Archive: 8 April 1997
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Tue, 08 Apr 1997
China withdraws oil rig from Sout China Sea
China withdraws oil rig from Sout China Sea BEIJING (AFP): China has withdrawn an exploratory oil rig in the South China Sea in an area disputed with Vietnam, a senior official with the China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) said yesterday.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Printer gets 30 months for defaming President Soeharto
Printer gets 30 months for defaming President Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): A printer was sentenced to two years and six months in jail here yesterday for defaming President Soeharto by having printed an unlicensed magazine that contained articles tarnishing the President's image.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
No Paper
No PaperIn observance of the Hindu Day of Silence, The Jakarta Post will not be published tomorrow. The Post will appear again Thursday. -- Publisher
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
House internal rules need changing: Legislators
House internal rules need changing: Legislators JAKARTA (JP): Legislators of the United Development Party (PPP) faction submitted to the House of Representatives yesterday a proposal to amend its internal rules.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Bali's Nyepi festivities likely to be toned down
Bali's Nyepi festivities likely to be toned downBy Putu Wirata DENPASAR, Bali (JP): The series of Nyepi festivities to be held today in Bali seem to be a subdued version of those of former years. In past years, the atmosphere of Nyepi, an annual Balinese Hindu event, could be felt in the villages...
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
TV Program: Tuesday, April 8, 1997
TV Program: Tuesday, April 8, 1997TVRI 2:30 p.m. News: Lintas Nusantara 2:40 Travel: My Country 2:45 Children's Film: Berenstain Bears 3:00 News: Lintasan Berita 3:10 Teenagers' Program: Remaja Indonesia 3:35 Education Program: Kuliah Universitas Terbuka 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Teenagers' Program:...
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Women workers protest new manpower bill
Women workers protest new manpower bill JAKARTA (JP): Some 40 women workers and their families from the West Java town of Karawang yesterday pressured the government to drop its manpower bill, staging a protest at the House of Representatives.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Illegal workers sent home
Illegal workers sent home KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Six illegal workers deported from Malaysia arrived here last week.The workers were repatriated in cooperation with the Indonesian embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Lukman Hakim, an official of the East Nusa Tenggara social affairs office, said yesterday.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Diplomat's wife killed in accident
Diplomat's wife killed in accident PRETORIA (AFP): Malaysia's ambassador to South Africa, Kadir Deen, was in a serious condition in hospital yesterday after a car accident in which his wife was killed and two of their children were injured.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Slain journalist's widow fights depression
Slain journalist's widow fights depressionBy Asip Agus Hasani YOGYAKARTA (JP): Seven months of legal proceedings have shed no light on the bizarre murder of Yogyakarta journalist Fuad Muhammad Syafruddin, better known as Udin, but have mounted suffering on his widow Marsiyem.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Trial of toll road case to start
Trial of toll road case to start BOGOR (JP): The trial of two men charged in connection with the 1996 fatal Jagorawi toll road robbery will start next Monday.Spokesman for the Bogor District Court Usman Wahab told The Jakarta Post yesterday that the two men, Mikael and Hendrik, would be tried...
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
JSX composite index falls
JSX composite index falls JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta stock market continued to fall yesterday with the JSX Composite Index tumbling to a three-month low of 633.28 in morning trade.But the key indicator regained ground in afternoon trade to close at 636.64, down fractionally from 637.42 on Friday.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
New ruling for foreign banks
New ruling for foreign banks JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia, the central bank, has made it compulsory for joint venture and foreign banks to lend to small businesses.Bank Indonesia's director for credit, Mukhlis Rasyid, said yesterday joint ventures and foreign banks had to participate in the...
