Archive: 19 March 1997
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Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Stamp expo in Bandung
Stamp expo in Bandung BANDUNG: PT Pos Indonesia is to sponsor the Bandung Philately Festival 97 from March 27 through March 31, the state-run company announced yesterday.Part of the 75th anniversary of the Indonesian Philatelies Association, the exhibition will feature stamp collections that have...
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Spotlight
SpotlightPhoto A: IndoramaIndo-RamaBUSINESS DEAL: S.P. Lophia (second from right), managing director of PT Indo-Rama Synthetics Tbk, congratulates Ray Ho (third from right), director of Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Singapore Ltd., after signing a loan agreement in Singapore.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Indonesia imports 1m tons sugar yearly
Indonesia imports 1m tons sugar yearly BANDUNG (JP): Indonesia imports about one million tons of sugar in a year to supply the demand of sugar in the country, an official has said here.Beddu Amang, the head of the National Logistics Agency, said the demand of sugar now reached 3 million tons, while...
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
To Mecca with Golkar?
To Mecca with Golkar? JEPARA, Central Java (JP): Hundreds of Moslems going on the haj pilgrimage to Mecca were caught up in the raging political color war here yesterday.They found it impossible to say no when the government officials that had arranged their departure coerced them into buying...
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Baby dumper gets six months
Baby dumper gets six months MAUMERE, East Nusa Tenggara: An unmarried woman was sentenced to six months in jail over the weekend for dumping her newborn child into her neighbor's toilet last year.Yabelin Oetpah was found guilty of attempting to murder her 2.8-kilogram baby.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Mar'ie vows to implement new customs law
Mar'ie vows to implement new customs law JAKARTA (JP): Despite private sector concerns the government has vowed to implement the new customs procedures on April 1 without any transition period.The minister of finance, Mar'ie Muhammad, said yesterday the government had made enough preparations to...
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
RI elections cultural not political, says observer
RI elections cultural not political, says observer JAKARTA (JP): The general elections over the last three decades have been cultural events rather than political ones, an observer said yesterday.The once-in-five-years polls' popular sobriquet, fiesta of democracy, explains their essential meaning,...
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
City buildings designed for worse quakes: Experts
City buildings designed for worse quakes: Experts JAKARTA (JP): High rise buildings in Jakarta were designed to withstand earthquakes of much greater intensity than Monday's tremors, experts here said.The intensity would have to be at least two and a half times that of Monday to damage buildings,...
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on March 18, 1997: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------ Dharmala Insurance 1,500 0 0 Ades Alfindo 1,025 0 0 Andayani Megah 1,000 0 303,000 AHAP Insurance 2,675 0 0 Argha Karya...
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
City to investigate disappearing buses
City to investigate disappearing buses JAKARTA (JP): Deputy governor of economic and development affairs Tb. M. Rais asked the City Land Transportation Agency yesterday to investigate why some regular buses have disappeared from their designated routes.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Medicine prices
Medicine pricesFrom NeracaI had to buy some medicine at a private hospital where a relative of mine was hospitalized. I was greatly astounded at the high price of the medicine prescribed. A woman then advised me to buy the medicine elsewhere.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Indonesia standardizes ecolabeling procedures
Indonesia standardizes ecolabeling procedures JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is standardizing ecolabeling procedures and criteria for its timber companies.The minister of forestry, Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo, said yesterday the standardization of ecolabeling procedures would be completed by April.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Parrots, cockatoos face extinction
Parrots, cockatoos face extinction MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Protected parrots and yellow- crested cockatoos are on the brink of disappearing from the province due to poaching, a local official said here yesterday.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Big budget needed to upgrade Bogor lakes
Big budget needed to upgrade Bogor lakes JAKARTA (JP): A large amount of money is needed to upgrade 120 manmade lakes in Bogor, according to regency spokesman Denny M. Moechry, but the Bogor regency has no authority to upgrade them because they fall under the West Java provincial administration's...
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
ACPC predicts coffee output will fall 25%
ACPC predicts coffee output will fall 25% SURABAYA, East Java (JP): The Association of Indonesian Coffee Exporters (ACPC) predicts the country's coffee output will fall about 25 percent to 350,000 tons this year from 469,000 tons in 1996 because of bad weather.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Here, here, Amien Rais!
Here, here, Amien Rais!From MerdekaBeing a veteran of the 1945 independence struggle, a former national businessman, and a new order journalist (1966) as well, I was proud to read the front page of Merdeka (March 17) which published a comment from Muhammadiyah general chairman Amien Rais.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Human rights courses planned for universities
Human rights courses planned for universities JAKARTA (JP): The National Commission on Human Rights is developing courses in human rights to be taught at universities.Commission chairman Munawir Sjadzali said that currently the subject could not be taught at primary or secondary schools.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
PSN to launch M2A satellites in 1999
PSN to launch M2A satellites in 1999 JAKARTA (JP): PT Pasific Satelit Nusantara (PSN) will spend about US$340 million making two Multi-Media Asia (M2A) satellites.PSN's operating director, Achadiat Djajawinata, said here yesterday the two satellites would be launched by the first quarter of 1999,...
