Archive: 4 March 1997
47 articles found
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Officers welcome Soeharto's 'clobber' statement
Officers welcome Soeharto's 'clobber' statement JAKARTA (JP): Two senior military officers and a retired general expressed support yesterday for President Soeharto's threat to "clobber" anyone attempting to unseat him in an unconstitutional manner. Armed Forces (ABRI) Chief of Sociopolitical Affairs Lt. Gen. Syarwan Hamid said Soeharto's statements indicated the President wanted the national leadership succession to proceed in a lawful manner.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Perdana to launch housing loan
Perdana to launch housing loan JAKARTA (JP): Perdana Finance, a subsidiary of the publicly listed Perdana Cipta Multi Finance, will launch a 25-year home loan in July. Perdana president Hasan Krisno said yesterday the loan package, aimed at people wanting to buy medium and large houses, would be for between Rp 25 million (US$10,400) and Rp 1 billion. Hasan said Perdana would be the first multifinance company to offer a 25-year home loan. Other home loans have a maturity of up to 15 years.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Friend says dead Briton no drug user
Friend says dead Briton no drug user JAKARTA (JP): A Briton denied yesterday that an overdose was behind the death of his friend in Menteng Saturday, saying the victim was not a drug user. Garry Staggs told The Jakarta Post yesterday his old friend John, who died in Garry's house on Jl. Jaksa, Menteng, Central Jakarta, was not a habitual drug user. Staggs said he had known John for almost five years. Staggs said he bumped into John unexpectedly at around 10:30 p.m.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Jembatan Lima mart back to normal
Jembatan Lima mart back to normal JAKARTA (JP): A number of Jembatan Lima traders, who recently left the market on the instruction of authorities, have returned to join those who still refuse to move. By the weekend, dozens of traders had returned to reopen their businesses at the West Jakarta market, which the market authority PD Pasar Jaya, planned to renovate. The market authority built a makeshift market, consisting of 531 kiosks, to accommodate them.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Private firms to speed up telephone installations
Private firms to speed up telephone installations JAKARTA (JP): Five private firms with joint operation contracts with state-owned PT Telkom will speed up their projects to install the telephone lines the government requires by March 1999. Executives of the five companies told House Commission V they were optimistic they could meet the government's order.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta: Music * Le-Meridien: Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 18-20, Central Jakarta: - Lounge and Lobby Bar, Le Rendez-Vous; Venus Quartet, Monday, 8 p.m. to 12 a.m., Janet Hogarth, Canadian pianist & singer, nightly, except Monday, 8 p.m. to 12 a.m., Rini Ottini, Indonesian pianist, Saturday, 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Johny Legoh, Guitaris, daily, except Saturday, 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Sritex wins order from NATO
Sritex wins order from NATO JAKARTA (JP): Central Java textile maker PT Sritex has won a Rp 25 billion (US$10.87 million) contract to make 500,000 military uniforms for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) starting this year, a company executive said. Sritex president Mohammad Lukminto said that during the first stage his company would make standard military uniforms for Germany. "After this, we hope we will get more orders from other NATO- member countries," he said.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Golkar cadres at village level
Golkar cadres at village level From Merdeka If the dominant ruling group Golkar come out the winner again in the 1997 general election, it is nothing out of the ordinary. But behind the victory there is something interesting and extraordinary if an analytical observation is made of the struggle of Golkar cadres, particularly at village/district level. It is this struggle that has sustained Golkar's victory and status quo from 1971 to 1992.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
I'm really sick: Pakpahan
I'm really sick: Pakpahan JAKARTA (JP): Labor leader Muchtar Pakpahan, standing trial for his alleged antigovernment statements, exploded in court yesterday and accused presiding Judge Djazuli P. Sudibyo of ignoring his poor health. Pakpahan's outburst was in response to the South Jakarta District Court judge's accusation that he was only trying to attract press attention by bringing his health problems to court. "I am really sick.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Six men burgle house, stab owner in Bekasi
Six men burgle house, stab owner in Bekasi JAKARTA (JP): Six men broke into a house at Jati Bening, Bekasi, some 20 kilometers east of here yesterday, stabbed the owner and made off with 60 grams of gold. The house owner, Rachmat, 30, told police he woke as the burglars broke down his back door at 4:00 a.m. Rachmat said the six men entered his bedroom as he was trying to get up and one of the unidentified men attacked him and stabbed him in the back.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Mongolian president in town for three-day visit
