Archive: 29 October 1997
57 articles found
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
AIDS volunteers mingle at Bali's busy Kuta beach
AIDS volunteers mingle at Bali's busy Kuta beach By Leyla Alyanak KUTA, Bali (JP): Agus scans the new group of Japanese tourists with precision, weighing his chances like a pro. Most of the women are with their friends or husbands. But one of them, fortyish and with cropped hair, is alone. Agus has found his mark. Not letting her out of his sight, he waits until she has settled on the beach for the day. "Are you looking for a boyfriend?" he asks, sitting gingerly on the burning hot sand.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Man arrested, violent wife hiding: Police
Man arrested, violent wife hiding: Police JAKARTA (JP): Police have detained the husband of a woman who allegedly assaulted five maids in Kembangan, West Jakarta, city police spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said yesterday. The man, identified only as Kresna, should also be held responsible for the behavior of his wife, who is now in hiding, Aritonang claimed. Kresna was arrested Monday night when he returned home from work so police could question him about his wife's whereabouts, he said.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
PT Astra Agro Lestari to offer 125.8m shares
PT Astra Agro Lestari to offer 125.8m shares JAKARTA (JP): The currency turmoil over the past three months has not affected plantation company PT Astra Agro Lestari's plan to offer its shares to the public early next month. PT Astra Agro Lestari, a subsidiary of the country's largest automaker PT Astra International, plans to offer 125.8 million shares. The company's president Benny Subianto said yesterday the shares would account for 10 percent of the company's total enlarged capital.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Asian currencies hold on, U.S. dollar falls out of favor
Asian currencies hold on, U.S. dollar falls out of favor SINGAPORE (Reuters): Southeast Asian currencies held their ground yesterday as the U.S. dollar fell out of favor after Wall Street's historic drop overnight. Wide spreads and thin volumes exaggerated volatility, but dealers said most Asian currencies kept their cool after an expected sell-off on the back of diving regional stock markets failed to materialize.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Singapore offers $10b in aid: Soeharto
Singapore offers $10b in aid: Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto disclosed yesterday that Singapore had offered US$10 billion in assistance to help restore confidence in the Indonesian economy. Out of the $10 billion, Soeharto said, $5 billion would be standby loans to strengthen the country's foreign exchange reserves.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Murder a case of 'mistaken identity'
Murder a case of 'mistaken identity' TANGERANG (JP): Police have detained a drink vendor for allegedly stabbing to death a student in the Bumi Serpong Damai housing complex here. A detective from the Tangerang Police precinct said Monday that Sumaji, 17, had been accused of stabbing Panser Sadanian, 17, with a machete Sunday apparently in retaliation after a group of people extorted money from him.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Reforestation funds remain in SBIs
Reforestation funds remain in SBIs JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Forestry would unload its Rp 1.2 trillion (US$333 billion) in reforestation funds placed in Bank Indonesia Certificates (SBIs) only if President Soeharto orders to do so, the ministry's secretary-general said yesterday. Oetomo said the ministry would continue to roll over its SBIs at maturity to help the monetary authority keep liquidity in check.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Unemployment rate rises 6% in the city
Unemployment rate rises 6% in the city JAKARTA (JP): A city councilor expressed concern yesterday over the high level of unemployment, which increased from 4 percent last year to 6 percent of the city's nine million residents this year. "This is really dangerous for the city and its future development," Djafar Badjeber, a member of the United Development Party faction, told The Jakarta Post yesterday.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
RI says no to conditioned aid
RI says no to conditioned aid JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas stressed again yesterday that Indonesia would not accept other countries' attempts to make human rights records a condition for development cooperation. The minister said this narrow and one-sided approach was counterproductive and a blatant denial of people's rights to development.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Be sure you know what you write
Be sure you know what you write Sometimes, I wonder why the editor of a prestigious paper, as The Jakarta Post is, decides to submit to its readers nonsense masked as articles written by pseudo-columnists. In addition to the recurring articles dealing with sports written by journalists who, being wrapped in a flag, see the sport only through certain colors (see Vic Mills & Co), this paper presents now and then some articles written by columnists who really don't know what they are dealing with.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Soeharto to propose APEC response to financial turmoil
Soeharto to propose APEC response to financial turmoil SINGAPORE (AFP): President Soeharto is to propose at an upcoming APEC summit an action plan to avert financial turmoil caused by excessive currency fluctuations which have damaged Southeast Asian economies, an official said yesterday.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Inovax postpones PT Ponco purchase