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Rights body in awkward position
Rights body in awkward position JAKARTA: East Timorese are scared to report possible violations to the local representative of the human rights commission because the office is near a military base.The observation came from Marzuki Darusman, deputy chief of the National Commission on Human Rights...
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
No anticipation for congestion
No anticipation for congestionFrom JayakartaTraffic congestion seems to have become worse this year. And sadly, such conditions do not seem to have been anticipated. Traffic jams occur at any time of the day, mornings, afternoons and evenings.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Thai Bank enters Jakarta
Thai Bank enters Jakarta BANGKOK (Reuter): Thai Farmers Bank Plc, Thailand's third largest commercial bank, said yesterday it would open a representative office in Jakarta.The bank said in a statement that the Jakarta office, its 16th overseas representative office, would open on Thursday and would...
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Classrooms demolished in school dispute
Classrooms demolished in school dispute JAKARTA (JP): About 75 students of the Central Jakarta De la Salle senior high school have been on "holiday" since Monday after public order officials demolished half their school Sunday.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
RI and Malaysia discuss barriers
RI and Malaysia discuss barriers JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian and Malaysian businesspeople will meet tomorrow to assess the problems and constraints of doing business in the two countries.Indonesian businessman Sofyan Wanandi said yesterday the one- day Jakarta Dialogue, focusing on the...
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Bonded zones seen reducing RI's current account deficit
Bonded zones seen reducing RI's current account deficit JAKARTA (JP): Bonded zones, despite hosting export-oriented companies, cannot help but reduce the country's current account deficit, legislators have said.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Local fruit potential
Local fruit potentialFrom MerdekaI have felt for some time that our country is fast loosing what it has, like local fruits, which are increasingly becoming a rarity. A few of these are kesemek, gowok, kebembem, cereme, jamblang, rambutan si nyonya, rambutan lengkeng, etc.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Youths demonstrate support for Bintang
Youths demonstrate support for Bintang JAKARTA (JP): A group of 20 youths staged a peaceful demonstration outside the Attorney General's Office yesterday, protesting the arrest of rebel politician Sri Bintang Pamungkas.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Thai PM to visit Brunei
Thai PM to visit Brunei BANGKOK (DPA): Thai Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh will travel to Brunei and Singapore this week to discuss trade and investment and address problems faced by Thai laborers in both countries, government sources said yesterday.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
BT sees S'pore as Asian telecom hub
BT sees S'pore as Asian telecom hub SINGAPORE (Reuter): British Telecommunications Plc (BT) said yesterday it aimed to turn Singapore into an Asian communications hub if it and its partners won their bid for a license to operate telephone services there from 2000.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
RP army attack on camp kills 11
RP army attack on camp kills 11 COTABATO, Philippines (AFP): An army bombing raid on a Moslem camp in the southern Philippines hit a school killing 10 teenage pupils and their teacher, Moro guerrilla leaders charged yesterday.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Telkom responds
Telkom responds I am writing in reference to the letter New telephone line from S & J Watson (March 13).After checking the line on March 13, we found that the cause of the disturbance was the damage of multiplexer equipment, and we repaired the damage on the same day.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Wismoyo tells swimmers to win back national pride
Wismoyo tells swimmers to win back national pride JAKARTA (JP): Wismoyo Arismunandar, the National Sports Council's chairman, went to the Senayan Swimming Pool yesterday to encourage the national swimming team to clean up in the pool at the 19th SEA Games.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Foreign fishermen deported
Foreign fishermen deported MANADO, North Sulawesi: Eight Filipino fishermen have been deported by the immigration office here for entering the province without proper documents, Antara reported yesterday.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Tariffs for AFTA set
Tariffs for AFTA set JAKARTA (JP): The government has set a schedule of tariff reduction for most industrial products of up to 5 percent by 2003 for the ASEAN Free Trade Area.Finance minister decree No. 94/KMK.01/1997, dated Feb.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
UN, U.S. human rights officials to visit E. Timor
UN, U.S. human rights officials to visit E. Timor JAKARTA (JP): Two high-ranking foreign officials, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State John Shattuck and United Nations special envoy Jamsheed Marker, are due in East Timor this week on separate fact-finding missions on the human rights situation.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Govt relaxes rules on election campaigners
Govt relaxes rules on election campaigners JAKARTA (JP): The government, already under fire for its election policy that critics say benefits Golkar, is relaxing the rules governing election campaigners.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Business in HK to remain as usual after handover