Mongolian president in town for three-day visit JAKARTA (JP): Visiting Mongolian President Punsalmagiin Ochirbat, who arrived here yesterday for a three day state visit, will meet President Soeharto today to discuss bilateral issues. Ministers and entrepreneurs from the two countries will also hold talks on the sidelines for about 90 minutes, Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono said. The Mongolian officials arrived at Soekarno-Hatta international airport at 6:20 p.m.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Catholic students warned to beware of provocation
Catholic students warned to beware of provocation JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Try Sutrisno warned Catholic Students Association activists yesterday not to be provoked by campaigns aimed at discrediting the government and stirring up political chaos. Try said people, whom he did not identify, were out to create a false impression that the situation in Indonesia was far from an ideal location in which to do business because mass violence was so widespread.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Credit card holders, beware!
Credit card holders, beware! From Kompas Last month I went to Pondok Indah Mall in South Jakarta where I met a group of five men. They told me they acted on behalf of their boss who was looking for a mugger and a lost credit card belonging to his son. They said I was the culprit. I denied their accusations, but they threatened me with violence if I did not cooperate with them. They forced me to go with them to the parking lot opposite the mall. Their friends were waiting there.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
LBH lawyer wants tough measures for stubborn firms
LBH lawyer wants tough measures for stubborn firms JAKARTA (JP): Employers here will be beyond the reach of the law if the proposed revision of the Labor Law is passed by the House of Representatives, a lawyer said. In Jakarta and surrounding areas at least 10 court rulings in favor of employees were passed last year, but had yet to be respected by employers, Apong Herlina said yesterday. "Before 1996, very few court rulings were ignored by employers," Apong said.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Thais send 846 athletes to retain SEA Games title
Thais send 846 athletes to retain SEA Games title JAKARTA (JP): Thailand will deploy 846 athletes--496 men and 350 women--in its bid to retain the overall title at the 19th SEA Games here in October. Three countries have so far submitted their entry forms: Thailand, Cambodia and the Philippines. Thailand, which is aiming to finish fourth in next year's Asian Games in Bangkok, will participate in all 34 sports events in the biennial SEA Games, which are scheduled to run from Oct.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Food poisoning at wedding
Food poisoning at wedding BANDUNG: At least 200 people from the Bojongkoneng district near here were rushed to hospital Sunday after coming down with food poisoning at a wedding reception attended by more than 600 guests. Most of the victims were sent straight to the Santo Yusup hospital's intensive care unit, Antara reported. The unit's five wards were inadequate for the victims.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Ruwiyati eyes victory at Malang
Ruwiyati eyes victory at Malang JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian marathon runner Ruwiyati hopes to win East Java's Malang International Marathon in April. Alwi Mugiyanto, trainer and manager of the Tiger Lokomotiv Salatiga athletics club, said on Sunday that Ruwiyati is currently training for the event at the Central Javanese towns of Noebong near Salatiga and around nearby Mount Merbabu. Club member Ruwiyati won the Malang marathon in 1995.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
RI not ready for ASEAN financial liberalization
RI not ready for ASEAN financial liberalization JAKARTA (JP): The weak capitalization of Indonesia's banks and insurance companies will inhibit them competing in other ASEAN countries when the financial services within the group are liberalized, bank executives said yesterday.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Myanmar ready to join ASEAN in July
Myanmar ready to join ASEAN in July By Michele Cooper YANGON (AFP): Myanmar says it is ready, although not desperate, to join ASEAN in July but analysts say there is a lot riding on entry to the regional group for the country, its economy and its leaders. Even the universities, which were ordered to close in December in the wake of widespread protests, are generally not expected to open until after Myanmar's ASEAN membership is set.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 2:30 p.m. Travel: My Country 2:35 TV Series: Berenstain Bears 3:00 News: Lintasan Berita 3:05 Children's Program: Gemar Membaca 3:30 Science Film: Four Minute Mile 4:00 News: Lintasan Berita 4:05 Science and Technology Film: Science World 4:30 TV Drama: Pelangi Budaya 5:00 Regional News 5:30 English Lessons 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 TVRI News 7:00 Evening News 7:25 Filler and Trailer 7:30 Economic News: Lintas Ekonomi...