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Political riots rock three C. Java towns
Political riots rock three C. Java towns SEMARANG (JP): Political violence shook the Central Java towns of Pekalongan, Rembang and Temanggung early Sunday, in which nine people were injured, one house vandalized, several shops attacked and 15 vehicles set on fire, officials said yesterday.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
PPP rally claims one life
PPP rally claims one life SURAKARTA: One bystander was killed during a United Development Party (PPP) street rally that involved hundreds of supporters in Klaten district Sunday, a report said yesterday.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Canadian regulators force data release, says Bre-X
Canadian regulators force data release, says Bre-X CALGARY (Reuter): Securities regulators forced the release of disappointing preliminary results from tests at Bre-X Minerals Ltd's deposit in Indonesia, the head of the company said in a newspaper interview published on Sunday.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Activists call for release of colleague
Activists call for release of colleague JAKARTA (JP): A group of activists called for the intervention of the National Commission on Human Rights yesterday to secure the release of a colleague who has been held in connection with last December's riot in Tasikmalaya, West Java.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Myanmarese exhibition
Myanmarese exhibition JAKARTA (JP): German state-owned trade fair organizer Messe Munchen International will hold an exhibition in the Myanmarese capital of Yangon in cooperation with Myanmar's Industrial Development Committee.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Bureaucracy told to reduce its monopoly
Bureaucracy told to reduce its monopoly JAKARTA (JP): Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating said yesterday Indonesia should reduce the monopolistic role of its bureaucracy to become more globally competitive.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Telkomsel adds stations
Telkomsel adds stations JAKARTA (JP): Private cellular operator PT Telkomsel will operate five extra radio base stations in the mountainous areas of West Java in a bid to provide better service to travelers between Jakarta and Bandung.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
More owners move into Taman Rasuna
More owners move into Taman Rasuna JAKARTA (JP): More owners of Taman Rasuna Apartments in Kuningan, South Jakarta, can move into their new homes as four of the 16 towers have been completed said the developer.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Wedding bells for President Soeharto's son
Wedding bells for President Soeharto's son JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto's youngest son, a business tycoon long considered Indonesia's most eligible bachelor, will marry his bride of Javanese royalty on April 30.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Target market of 'Hard Rock FM'
Target market of 'Hard Rock FM' We write to comment on the article published in The Jakarta Post on Sunday, March 30, 1997 on page 9, entitled At 26 'Prambors Rasisonia' is still the hottest in town by Helly Minanti.Referring to the quotation on the eighth column , paragraph 2 "...
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Lippo Life pays dividend
Lippo Life pays dividend JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed insurance company PT Lippo Life will pay Rp 15.5 billion (US$6.51 million) in interim dividends on April 29.The company said the dividends from the company's 1996 Rp 50.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Indonesian intellectual property society officiated
Indonesian intellectual property society officiated JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta-based Indonesian Intellectual Property Society (IIPS) founded on Nov. 25 was officiated yesterday by Deputy Cabinet Secretary Bambang Kesowo.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on April 7, 1997: ------------------------------------------------------ Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 1,025 0 0 AHAP Insurance 2,675 0 0 Alter Abadi 1,175 0...
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Gus Dur denies deflating minority PPP
Gus Dur denies deflating minority PPP JAKARTA (JP): Moslem scholar Abdurrahman Wahid denied he was seeking to deflate the minority United Development Party (PPP) through his alliance with the dominant Golkar.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Alcohol, cigarette ads under attack
Alcohol, cigarette ads under attack PEKANBARU, Riau: Psychiatrist Dadang Hawary proposed Sunday that the government ban alcohol and cigarette advertisements to curb addiction problems among Indonesian youths.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
IKAPI to hold book fair 1997
IKAPI to hold book fair 1997 JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Indonesian Publishers (IKAPI) will hold a book fair from June 14 to June 22.Antara reported yesterday that the association would use the event to commemorate Jakarta's anniversary, which falls on June 22.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Buru turned into rice fields
Buru turned into rice fields AMBON, Maluku: The provincial government plans to open 800 hectares of ricefields on Buru, a small island once used to imprison suspected communists.Mangantar Simatupang, head of the island's irrigation project, said yesterday that the ricefields are expected to help...
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Bank borrowing curbed
Bank borrowing curbed The central bank is strengthening its monetary management by toughening the restrictions on foreign borrowings by Indonesian banks. The measure is obviously designed to maintain prudent debt management to prevent further stresses on the balance of payments and to ensure...
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Man stabs his own wife
Man stabs his own wife JAKARTA (JP): A woman was stabbed by her estranged husband at their house in Bekasi, some 30 kilometers east of the capital Sunday.Kuni binti Kucing, 40, was sleeping when her husband, Akhir, broke into the house and attacked her.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Aliens to be deported for forged passports
Aliens to be deported for forged passports JAKARTA (JP): The Directorate General of Immigration is to deport a South Korean and a Nigerian for using fake passports to enter the country, an official said.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Where to go in Jakarta: Tuesday, April 8, 1997
Where to go in Jakarta: Tuesday, April 8, 1997Music * Parkroyal Ancol, Jl. Lodan Timur No. 7, Taman Impian Jaya Ancol, North Jakarta: - Jungles Restaurant; Pasar Malam, Keroncong and Kecapi Suling, Friday, 6 p.m. to 10.30 p.m., Dixie Band, Saturday, 6 p.m. to 10.30 p.m., Trio Band, Sunday, 12 p.m.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
RI-Yemen match moves from Manado to Jakarta
RI-Yemen match moves from Manado to Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): The All Indonesia Football Federation (PSSI) will hold the World Cup Asian zone group five qualifier between Indonesia and Yemen at the Senayan stadium here on April 13.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Habibie proposes another megaproject
Habibie proposes another megaproject JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Research and Technology B.J. Habibie, often called Indonesia's technology tsar, plans a megaproject that would make Irian Jaya an industrial estate.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
PT Timor to make 4-wheel drives without tax break
PT Timor to make 4-wheel drives without tax break JAKARTA (JP): PT Timor Putra Nasional, a company licensed by the government to make "national" sedans with tax and duty breaks, will launch a four-wheel drive vehicle by next January without any fiscal facilities, an executive said yesterday.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
In search of justice
In search of justiceFrom Media IndonesiaAt the time of writing my father (Djanas Raden dt Bandaro Kuning SH, 63) is in Muara Padang prison where he has been held since Dec. 31, 1996 by a team of judges who accused him of deceit and a 10-year old land fraud charge.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Fireman killed in Harco to be promoted: Idroes
Fireman killed in Harco to be promoted: Idroes JAKARTA (JP): Deputy Governor for Administrative Affairs Idroes said the municipality would promote posthumously Danu Sisworo, a fireman who died in the Harco Mangga Dua fire last Friday.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Way Kambas breeding program for Sumatran rhinos launched
Way Kambas breeding program for Sumatran rhinos launchedText and photo by Mulkan Salmona WAY KAMBAS, Lampung (JP): There are many endangered species in Indonesia badly in need of protection. One of them is the Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis).