Inovax postpones PT Ponco purchase PERTH (Reuters): Australian drug developer and distributor Inovax Ltd said it would postpone the purchase of Indonesian drug maker PT Ponco for A$94.6 million due to Southeast Asia's economic turmoil.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Analysts doubt polling on next president
Analysts doubt polling on next president JAKARTA (JP): Two senior military analysts welcomed yesterday the idea of a national poll on President Soeharto's acceptability, but expressed doubts that it could be carried out successfully. The deputy governor of the National Resilience Institute, Juwono Sudarsono, and a former governor of the institute, Sayidiman Suryohadiprojo, both said they thought the national poll proposal was a good one in principle.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Beachfront residents to be evicted
Beachfront residents to be evicted PALU, Central Sulawesi: As many as 112 low-income families dwelling along the beachfront area here are in danger of being evicted because their homes violate the city's spatial plan. The head of the city planning office, Gusti Alam Saad, claimed Monday that the city's blueprints designate the beachfront area as a greenbelt. He maintained that the houses there were built illegally and without appropriate permits.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Howard arrives on working visit
Howard arrives on working visit JAKARTA (JP): Australian Prime Minister John Howard, who arrived here yesterday for a two-day working visit, will hold a discussion with President Soeharto at Merdeka Palace this morning. During the meeting, the two leaders will likely focus their attention on economic and political issues, especially the ongoing Southeast Asian currency crisis, palace officials said yesterday.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Cahyo Budiono breaks record as longest-playing drummer
Cahyo Budiono breaks record as longest-playing drummer YOGYAKARTA (JP): Cahyo Budiono of the Purwokerto-based Zaragoza Band broke on Monday Indonesia's record for the longest- playing drummer, playing his drum set for 12 hours and 40 minutes straight. The previous record was established in 1988 by a more prominent musician, Jelly Tobing of the Bharata Band, who played eight hours without stopping. Tobing's feat was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Thai cabinet must make tough decisions
Thai cabinet must make tough decisions Thailand's new cabinet cobbled together by Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh in the hope of staving off public demands for his resignation, held its first working meeting Monday. The key changes in last week's reshuffle was followed by subsequent public protests as Mr. Chavalit's six-party coalition grappled with the International Monetary Fund's rescue measures.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Safe distance in driving
Safe distance in driving From Media Indonesia We are still concerned with the low quality of drivers in our country. I once witnessed a chain of collisions which later resulted in a long-winded debate as the driver who rammed his car into the car in front of him blamed the driver of this car for braking suddenly.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Smog-hit SE Asia could become tourist no-go zone
Smog-hit SE Asia could become tourist no-go zone By Chris Johnson SINGAPORE (Reuters): Choking yellow-gray smog over Southeast Asia has already closed factories, canceled flights and lengthened queues in doctors' waiting-rooms. But much worse could be in store if the raging forest fires across Indonesia are not put out soon -- and for good.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Shares prices fall worldwide
Shares prices fall worldwide JAKARTA (JP): Shares prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) plunged sharply by 8.59 percent or 42.12 points to a new low of 447.99 points yesterday as billions of dollars were wiped off stock exchanges worldwide. The panic selling by most investors was triggered by the overnight plunge in Wall Street on Monday and another crash of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange yesterday, brokers said.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
First Hard Rock hotel in Bali
First Hard Rock hotel in Bali JAKARTA (JP): The island of Bali, one of the world's leading tourist destinations, has been chosen for the first Hard Rock Beach Club. The property, scheduled to open next May, will be located near busy Kuta beach and will combine hotel, resort, musical and recreation park, according to Hard Rock spokesperson Linda Agee. Owned by Adiguna Sutowo of PT Amanda Pramudita of Indonesia and managed by Hard Rock Hotels & Resort Management Pte.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
AMP Panin Life sold to Dharmala Manulife
AMP Panin Life sold to Dharmala Manulife JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed PT Panin Life and Australian Mutual Provident Society (AMP Society) have sold their stakes in PT AMP Panin Life to PT Dharmala Manulife for Rp 22.8 billion (US$6.33 million). Panin's president Fadjar Gunawan said yesterday his company sold its 35 percent stake in AMP Panin, a joint venture with AMP Society, to consolidate its business.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Man found dead at boarding house
Man found dead at boarding house JAKARTA (JP): A man was found dead in his room at a boarding house on Jl. Kirai, North Cipete, in South Jakarta yesterday. The victim, identified as Budi Santoso, 25, was an employee of Mie Gunting restaurant in Senayan. His body was found by the house owner who became suspicious after not seeing Budi come out of his room for three days, Kateni Suyani, the neighborhood leader, said.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Security officer hit by train