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Patriotic songs
Patriotic songs From Merdeka Being a member of the younger generation, I am concerned with the media's recent coverage of situations which are packed with violence and stark brutality. These incidents should not be emphasized with expressions like "social disparity", or should not blame a certain party. We should, as inheritors of the spirit of freedom fighters, ponder upon the misfortunes assailing our beloved country.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
RI offers Iranian quake victims aid
RI offers Iranian quake victims aid JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has offered assistance to victims of the recent earthquake in Iran which claimed more than 550 lives. The offer came yesterday during a meeting at Merdeka Palace between President Soeharto and visiting Iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Velayati. Also present was Indonesian foreign minister Ali Alatas. "The President asked (Velayati) what Indonesia could do to help," Alatas told journalists.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Pilgrims demand better services
Pilgrims demand better services JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Religious Affairs Tarmizi Taher said yesterday that most of the 200,000 Indonesian haj pilgrims going to Saudi Arabia this year were poor people in need of better government service and protection. "Three quarters of the pilgrims are not rich. They are poor, common people like farmers, whom the government should serve well," Tarmizi told reporters after meeting President Soeharto yesterday.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Legal aid course opened
Legal aid course opened JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta's Legal Aid Institute (LBH) begins a law course for 50 law graduates and students today. The five-week course, called Kalabahu 1997, is at LBH's office on Jl. Diponegoro, Central Jakarta, Luhut Pangaribuan, LBH's director, said yesterday. The program will focus on human rights, legal aid and its development in Indonesia, the role of non-governmental organizations, gender issues, and environmental law.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Edward discovers oil
Edward discovers oil JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian businessman Edward Soeryadjaya, whose bank was liquidated in 1993 for bankruptcy, said his company has discovered huge oil reserves in Mongolia through Soco Tamstag Mongolia, Inc. (Sotamo). He was quoted yesterday by Bisnis Indonesia as saying in Singapore that the 4.32-million-hectares Tamstag Basin in Mongolia, operated by Sotamo, had estimated reserves of about one billion barrels of crude oil. Sotamo is 42.64 percent owned by NTI Resources Ltd.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Hero's burial sought for Ferdinand Marcos
Hero's burial sought for Ferdinand Marcos MANILA (AFP): The widow of Ferdinand Marcos yesterday demanded a hero's burial in Manila for the late dictator after the government cut off power to a refrigerated crypt holding his remains because of the family's unpaid electric bills. A state-run electric cooperative in Marcos' northern hometown of Batac yesterday pulled the plug on a compound and mausoleum where the former president's glass-encased remains have been lying in state since 1993.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
WTO IT agreement wins crucial support
WTO IT agreement wins crucial support Tani Freedman GENEVA (AFP): A draft pact to free trade in information- technology products won vital support from six countries at the weekend and can now be put into effect, trade officials said here yesterday. The countries adhered to the pact before a Saturday deadline requiring support of countries accounting for at least 90 percent of world trade in information technology (IT) products.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Legislators protest governor's project
Legislators protest governor's project SEMARANG: The United Development Party faction in Central Java's legislature have strongly protested Governor Soewardi's plan to build a family welfare monument worth Rp 3.5 billion (US$1.45 million) The monument is to be located at the birthplace of the family welfare program in Ungaran, 10 kilometers south of here.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
PPP edict draws mixed responses
PPP edict draws mixed responses JAKARTA (JP): A call by the United Development Party (PPP) for ulemas from all three political groups to issue an edict on the general election received mixed reactions yesterday. A cautious deputy chairman of the Ulemas Council of Indonesia (MUI), Ali Yafie, said the council was open to deliberating the appeal.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
House set to ratify nuclear treaty