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Government urged to ban fictitious importers
Government urged to ban fictitious importers JAKARTA (JP): The director general of customs and excise, Soehardjo, urged the Ministry of Industry and Trade yesterday to revoke 102 importers' licenses who had submitted false addresses to the customs office.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Top official's daughter killed in Yangon blast
Top official's daughter killed in Yangon blast YANGON (Agencies): A bomb yesterday exploded at the house of one of Myanmar's top military officials, killing his daughter and setting off a renewed security alert in the capital.A bomb exploded at the house of Lt. Gen.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Pattinson sells RI coal stakes
Pattinson sells RI coal stakes SYDNEY (Reuter): Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Co Ltd said yesterday it had agreed to sell minority interests held in two of its Indonesian coal subsidiaries to Asian Mining and Energy Corporation (ASMEC) for US$15 million.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
OCBC, Bank NISP tie up
OCBC, Bank NISP tie up SINGAPORE (Reuter): Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd said yesterday its joint venture company PT Bank OCBC-NISP had obtained a licence to operate in Indonesia.It said in a statement the joint venture company started operations yesterday after receiving a licence from the...
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Perumka prepares more double tracks
Perumka prepares more double tracks JAKARTA (JP): State railway company Perumka will build a 135- kilometer double-track railway line between Cikampek and Cirebon in West Java.Perumka said the project was scheduled to be finished by 2001.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Voting booths must be placed outside office complexes
Voting booths must be placed outside office complexes JAKARTA (JP): The city's General Elections Committee has banned government offices from constructing polling booths inside office building compounds.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Discussion on Islamic culture
Discussion on Islamic culture JAKARTA (JP): The Istiqlal Foundation will present both speeches and a panel discussion on museums and Islamic culture at the Ministry of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications on Saturday, April 12.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
SEAG tem hopes to get Yayuk back
SEAG tem hopes to get Yayuk back JAKARTA (JP): The 19th SEA Games team training director, Djoko Pramono, said yesterday that he hoped Yayuk Basuki would join the team despite her letter of refusal.He said the National Sports Council would find a solution and discuss it with the Indonesian Tennis...
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Sudjana replaces director general handling Busang
Sudjana replaces director general handling Busang JAKARTA (JP): The director general of general mining, Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, was sacked yesterday but the minister of mines and energy, I.B. Sudjana, said the dismissal was not linked to his handling of the controversial Busang gold field.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
NCC's cooperation in Asia
NCC's cooperation in Asia STOCKHOLM (Reuter): Swedish construction company NCC said yesterday it had signed an agreement with two other European builders, Germany's Strabag and Italy's Impregilo to cooperate in Southeast Asia.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Police officer guilty of destroying evidence
Police officer guilty of destroying evidence YOGYAKARTA (JP): The Bantul district court has found Sgt. Maj. Edy Wuryanto, an officer at the Bantul police precinct, guilty of destroying evidence in the murder case of journalist Fuad Muhammad Syafruddin.Presiding judge Mikaela W.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Subway project
Subway project I was disappointed to read of B.J. Habibie's statement that the subway project will not start this year. I have also been very hopeful that the project will start immediately, as I believe that the only right M.R.T.
Tue, 08 Apr 1997
Krueng upbeat govt will not sign Bre-X contract
Krueng upbeat govt will not sign Bre-X contract JAKARTA (JP): PT Krueng Gasui, a local partner of Canada's Bre-X Minerals Ltd in exploring the Busang gold mine in East Kalimantan, was certain yesterday the government would not sign a contract of work for the project before issues relating to the...