Archive: 19 September 1996
51 articles found
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Venture to produce drilling devices
Venture to produce drilling devices JAKARTA (JP): Petroleum engineering companies PT Welltekindo Nusantara of Indonesia and Specialty Machine and Supply Inc. of the United States signed a joint-venture agreement here yesterday to produce downhole plow control devices for oil drilling. "The two firms will establish a joint venture which will be the first company in this country to produce such devices for the oil mining industry.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Quake jolts Baguio, stirs mild panic
Quake jolts Baguio, stirs mild panic MANILA (Reuter): An earthquake jolted the mountain city of Baguio in the northern Philippines yesterday, sending panicky residents running into the streets but there were no casualties or damage, police said. The 3:23 p.m. (0723 GMT) tremor registered a magnitude of 4.5 on the Richter scale and was centered 11 kilometers southwest of the city, seismologists said.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Minister proposes environmental tax
Minister proposes environmental tax JAKARTA (JP): Minister for Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave proposed yesterday the idea of imposing an environmental tax, beginning with the tourist industry. The minister, however, did not elaborate on how the proposed tax, long overdue according to environmental activists, would be implemented. The tax is expected to enhance the government's income from taxes that could be used to rectify damage caused by industry activities.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Australian union bans RI ships
Australian union bans RI ships MELBOURNE (Reuter): Australia's powerful Maritime Union yesterday launched rolling bans on Indonesian shipping to protest against the arrest of Indonesian labor leaders and Canberra's "failure" to press Jakarta on human rights. The lightning bans, called at short notice and designed to hold up ships for 24 hours, could apply on an irregular basis to all types of commodity exports to Indonesia, the union said.
Thu, 19 Sep 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.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Preparing food for athletes is not easy
Preparing food for athletes is not easy By Fitriyanti Djoni JAKARTA (JP): Preparing food for athletes is different than serving the general public. Food for sports people has to be prepared according to strict standards set by both local and international sports associations. In Indonesia, problems surface because the country has 27 provinces, each with its own delicacy.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Jakarta succeeds both as host and as team
Jakarta succeeds both as host and as team JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta has achieved success, both in hosting the 14th National Games and in meeting its target of winning 100 gold medals, the city's top sports chief said. The chairman of Jakarta's sports governing body, Kusnan Ismukanto, however, said that despite its successful record, he was unable to say whether the capital city deserved the term "successful" when it came to judging its athletes' performances.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
CSIS at 25
CSIS at 25 If public attention is a measurement of importance, one might say that Indonesia's most venerable think tank is sadly past its prime. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) turned a respectable 25 years of age this month with almost no notice from the public. Think tanks everywhere may not draw quite the same attention as other agencies whose activities have a more direct impact on public life.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept. 18, 1996: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 1,100 -225 1,500 AHAP Insurance 2,700 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 700 0 0 Andayani Megah 1,100 -25 10,500 Aneka Kimia Raya 2,550 100 17,000 Anwar Sierad 2,275 -50 1,820,500 Aqua Golden Mississippi 2,300 0 0 Argha Karya Prima Industry 2,725 0 0 Argo Pantes 1,900 0 0 Asahimas Flat 1,300 -25 255,500 Asiana IMI...
