textile producer listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange, will distribute bonus shares and split its stocks. The company said its shareholders, during their extraordinary meeting yesterday, approved the management's plan of a stock split and bonus shares that will be taken from the capitalization of its agio revenue. For every 50 shares, the holders will get nine bonus shares.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
143 Jakartans now infected with HIV/AIDS
143 Jakartans now infected with HIV/AIDS JAKARTA (JP): The number of people infected with HIV/AIDS in Jakarta has increased from 140 people in May to 143 in June. An official of the city health agency, Rasyid Piarah, said yesterday that according to a report collected from the hospitals, laboratories and private doctors, three more people were found infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Garuda delays
Garuda delays I nearly fell out of my chair in disbelief reading that "Soepandi told reporters that Garuda had never been involved in delayed flights" (The Jakarta Post, July 19, 1996). To give just a few examples, flight 958 to Manila on Feb. 16, 1996, 436 to Yogyakarta on March 21, 980 to Denpasar on May 16, all left Jakarta around 30 minutes late. Do I assume that Soepandi regards this as on time? Presumably the flight crews did, as there was no apology or explanation for the passengers.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Time to rejuvenate court's image
Time to rejuvenate court's image By Frans H. Winarta JAKARTA (JP): The plight of the Supreme Court began with Justice Adi Andojo Soetjipto's suspicion of collusion between a justice and a former justice. The justice was in charge of the Gandhi Memorial School case. The former justice was the defense attorney. Justice Adi had to account for his whistle-blowing to the special internal investigation into the alleged collusion.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Plane makes emergency landing
Plane makes emergency landing PALANGKA RAYA, Central Kalimantan: An F-28 Merpati Nusantara aircraft failed to land yesterday morning at the Tjilik Riwut airport and was forced to make an emergency landing at the Syamsuddinoor airport in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan. Murmo Samino, the Palangka Raya district manager of Merpati Nusantara airlines, confirmed the incident, saying that the aircraft changed directions at 9:05 a.m. and landed in Banjarmasin at 9:30 a.m.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
More women work but are still paid less
More women work but are still paid less JAKARTA (JP): Over 45 percent of all the world's women aged 15 to 64 earn money but they are paid on average 25 percent less than men, the International Labor Organization (ILO) says. Outside of agriculture, the majority of women earn on average about three-fourths of men's wages for the same work in both developed and developing countries, according to the ILO report entitled More & Better Jobs For Women which was released yesterday.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
BNI defies shaky market with plan to go public
BNI defies shaky market with plan to go public JAKARTA (JP): State-owned Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) 1946 will go ahead with its initial plan to float shares on the local capital market later this year despite the jitters felt after last week's rioting. The bank's president, Widigdo Sukarman, said yesterday that his bank is determined to go public even though local market conditions are currently not that supportive for new issues. "Being a state-owned bank, BNI has distinct strengths...
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Cabin crew recruitment
Cabin crew recruitment Singapore Airlines was said to be looking for Indonesian women between 18 and 25 years old during its cabin crew recruitment session here on May 1 and May 2. In the August edition of the airline's Cleo Magazine they advertised for Singaporean women 18 to under 26 years old as of Nov. 1, 1996. It seems that Singapore Airlines has a slightly different age requirement in the two countries, as the applicant whose birthday is between May 3 and Oct.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Megawati may be questioned over riot
Megawati may be questioned over riot JAKARTA (JP): While the government blamed the weekend riot squarely on the Democratic People's Party (PRD) yesterday, senior government figures did not rule out the possibility of questioning Megawati Soekarnoputri over the unrest.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Riots may affect RI investment, economists say
Riots may affect RI investment, economists say JAKARTA (JP): Economists have raised concerns about investment in Indonesia following last weekend's riots, but differed on the magnitude of the impacts. Sri Mulyani I. Sumartono, an economist at the University of Indonesia, predicted that the riots will deteriorate the country's balance of payments and affect the investment climate.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Talk about transvestites
Talk about transvestites SEMARANG, Central Java: The Muhammadiyah Moslem organization is calling on religious leaders, psychologists, medical practitioners and the public at large to discuss the role of transvestites in society, Antara reported yesterday. The agency quoted Munawar Sholeh, secretary of the organization's Central Java chapter, as saying that Islam teaches that God creates only men and women. Transvestites, he said, deviate from this because they are men who feel like women.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Latest rape in Bekasi studied