House set to ratify nuclear treaty JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives is ready to ratify a bill that would help turn Southeast Asia into a nuclear weapons-free zone. In a plenary meeting held to deliberate the bill on the Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapons Free Zone, attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas yesterday, the four factions agreed to endorse the document next week.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Muliasentra to issue five-year bonds
Muliasentra to issue five-year bonds JAKARTA (JP): PT Muliasentra Gunaswakarya, which owns 59.3 percent of publicly listed property firm Mulia Land property, will issue five-year bonds worth between Rp 150 billion (US$63.02 million) and Rp 250 billion later this month. "The bonds, which will be floated on the Surabaya Stock Exchange will carry a coupon of between 7 and 10 percent," Muliasentra director Tjahja Sathiadi said yesterday.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Moslems protest film on maid's life
Moslems protest film on maid's life MANILA (AFP): Moslem groups said yesterday they would protest the showing of a film on a Filipina Moslem maid who was jailed in the United Arab Emirates for murder because it violated Islamic principles. The film on Sarah Balabagan, who was pardoned by a United Arab Emirates (UAE) court last year after she killed her employer who had attempted to rape her, is to be premiered here on March 6.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
New land taxation needed
New land taxation needed JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Agrarian Affairs Soni Harsono has called for a new land tax system to stop speculation and the dereliction of land. "The current land taxation system tends to encourage speculation among buyers and owners because it is only based on the land's economic value," he said after addressing a national ministry meeting Sunday evening. He said the system taxed derelict land at a lower rate than land which had been developed, he said.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
City should get govt funding: Councilor
City should get govt funding: Councilor JAKARTA (JP): A councilor backed the administration's appeal to the government to help fund the city's large projects. Amarullah Asbah, secretary of the council's commission C for financial affairs, said the government should immediately respond to the appeal. "The government should give more funds to finance mass projects in Jakarta, it is the country's capital," Amarullah of the ruling Golkar faction said yesterday.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Nine people arrested over Ambeno riot
Nine people arrested over Ambeno riot DILI (JP): Nine East Timorese have been arrested for their roles in the Feb. 21 riot in the western town of Ambeno that claimed one life, police said yesterday. East Timor Police Chief Col. Yusuf Mucharam said the authorities had also intensified the questioning of another three they suspected of triggering the rampage. The three are members of the organizing committee of the Feb. 19 post-Idul Fitri gathering at which the trouble started.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Indoprom apologizes
Indoprom apologizes I am writing in reference to the letter of complaint (Feb. 26) regarding our service. We would like to apologize for what happened to Soren Lax's subscription to Asia Boating. We would like to clarify the matter as follows. The special offer subscription to Asian Boating was processed and reported on Oct. 16, 1996 to the publisher in Hong Kong but unfortunately the copy did not arrive. We contacted the publisher to check whether they had processed the report or not.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Indonesia's nation-building process at the crossroads
Indonesia's nation-building process at the crossroads By Aleksius Jemadu This is the second of two articles on nation-building. BANDUNG (JP): Many foreign observers applaud the economic performance of the New Order government over the last three decades. Indonesia is frequently mentioned as a good example for other developing countries in overcoming problems of poverty and rapid population growth.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
RI needs new palm oil markets, says LIPI study
RI needs new palm oil markets, says LIPI study JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia should not be too dependent on the West European market for its palm oil exports and should explore new markets in the Middle East, the Mediterranean, Eastern Europe and Asia, according to researchers. Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI) researchers said this during their presentation of a study on Indonesia's readiness for the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) in the next century. They used palm oil as a study case.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Four journalists testify