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
UN sets new round of E. Timor talks in NY
UN sets new round of E. Timor talks in NY UNITED NATIONS (Agencies): UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali announced on Tuesday that a new round of talks on East Timor between the foreign ministers of Indonesia and Portugal would be held in New York in December, AFP reported. In a report to the General Assembly, Boutros-Ghali said the ninth round of UN-mediated talks would take place on Dec. 21. "In the meantime, my special adviser, Mr.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Digital telephone system in E. Jakarta
Digital telephone system in E. Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): The East Jakarta branch of the state-owned telecommunication provider PT Telkom will change the central automatic telephone system of its exchange in Tebet, South Jakarta, from analog technology to digital technology. The East Jakarta Telkom branch head, Rizal Saat, said yesterday the change over would start at 12 p.m tomorrow and would not disrupt services.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Men jailed for stealing
Men jailed for stealing JAKARTA (JP): A court has found two men guilty of stealing watches worth Rp 5 billion (US$ 218 million). Judge Gatam Taridi of the Central Jakarta District Court sentenced shopkeeper Marsono Marsitih, 34, to three years in prison and his friend Sunarto to one year for stealing 54 watches from the Sarida International Watches exhibition at Ratu Plaza, Central Jakarta in April last year. The defendants, both residents of Bekasi, were not represented by a lawyer.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Bandung's Jalan Braga on the road to renovation
Bandung's Jalan Braga on the road to renovation By Dewi Anggraeni MELBOURNE (JP): When you were strolling or shopping in Jalan Braga, Bandung, did you ever stop and look at the shop fronts? Have you ever wondered what they looked like before they were obscured by uncoordinated advertising and grime, generated by exhaust from dense traffic. Before the shop fronts fell into disrepair and degradation, believe it or not, they had beautiful designs and elegant art deco facades.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Lawyers call indictment 'manipulative'
Lawyers call indictment 'manipulative' JAKARTA (JP): Lawyers of a warden being tried for allegedly helping a business tycoon to escape from prison last May called the prosecutor's indictment "manipulative" in court yesterday.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Management of state firms to get more authority
Management of state firms to get more authority JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad pledged yesterday to delegate more power to the managements of state- owned companies to make them more responsive to rapid changes in the business environment. "A ruling on the authorization of more administrative power to directors and commissioners of state-owned companies is being prepared," he told a hearing of House Commission VII on finance, trade and logistics.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Triptych Jewelry Exhibition
Triptych Jewelry Exhibition JAKARTA (JP): Forty pieces of unique jewelry, designed by artisans of the Helpmann Academy of South Australia, will be exhibited at Cemara 6 Galeri Kafe, Jl. Cemara, Central Jakarta. The six-day exhibition, called the Triptych exhibition, will be open to public tomorrow. The Australian Embassy is sponsoring the exhibition. The jewelry is presently being exhibited in Bandung. (sur)
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Motorcyclists rob merchant
Motorcyclists rob merchant JAKARTA (JP): A group of men on motorcycles robbed a merchant who had just left his house early yesterday morning, relieving him of Rp 11.6 million (US$4,974) in cash with which he intended to buy meat at the Cakung slaughterhouse in East Jakarta. The merchant, identified as Yoso Sugito, told the police that he was riding a motorcycle when a group of motorcyclists, who he thought were ojek (motorcycle taxi) drivers, intercepted him.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Leader of labor export body defies meeting
Leader of labor export body defies meeting JAKARTA (JP): The embattled chief of the Association of Labor Export Companies (Apjati), Mahfudz Djaelani, vowed yesterday to fight any attempts to unseat him. Mahfudz said he rejected his opponents' ongoing meeting, which was scheduled to elect his successor late last night. He is planning to hold his own meeting next month.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
New UN assembly president is the most vocal in years
New UN assembly president is the most vocal in years By Evelyn Leopold UNITED NATIONS (Reuter): Razali Ismail of Malaysia assumed the prestigious post of General Assembly president Tuesday as a man with a reputation for speaking his mind on nearly every issue facing the United Nations. Razali, 57, opposed the Gulf War although he voted in the Security Council to authorize the use of force.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
City cancels plan to relocate gas stations