Security officer hit by train JAKARTA (JP): A security guard was crushed to death by an express train, plying the Jakarta-Bandung route yesterday. The victim, identified as Tubagus Benny Umar Atmakusumah, 42, was a resident of Paseban Timur, Central Jakarta. He was crushed near Jl. Cipinang Raya in East Jakarta, right in front of Cipinang Prison, Chief Sgt. T. Manalu of the Jatinegara military district said.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Six foreign contractors bid for Padang airport
Six foreign contractors bid for Padang airport JAKARTA (JP): The government will announce in December the winning developers of the Ketaping International Airport project in Padang, West Sumatra, an official said yesterday. The head of the Ministry of Transportation's Padang office, Martunus Said, said the tender for the airport project opened in Jakarta yesterday. He said six offshore firms were likely to enter their bids for the projects.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Four SEA Games athletes fail doping tests
Four SEA Games athletes fail doping tests JAKARTA (JP): The 19th SEA Games organizing committee announced yesterday that four medalists had tested positive for banned substances. Secretary-general Rudolf S. Warouw identified the athletes as Indonesian cyclist Tonton Susanto, Myanmar body builder Khing Maung Htwe, and marksman Nuanwan Kerdsumran and decathlete David Jimsumruay, both Thai.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Discipline movement hits Jakarta streets
Discipline movement hits Jakarta streets JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso has urged members of the National Discipline Movement to act responsibly as they carry out their public-order tasks. Sutiyoso asked them Monday to make themselves role models for the public and not to overact. "Start to discipline yourselves, because being an example is a way of making people more disciplined," he said.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Spotlight
Spotlight Photo A: ISO JP/msa WIRED FOR SUCCESS: R.A. Barkhuis (right), head of PT KEMA Registered Quality Indonesia, an affiliate of the Netherlands- based Kema company, presents the ISO 9002 certificate to the Vice President Director of PT Siemens Kabel Optik, G. Schoeber. The presentation during the cable company's first anniversary took place Monday at Wisma Bank Tiara, Jl. MT Haryono, South Jakarta.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Limits on Chinese business supported
Limits on Chinese business supported JAKARTA (JP): Prominent businessman Sofyan Wanandi supported yesterday a controversial notion that legislation be established to preserve the businesses of indigenous Indonesians by barring Chinese traders from entering certain sectors.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
AIDS threatens Asia with grave economic crisis
AIDS threatens Asia with grave economic crisis MANILA (AFP): Asia faces potentially grave economic problems from the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and must be willing to challenge religious and cultural norms to mitigate them, experts said yesterday.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
300 allowed to sit civil service test
300 allowed to sit civil service test JAKARTA (JP): Three hundred civil servant applicants, who did not receive a notification letter from the municipality, were allowed to join yesterday's test despite earlier plans to fail them. The applicants did not receive a test identification number -- and were considered ineligible for the test -- due to a postal service delay, an official said. "The city is trying to be fair to all prospective applicants.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
PLN urged to negotiate private power prices
PLN urged to negotiate private power prices JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Mines and Energy I.B. Sudjana ordered state-owned electricity company PLN to renegotiate with private power companies over prices following the rupiah's sharp depreciation against the U.S. dollar, company president Djiteng Marsudi said yesterday. Djiteng said the order was given because PLN could no longer afford private power at prices settled in dollars before the monetary crisis beset the region.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
APEC adopts plan for early trade liberalization
APEC adopts plan for early trade liberalization SINGAPORE (AFP): APEC senior officials wound up talks here yesterday by adopting a set of guidelines to identify priority sectors for early trade liberalization at the group's summit in Vancouver, Canada, next month.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Greed, complacency at play in drought, forest fires
Greed, complacency at play in drought, forest fires We have been closely following the effect of the prolonged drought, causing both record crop failures and an unprecedented smog which has enveloped the region. We recently asked Dr. H.S. Dillon, Vice-President of the Asian Society of Agricultural Economists, who served as Assistant to the Minister of Agriculture for many years, to comment on the cause and probable effects of these disasters.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Asian crisis needs fast solution: Rubin
Asian crisis needs fast solution: Rubin NEW YORK (Reuters): U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said there is "clearly a serious issue" with respect to financial instability in Southeast Asia that needs to be resolved as soon as possible.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Changwon industries seek investment opportunities