Latest rape in Bekasi studied BEKASI (JP): Police say the latest report regarding Friday's rape of a 35-year-old wife of a teacher was still under investigation. Reporters yesterday waited for five hours before Bekasi Police Chief. Lt. Col. Alex Bambang R. said that no progress had been made. "I'll give you further information as soon as there is any development," he told the reporters. Ti, the teacher's wife, was allegedly raped by five unidentified men at her home in Bekasi, West Java.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
1. PDI (50) -- 72/80pts MB l/c 5 cols 2 lines
1. PDI (50) -- 72/80pts MB l/c 5 cols 2 lines Megawati may be questioned over riot 2. Situation (48) -- 36pts HB/HBC l/c 5 cols 1 line Hoax bomb threats hit Jakarta 3. Bourse (50) -- 36 pts NCSB l/c 4 cols 2 lines Stocks and rupiah plunge following weekend unrest 4. Olympic (40) - 36 pts NCSB l/c 5 cols 1 line Drugs resurface at Olympic Games --- 4. Photo A 4x12, Oddworld, Inside, Medal Tally with AD-2x5 Citibank and Equatorial 2x15.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Cheap cars may push up current account deficit
Cheap cars may push up current account deficit JAKARTA (JP): An economist warned yesterday that the introduction of cheap cars on the domestic market, following the government's national car policy, was likely to encourage more imports and increase current account deficits. Sri Mulyani I. Sumartono, an economist at the University of Indonesia, said yesterday that the sale of cheap cars was likely to boost the market for passenger cars in the near future.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
OLYMPIC MEDAL TALLY
OLYMPIC MEDAL TALLY Position as of Monday 23.00 Indonesian Western Time. G S B U.S.A. 20 26 9 Russia 16 11 9 France 12 6 12 Italy 10 6 8 China 9 11 7 Germany 8 11 18 Australia 7 7 15 Poland 5 5 3 Rumania 4 4 4 Hungary 4 3 5 Cuba 3 4 7 Japan 3 4 3 S. Korea 3 4 2 Greece 3 3 0 N. Zealand 3 1 1 Ireland 3 0 1 Turkey 3 0 1 Switzerland 3 0 0 Canada 2 6 6 Ukraine 2 1 5 Belgium 2 1 2 S. Africa 2 0 1 Belarus 1 4 3 Netherlands 1 3 7 Kazakhstan 1 3 1 Brazil 1 2 4 Britain 1 2 4 Czech Rep.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Common misperception on mental illness lamented
Common misperception on mental illness lamented JAKARTA (JP): An expert has lamented the common misperception that people have about mental illness and mental institutions. "Many people think, mistakenly, that mental hospitals are only for 'crazy people'," Slamet Oetomo Gardjito from the Ministry of Health said at a one-day symposium on juvenile delinquency in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, yesterday.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Students and employees stay at home
Students and employees stay at home JAKARTA (JP): A number of schools, mainly in Central Jakarta, remained shut yesterday following the weekend riots, to avoid risk to students, while some offices and shops closed early. The privately-owned Kanisius, Theresia and Ursula Catholic state-owned junior high school SMP 68, near the PDI headquarters, schools were among those closed. Pupils rejoiced at the unexpected holiday.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Dompu to host
Dompu to host surfing c'ship JAKARTA (JP): Lakey Beach in Dompu, West Nusa Tenggara, will host the fourth leg of the International Surfing Championships from Aug. 27 to Aug. 31. Event organizers said that 97 surfers from Australia, New Zealand, the United States, France, South Africa and Indonesia had confirmed their entries. The previous competitions in the series were held at Grajakan in East Java, Nias Island in South Sumatra and Kuta Beach in Bali. (yan)
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Government stand on Confucianism sparks anger
Government stand on Confucianism sparks anger JAKARTA (JP): Lawyers and experts are lambasting the government's ambivalent stand on Confucianism, questioning its authority to exclude Confucianism from the original list of six religions recognized in Indonesia as guaranteed by laws.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Hoax bomb threats hit Jakarta
Hoax bomb threats hit Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Several areas of the capital, still nursing wounds from two days of street violence, were disrupted by hoax bomb threats and rumors of fresh waves of riots yesterday. The authorities evacuated several major office blocks in central Jakarta following anonymous calls that bombs had been planted in the capital's prime business areas.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Rp 2.8t available for clove industry
Rp 2.8t available for clove industry JAKARTA (JP): The National Federation of Village Cooperatives (Inkud) is sitting on more than Rp 2.8 trillion (US$1.2 billion) in assets that are allocated for the buffer-stocking and marketing of cloves, an official says.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
Yachts to reach Ambon tonight
Yachts to reach Ambon tonight JAKARTA (JP): The first yacht in the 20th Darwin to Ambon International Yachting Championships is scheduled to cross the finish line this evening at Amahusu Beach in Ambon, Maluku. The secretary of the competition's organizing committee, MA Namsa, told Antara yesterday that the 76 yacht fleet had embarked on their 650-mile race in Darwin on July 27.
Tue, 30 Jul 1996, 00:00 WIB
RI survives elimination round
RI survives elimination round JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian female archers Hamdiah, Dahliana and Nurfitriyana survived the Olympic Games elimination round at Stone Mountain Park in Atlanta on Sunday. After the round, which sorted out 64 archers for the main draw, Hamdiah ranks 25th with 639 points, Dahliana 51st with 615 points and Nurfitriyana 55th with 600 points. The next knockout round on Aug.