City cancels plan to relocate gas stations JAKARTA (JP): The administration has canceled its plan to relocate 33 gas stations from green areas in the city and has decided to let the gas stations continue operating in the 50,000 square meters of supposedly green area. Hadimartono, the head of the city's traffic management department, said yesterday that the state-owned oil company Pertamina had submitted objections to the administration's plan, as had the owners of the gas stations.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Jobs in South Korea
Jobs in South Korea From Kompas In November 1995, I enlisted for work overseas. I registered for a job in South Korea, at the representative office of PT Pandu Abdi Pertiwi in Bandung. In December I took a week-long training course in Trapus, Bandung. After having arranged the immigration documents such as passport, I and other candidates were requested to wait at home until the "calling visas" from the government of South Korea were completed.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Development in ASEAN must spur social justice
Development in ASEAN must spur social justice JAKARTA (JP): Southeast Asian countries should aim for rapid economic growth to help spur social justice, academics and analysts said yesterday. "We still have a very long way to go," said Noordin Sopiee, director general of Malaysia's Institute for Strategic and International Studies.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
City proposes bills to increase revenue
City proposes bills to increase revenue JAKARTA (JP): The administration has proposed two draft bills to the City Council to replace provincial decree No. 9/1985 on fees of various services provided by its agencies and decrees on the city label fee, a councilor said. The deputy chairman of the City Council's Commission C for financial affairs, Amarullah Asbah, said yesterday that the bills are being reviewed by the commission.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Minister Sjarifudin defends troubled PTP Agrintara
Minister Sjarifudin defends troubled PTP Agrintara JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Agriculture Sjarifudin Baharsjah continued to defend PTP Agrintara yesterday, saying it had been sold cheap crude palm oil (CPO) to help stabilize domestic cooking oil prices. Sjarifudin said, however, that he had ordered the Ministry of Agriculture's Joint Marketing Board to stop selling CPO -- the raw material used in olein and cooking oil -- to Agrintara at reduced prices.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Students protest before court
Students protest before court BANDUNG: Hundreds of university students assembled at Bandung State Administrative Court to support a lawsuit filed by a fellow student who was expelled in May for his alleged involvement in the death of a first-year student earlier this year. Budi Sumarso was filing a suit against Wiranto Arismunandar, rector of the prestigious Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), for expelling him.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Course aims to reduce student brawls
Course aims to reduce student brawls JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta police precinct is to hold a special policing course for high school students in an effort to reduce the number of brawls in the city. Central Jakarta Police Chief Lt. Col. Abubakar Nataprawira acknowledged that the course, called 'Pelajar Siaga', is adapted from a similar course organized by the South Jakarta force. "City Police Chief Maj. Gen.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Elephants to be relocated
Elephants to be relocated PEKANBARU, Riau: The Ministry of Forestry is planning to catch and tame 20 wild elephants which will then be relocated to a new habitat in Sebanga forest in Bengkalis regency. Programming chief of the local office of the forestry ministry Ratman Tasmin said yesterday that the move was necessary to ensure the animals' survival. "The elephant's habitat here is being encroached by human settlements, which limits their movement," Ratman was quoted by Antara as saying.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Two draft bills to be introduced
Two draft bills to be introduced JAKARTA (JP): Proposals for bills on new parking fees and congestion pricing are to be introduced in the near future, according to the chairman of the commission in charge of city revenue. Helmy AR Syihab said yesterday that the two drafts should be submitted to the City Council by early next year.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Cahaya Kalbar profit soars
Cahaya Kalbar profit soars JAKARTA (JP): Newly-listed PT Cahaya Kalbar, the largest producer of specialty fats, booked a net profit of Rp 9.2 billion (US$3.9 million) for the first half of this year, compared to Rp 1.6 billion gained in the same period of last year. Cahaya Kalbar's corporate secretary, Robertus Sampara Lie, said yesterday that before the initial public offering of its shares last July, the company projected to make a profit of Rp 6 billion in the first half of the year.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Companies should use care in revaluing assets
Companies should use care in revaluing assets JAKARTA (JP): Public companies must be careful when carrying out asset revaluations if they do not want to damage their financial ratios and stock performance, advises Jusuf Halim of the Jusuf Halim & Partners accounting firm.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 10:00 a.m. Sports Games (PON) Report from the National Sports Stadium (live) 12:00 p.m.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Six missing in July 27 riots have been found