Changwon industries seek investment opportunities JAKARTA (JP): A trade mission from South Korea's industrial city of Changwon has arrived here for a three-day visit to explore investment opportunities. Changwon mayor Kong Min Bae, who was leading the mission, said yesterday he brought along executives from 12 middle-scale manufacturing companies in Changwon.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Qiao purged but still visible
Qiao purged but still visible As Chinese President Jiang Zemin meets President Bill Clinton at the summit in Washington DC, The Jakarta Post Asia correspondent Harvey Stockwin explores the way in which power politics within the Chinese Communist Party is having an unexpected result at home -- and how that realpolitik may have predictable impact on Sino-American relations.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Hopes for next year's coffee crop fading
Hopes for next year's coffee crop fading SINGAPORE (Reuters): No rain fell on Indonesia's parched coffee belt over the past 24 hours and hopes for the 1998 crop are fading fast, dealers said yesterday. "There were no rains overnight," a veteran coffee dealer said. "I think the crop's beyond saving. I don't give it much hope anymore." Traders said the drought spawned by the El Nino weather anomaly had devastated coffee trees in the key growing areas of Lampung, Bengkulu and South Sumatra.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Asian crisis curbs U.S. growth, analysts say
Asian crisis curbs U.S. growth, analysts say NEW YORK (Reuters): An ongoing financial crisis in southeast Asia will probably curb U.S. economic growth, and possibly influence how the Federal Reserve handles monetary policy in the near future, Fed sources and analysts said. "There is undoubtedly going to be some effect from Asian economies slowing a bit on the U.S. economy," a Fed source, who asked not to be named, told Reuters on Monday.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct. 28, 1997: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 850 -50 89,500 AHAP Insurance 2,500 0 0 Alter Abadi 600 -75 5,000 Alumindo Light Metal 500 -75 37,500 Alumindo Perkasa 300 -100 100,000 Aneka Kimia Raya 600 -25 219,500 Anwar Sierad 625 -125 33,500 Apac Centertex Corp.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Three men tried for trafficking Ecstasy
Three men tried for trafficking Ecstasy JAKARTA (JP): Three men were indicted in the West Jakarta District Court yesterday for trafficking 800 Ecstasy pills with a street value of Rp 23 million (US$6,388). Prosecutor Azwar said the defendants, Darmawan Elius, 23, Fredy alias Andry, 22, and Hendri alias Acing, 21, were arrested in front of Hotel Omni Batavia on Jl. Kali Besar, in Tambora, West Jakarta, on July 7.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Shameful culture
Shameful culture During the recent SEA Games in Jakarta I enjoyed watching several sport events on TV. What attracted me most was the spectators' attitude (of course not all of them) in supporting their country's sportsmen and sportswomen in their struggle to win the games. In the tennis matches, for instance, where the area is relatively small, the spectators are expected to behave decently because the players need a high degree of concentration.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta: Exhibitions * Ceramics Exhibition, Golekan at Bentara Budaya, Jl. Palmerah Selatan No. 17, Jakarta, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., until Oct. 31. * Painting Exhibition, by Laila Dempster, at Shangri-La, Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav.1, Central Jakarta, until Nov. 2. * Fine Arts Exhibition: Kelompok C'antique at the Lobby, Sari Pan Pacific Hotel, Jl. MH Thamrin 6, Central Jakarta, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., until Oct. 30.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Klender traders protest management
Klender traders protest management JAKARTA (JP): Eleven legume traders from Klender market in East Jakarta went to the City Council yesterday to complain about the city-owned market management company PD Pasar Jaya's inconsistency in space allotment. The traders asked councilors from Commission B for economic affairs to urge PD Pasar Jaya to let them operate on the ground floor and basement of the market.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Asian fund not remedy for currency crisis: LGT
Asian fund not remedy for currency crisis: LGT SINGAPORE (Reuters): Setting up an Asian fund to help economies in trouble is not the best solution to the crisis facing the region's financial markets, LGT Asset Management chief economist John Greenwood said yesterday. "I think it's a second best solution," Greenwood told reporters after addressing a conference in Singapore. "The first policy is for the ASEAN countries to adopt appropriate domestic fiscal and monetary policies.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Parents plead to rights body to help free Nasiroh
Parents plead to rights body to help free Nasiroh JAKARTA (JP): A tearful Soleha, the mother of an Indonesian housemaid facing possible execution in Saudi Arabia, pleaded yesterday to the National Commission on Human Rights to help release her daughter. "Please help the government (effort) to set Nasiroh free," Soleha said sobbing. She added she was sure that Nasiroh is not guilty of killing her employer as accused by an Islamic court in Saudi Arabia.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
SEA Games stickers