Four journalists testify YOGYAKARTA: Four senior journalists testified yesterday before the Bantul district court trying the lawsuit filed by Marsiyem, the widow of murdered journalist Fuad Muhammad Syafruddin, against the Yogyakarta police. The journalists were Masduki Attamimi of Antara news agency, Nurhadi of Kedaulatan Rakyat, Sutirman Eko Wardana from the Yogya Post and Putut Wiryawan, one of Fuad's colleagues at the local Bernas daily.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Thousands throng police precinct to cheer Megawati
Thousands throng police precinct to cheer Megawati JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of Megawati Soekarnoputri's supporters thronged the South Jakarta Police Precinct yesterday to support the ousted leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) who was questioned over an allegedly illegal political meeting. An estimated 5,000 Megawati loyalists, including 700 wearing T-shirts emblazoned with her picture, created traffic chaos around the precinct on Jl. Wijaya.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Bogor miners demand permits to buy explosives
Bogor miners demand permits to buy explosives JAKARTA (JP): More than 360 stone quarriers from Bogor protested at National Police headquarters yesterday the withdrawal of their permits to buy explosives. The stone quarriers, who arrived in three buses, waved banners and posters and yelled "We're hungry...we're hungry..." outside the headquarters on Jl. Trunojoyo, South Jakarta, before they were asked to move to a nearby field. The Chief of General Information at the National Police Lt. Col.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Teacher rapes 12 of his 25 student
Teacher rapes 12 of his 25 student JAKARTA (JP): A private teacher in Tangerang was arrested Sunday for raping 12 of his 25 students, aged between six and 14 years old, Tangerang police precinct chief said yesterday. Lt. Col. Iman Haryatna said the teacher, identified as AS, 21, was arrested after the parents of one of the children complained to police. "The parents reported last Saturday that their daughter had been raped by AS.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on March 3, 1997: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ---------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,175 0 3,000 AHAP Insurance 2,675 0 0 Alter Abadi 1,175 0 285,000 Alumindo Light Metal 1,250 -25 230,000 Alumindo Perkasa 775 0 2,500 Andayani Megah 1,050 25 56,500 Aneka Kimia Raya 1,275 0 610,500 Anwar Sierad 1,850 0 1,237,000 Aqua Golden Mississippi 5,500 -200 20,000 Argha Karya Prima Industry 3,400...
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
U.S. opens trade office
U.S. opens trade office JAKARTA (JP): The United States embassy has opened an agricultural trade office in Jakarta to promote export sales and provide information for importers wanting to buy U.S. agricultural products. August Schumacher, the administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service, said yesterday Indonesia was the 11th largest market for U.S. agricultural products. In the last fiscal year the U.S.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Last round of 'Blue Sky' emission tests to begin
Last round of 'Blue Sky' emission tests to begin JAKARTA (JP): The third and last round of vehicle emission testing will begin at 20 sites in Jakarta on March 10 until March 13, head of the city environmental bureau said yesterday. Bureau head, Aboejoewono Aboeprajitno, said the tests were part of the city's Blue Sky campaign to curb air pollution. "The law will be enforced after the final emissions campaign," Aboejoewono told The Jakarta Post by phone from Semarang.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Asian rice suppliers keep wooing RP
Asian rice suppliers keep wooing RP MANILA (Reuter): Asian rice exporters continue to woo the Philippines which has embarked on a rice procurement program, officials at the Philippine Agriculture Department said yesterday. The latest batch of prospective rice sellers to Manila include Malaysia, India and Pakistan, they said. Malaysia and India had offered to supply up to 100,000 tons of rice each to the Philippines, a senior official at the department told Reuters.
Tue, 04 Mar 1997, 00:00 WIB
Southeast Asian palm oil markets seen mixed
Southeast Asian palm oil markets seen mixed KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Southeast Asian palm oil markets are expected to trend firmer this week with prospects of export business aiding Singapore and Malaysian prices, regional traders said. However, Indonesian oil is likely to trade lower on weak demand, although traders said the downside will be capped relatively by the high price of crude palm oil. Singapore traders expect fresh inquiries by Chinese and Indonesian buyers looking for spot oil.