Business in HK to remain as usual after handover JAKARTA (JP): Hong Kong's secretary for trade and industry, Denise C.Y. Yue, assured Indonesia's business community yesterday that Hong Kong's economic regime would be unchanged after the colony was transferred to China.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Malaysia rubber production falls 12%
Malaysia rubber production falls 12% KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Weak prices have driven down Malaysian natural rubber output by an estimated 12 percent in the first quarter of 1997 compared to the year-earlier period, rubber traders said yesterday.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Radisson Hotel, Jl. Pecenongan 72, Central Jakarta: - Lobby Lounge Bar; Vino on Bass and Yudi on Piano, Mona and Nongky (Singers), Monday to Saturday, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. * Ancol Travelodge, Jl. Lodan Timur No.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Pilgrims to face cold weather in Holy Land
Pilgrims to face cold weather in Holy Land JAKARTA (JP): This year's haj pilgrims are facing relatively cold weather in Saudi Arabia, a situation which will increase the physical ordeal of the journey, according to Wan Alkadri, the head of the Ministry of Health's Haj Health Affairs.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Soeharto blasts hasty analyses
Soeharto blasts hasty analysesBy Dwi Atmanta MEDAN (JP): President Soeharto criticized Indonesian social scientists yesterday for issuing what he called unsubstantiated analyses of the unrest that rocked the country in recent months.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Local stocks keep falling
Local stocks keep falling JAKARTA (JP): Share prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) continued to lose ground yesterday sparked by a sharp drop in Telkom's share price.An HG Asia dealer said the market was featureless as investors were not hungry for shares.The JSX composite index closed 1.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Financindo secures loans
Financindo secures loans JAKARTA (JP): PT Tunas Financindo, a subsidiary of PT Tunas Ridean, signed a loan syndication worth US$30 million in Singapore yesterday to strengthen its working capital.The company announced yesterday the loan, arranged by HSBC Investment Bank Asia Limited, was 23 percent...
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Two soldiers testify against Aberson
Two soldiers testify against Aberson JAKARTA (JP): Two military witnesses testified yesterday in the Central Jakarta District Court against Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) legislator Aberson Marle Sihaloho by recalling the defamatory statements he allegedly made against President Soeharto.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
ABRI member demolishes villa
ABRI member demolishes villa BOGOR (JP): A Jakarta-based general has set an example for other Armed Forces personnel by demolishing his illegal villa in Puncak.Bogor mayoralty spokesman Denny M. Moechry confirmed an ABRI official had demolished his villa in response to the government's campaign to...
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
S'pore to launch speed crackdown
S'pore to launch speed crackdown SINGAPORE (DPA): While traffic gridlock slowly paralyzes East Asia's big cities from Taipei to Jakarta, Singapore has been lucky or clever enough to keep cars humming along its streets and highways quickly -- perhaps too quickly.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Rights body says circus guilty of child abuse
Rights body says circus guilty of child abuse BOGOR (JP): The National Commission on Human Rights found that the Oriental Circus Indonesia violated the rights of the employees who ran away to the rights body for help.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Childless couples eye orang utans
Childless couples eye orang utans KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Baby orang utans are being abducted and reared by desperate childless couples in Malaysia, a newspaper reported here yesterday.The couples shave the body hair off the orang utans to make them look more human, Edwin Bosi, an officer at the...
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Defamation case trial to go on
Defamation case trial to go on JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta District Court decided yesterday to continue trying a lawyer charged with defaming Akbar Tandjung, the minister of public housing.Heri S.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Grahaniaga gets $105 million loan
Grahaniaga gets $105 million loan JAKARTA (JP): Property developer PT Grahaniaga Tatautama secured yesterday a US$105 million syndicated loan from 26 banks.The company's president, Mohamad S Hidayat, said $75 million would be used to finance the development of the second Niaga Tower in the Sudirman...
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Brunei confirms for SEA Games
Brunei confirms for SEA Games JAKARTA (JP): Brunei became the last country to confirm its participation in the 19th SEA Games here from Oct. 11 to Oct. 19.An official of the organizers, M. Hindarto, said Brunei will send its 325 athletes and 106 officials to take part in 24 events.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Malaysian leaders cautious on Lee's vow to retract remarks
Malaysian leaders cautious on Lee's vow to retract remarks KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian leaders reacted guardedly yesterday to Singapore political patriarch Lee Kuan Yew's promise to retract remarks which triggered a political row between the two neighbors.
Wed, 19 Mar 1997
Oki expands business
Oki expands business TOKYO (Reuter): Oki Electric Industry Co Ltd said yesterday that it and a Chinese telecommunications firm would set up a joint venture in China in May to manufacture and sell telephone systems and switchboards.