SEA Games stickers From Sinar Pagi The protests voiced on the extension of imposed sales of SEA Games stickers are well founded. After the rejection by the Indonesian Consumers Institute (YLKI), Jakarta's Regional Legislative Council has also objected to the fund raising. Deputy chairman of the legislative council Rusydi Hamka said, "The SEA Games is a project of prestige not a business project.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Hyundai breaks monopoly
Hyundai breaks monopoly SEOUL (AFP): South Korean industrial giant Hyundai Group yesterday obtained approval from a provincial government to jump into the country's monopolized and state-controlled steel industry, the group said. Hyundai Group chairman Chung Mong-Koo signed an agreement with the governor of Kyungnam province, who allowed the group to build a major steel mill in Hadong, near the hometown of President Kim Young-Sam.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
S'pore forests to get wild beasts
S'pore forests to get wild beasts SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore announced yesterday a plan to release indigenous wild animals into its forest reserves to try to revive a natural-born animal population. "The exercise will see the release of some leopard cats, mousedeer and civets at various locations," said Sidek Saniff, senior minister of state for the environment. The experiment next year "aims to repopulate our forests with these indigenous species.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Growth Area to spur development
Growth Area to spur development BALIKPAPAN, East Kalimantan: East Kalimantan Deputy Governor Suwarna hopes that the Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines - East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) will spur further development in the area and create stronger regional cooperation. Speaking at Monday's opening of the seventh senior officials meeting of the BIMP-EAGA, Suwarna admitted that the cooperation has not yet produced any significant economic results.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Malaysia offers to RI a standby fund: Anwar
Malaysia offers to RI a standby fund: Anwar KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): The US$1 billion which Malaysia has offered to Indonesia is a standby facility to help its neighbor revive its ailing economy, Deputy Premier Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday. "It is not aid," Anwar told reporters. "It is a facility which Indonesia can draw upon when it needs with the aim of boosting confidence in the Indonesian currency and economy and it will be paid back. "It is a Malaysian offer.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Waiting for IMF aid
Waiting for IMF aid We will not be surprised to find out sometime later this week or early next month that the reform measures to be prescribed by the International Monetary Fund-led team as the condition for its financial aid to Indonesia, will not differ greatly from what domestic private-sector analysts, and even several members of the cabinet, have often recommended in the past.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Assembly campaigns for guidelines drafts
Assembly campaigns for guidelines drafts JAKARTA (JP): All five factions in the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) began yesterday campaigns for their respective drafts of state policy guidelines. Given its majority position in the legislative body, Golkar appears to have the upper hand in its effort to have its draft be accepted by the body.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Public pressure needed for democratization
Public pressure needed for democratization JAKARTA (JP): The ongoing currency crisis may have many adverse impacts, but it also serves as an impetus for greater democratization, a political observer says. Arbi Sanit told a seminar on legal reform here yesterday that should the economic turmoil drag on, it would affect an even greater number of people and force them into reacting in such a way which may inflict pressure on the government.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 My Country 2:35 TV Series: Big Brother Jake 3:10 Indonesian Children 3:35 Talk Show: Kotak Pos 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Education Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:10 TV Series: Road to Avonlea 5:55 Music 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 The Rainbow 6:15 Village Program 6:30 TVRI News 6:53 Music 7:00 Evening News 7:35 Entrepreneurship Program: Mitra Kita 8:05 TV Drama: Dipersimpangan Jalan 8:30 Documentary: Samudra Kita 9:00 World News 9:30 Music: Panggung Gembira...
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
Support looms for human rights decree
Support looms for human rights decree JAKARTA (JP): Deputy chairman of the National Commission on Human Rights Marzuki Darusman suggested yesterday that the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) establish a decree on human rights promotion in response to global demands. Marzuki said the decree would give the international community strong evidence Indonesia affiliates itself with the international rules of the game, which includes the adherence to certain economic norms and an open market.
Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 00:00 WIB
16 local golfers to play in Tugu Pratama c'ship
16 local golfers to play in Tugu Pratama c'ship JAKARTA (JP): Sixteen Indonesian pro golfers are eligible to play next month in the US$300,000 Tugu Pratama PGA Championship 1997. The Indonesia Golf Association's secretary-general, Taufik Azis, told a press conference yesterday that Kasiadi, Maan Nasim and Ilyasyak, the country's best hopes, are expected to fare well in the championship. Kasiadi, who is placed 31st in the Omega Tour, is expected to finish in the top 10 in the championship.