Six missing in July 27 riots have been found JAKARTA (JP): Six of the people who were reported missing by the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute following the July 27 riots have been found, leaving eight people still on the institute's missing persons list. The number of people listed missing by the institute reached 24 in the days following the riots. By Aug. 15 the figure had fallen to 18. It then fell to 14.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
An internal security law needed
An internal security law needed The Constitution makes it clear that Indonesia is a state based on the rule of law and not solely on individual power. It is therefore natural that of late much criticism has been aimed at the possible use of laws that are regarded as reflecting little more than the use of pure power. For instance, there are those who question the relevance of applying the existing Subversion Law to resolve the "Black Saturday" riots of July 27.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Emha rejects comfy seat in the House, vows to help PPP
Emha rejects comfy seat in the House, vows to help PPP SEMARANG (JP): Well-known intellectual Emha Ainun Nadjib said yesterday he has turned down the United Development Party's (PPP) offer of a cozy seat in the House of Representatives. He said his main reason is that he feels politics is not his arena and he is afraid it would kill his independence as an intellectual if he participated in it.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Soeharto calls for self-reliance in transportation
Soeharto calls for self-reliance in transportation JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto called on domestic companies yesterday to help make the country more self-reliant in sea, land and air transportation. Speaking at the opening of a three-day workshop being held by the Ministry of Transportation, the President said that the transportation field poses one of the greatest challenges of the free trade era.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
BUPLN to handle Rp 4.3t in bad loans
BUPLN to handle Rp 4.3t in bad loans JAKARTA (JP): The value of the state-owned banks' bad loans transferred to the state receivership agency, BUPLN, exceeded Rp 4.3 trillion (US$1.8 billion) in the last two fiscal years, says a senior official. BUPLN chairman Adolf Warouw said yesterday that Rp 2.2 trillion of the total funds were transferred to his office in the 1995/96 fiscal year and the other Rp 2.1 trillion in 1994/95.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Treacherous money changers
Treacherous money changers As frequent visitors to Bali we have occasionally encountered money changers cheating tourists out of money by exploiting their unfamiliarity with Indonesian currency. Our present visit to Bali, however, has given us the impression that the whole bag has gone rotten. With every single currency change-over -- and there have been many, and always at different locations -- the money changer tried to shortchange us to the extent of many tens of thousands of rupiah.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
RI mission to Argentina
RI mission to Argentina BUENOS AIRES (Reuter): A delegation of 35 entrepreneurs from Indonesia headed by Trade and Industry Minister Tunky Ariwibowo will visit Buenos Aires this week to explore business opportunities, Argentina's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. The trade mission was scheduled to arrive Wednesday on a five- day visit and Tunky will hold talks with President Carlos Menem, who visited Indonesia last month.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Customs staff withhold clearance of Timor cars
Customs staff withhold clearance of Timor cars JAKARTA (JP): Director General for Customs and Excise Soehardjo said yesterday his office was still withholding the clearance of around 4,000 Timor national cars until it received a clear report on their local contents. Soehardjo said the report on the local contents of the so- called national cars was necessary to determine the amount of taxes which should be paid by the importer, PT Timor Putra Nasional, to the government.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Wisdom needed in handling religious schisms
Wisdom needed in handling religious schisms JAKARTA (JP): Greater wisdom is necessary to handle differences between religious communities in Indonesia, especially at a time when religious teachings are flourishing, President Soeharto said yesterday. "Without it (wisdom), religious differences could undermine the unity of our nation," Soeharto said at a meeting with Hindu leaders.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Foreigners tax a burden
Foreigners tax a burden I, a German national, have been married to my Indonesian husband for more than 33 years. After finishing his studies in Europe, my husband was asked to return to Indonesia at the end of 1972 in order to work with the Suara Karya daily and Progres magazine. Both publications had just recently been established and, according to my husband's friends at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, they urgently needed an expert in his field.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Jakarta prepares for Games closing ceremony
Jakarta prepares for Games closing ceremony JAKARTA (JP): The 14th National Games will enter its penultimate day today as host Jakarta dresses up for the closing ceremony, which looks certain to serve as its formal induction as overall winner. Jakarta, which prepared its athletes abroad as if it was dealing with international duties, has what it takes after having risen in the medal standings far beyond the reach of its contenders.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Administrative failure led to women's hockey row
Administrative failure led to women's hockey row JAKARTA (JP): Members of 14th National Games organizing committee admitted yesterday that administrative errors had caused the disqualification of women's hockey as a medal event, and called for thorough deliberation to solve the issue. The executive chairman, Museno, said the committee staff in charge of the hockey competition had not followed proper administrative procedures by allowing an unregistered team to play.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Tortured woman found in Bekasi
Tortured woman found in Bekasi BEKASI, West Java (JP): Local residents found a young woman with bruises on her face and body lying unconscious on the street early yesterday. Police officers who came to the site after receiving a report from witnesses, took the woman, later identified as Marsinah, 21, to the Bekasi General Hospital for medical treatment. According to an officer at the Bekasi police precinct, Marsinah is a resident of Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
The young worship the West
The young worship the West From Bisnis Indonesia We are facing many challenges in this era of globalization; these challenges exist in economics, politics, social matters and culture. The young are vulnerable to the influence of alien cultures. Children like to copy what they see as admirable; they may take on the positive or the negative aspects of a different culture. It depends on those responsible for their upbringing.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Justice banned from seminar
Justice banned from seminar SURABAYA: Deputy Chief Justice Adi Andojo Soetjipto failed to show up to address a seminar at the Airlangga University here yesterday because he was not permitted to attend. "Pak (Mr.) Adi only sent us a letter of apology for not being allowed to go by his superior, Chief Justice Soerjono, but he sent his paper to us," Dini Nurfirahmi, chair of the seminar's organizing committee told The Jakarta Post.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
E. Java dominates archery in National Games
E. Java dominates archery in National Games JAKARTA (JP): East Java wrapped up its winning run in the archery competition at the 14th National Games yesterday with an Olympic round gold medal. The East Java men's trio of Hariyono, Hendra Setijawan and Gatot Arianto teamed up well to beat their North Sumatran counterparts of Hendra Wijaya, Wilson Pane and Hairul Azhar 227- 210 for the gold, the 14th won by the traditional archery powerhouse.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Bre-X Minerals set to cash in on RI gold find
Bre-X Minerals set to cash in on RI gold find HONG KONG (Reuter): Canada's Bre-X Minerals Ltd may become one of the world's largest gold companies after the discovery of the Busang gold deposit in Indonesia, the firm's exploration manager Michael T. Guzman said. Guzman, speaking at an Asian Gold Congress in Hong Kong Tuesday, said the find in East Kalimantan on Borneo island could also push Indonesia into the ranks of the world's top five gold producers.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
Two hostages found dead in Irian Jaya
Two hostages found dead in Irian Jaya JAKARTA (JP): The two remaining hostages, abducted by Irianese separatist rebels last month, were found dead in a ravine yesterday, Antara quoted Lt. Col. Maulud Hidayat, a spokesman of the Trikora Military Command, as saying. Tumaji, 19, and Maksum, 28, were murdered by their captors, he told the news agency in Jayapura, capital of Irian Jaya. "Judging from the bodies, they were tortured and hanged. One of them was found with his hands tied behind his back.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
ASEAN told to delay Myanmar's entry
ASEAN told to delay Myanmar's entry KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) yesterday called on ASEAN governments to delay Myanmar's entry into the regional grouping until it makes more acceptable political changes. Thirty-three NGOs, in a memorandum to Malaysia's foreign ministry, urged Malaysia to reconsider its support for Myanmar's application to be a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Thu, 19 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB
House member asks govt to change education system
House member asks govt to change education system JAKARTA (JP): A House of Representatives member urged the government to overhaul the current education system to meet the demand for more skilled workers in the future. Iskandar Mandji, quoting data from the Ministry of Manpower, said changes in the education system were necessary because unskilled workers still accounted for 77.2 percent of the nation's work force, as Indonesia prepares to enter the regional free trade era in 2003.