Archive: 31 May 1997
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Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Unmasking the traditions of 'Topeng Cirebon'
Unmasking the traditions of 'Topeng Cirebon' Text and photos by Helly Minarti YOGYAKARTA (JP): She kicks her skinny leg with fierce power and hurls her red-chiffon shawl (selendang) to rip the air. She waves her arms alternately, staccato-style, in amazingly brisk movements. Her head shakes furiously and then comes to a sudden and precise stop. The audience, mostly international tourists, gasped in awe.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Allegations of vote-rigging cause riots in Madura
Allegations of vote-rigging cause riots in Madura By Ainur Sophiaan and Sirikit Syah SAMPANG, East Java (JP): Thousands of people, spurred on by vote-rigging allegations, attacked government buildings, police stations and a Golkar office on Madura island Thursday night and early yesterday, police said. The rioters were believed to be United Development Party (PPP) supporters enraged by perceived vote-rigging to help Golkar win on the predominantly Moslem island. East Java police spokesman Lt.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
PDI may not get a seat on Jakarta council
PDI may not get a seat on Jakarta council JAKARTA (JP): The drastic drop in city votes for the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) means that there is a possibility the party will not have a seat on the Jakarta City Council. As of 7:23 p.m. yesterday, PDI was more than 24,000 votes short of a seat. With 5,049,422 votes counted, PDI had 100,020 votes, the United Development Party (PPP), 2,106,265 and Golkar, 2,843,137. Each council member represents 124,223 of the city's 7,453,416 voters.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Asia's best exhibition center project starts
Asia's best exhibition center project starts SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore broke ground Friday on a massive exhibition complex project aimed at strengthening the island's status as a center of the lucrative international trade show and convention industry. The 25-hectare (62-acre) Singapore Expo complex is being built near Changi airport and is to boast 100,000 square meters (1.08 million square feet) of hall space on completion. It will be linked to the island's subway system.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Violations rampant: Poll watchdog
Violations rampant: Poll watchdog JAKARTA (JP): An independent poll watchdog said yesterday the election had proceeded smoothly but had been marred by widespread electoral violations and public opposition. The Independent Election Monitoring Committee's chairman, Goenawan Mohamad, said violations had happened in at least 21 percent of polling stations, monitored by about 8,000 volunteers.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Bank Arta deal not yet approved by govt
Bank Arta deal not yet approved by govt JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad said yesterday he had not approved the Artha Graha group's acquisition of scandal-plagued Bank Arta Prima. But Mar'ie said if Bank Indonesia, the central bank, recommended the deal he would approve it. "If Bank Indonesia has no problem (with the deal) and presents its recommendation to the Ministry of Finance, it means all the requirements have been met," Mar'ie was quoted by Antara as saying yesterday.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Golkar wins big, PDI decimated
Golkar wins big, PDI decimated JAKARTA (JP): Golkar made a sweeping victory in Thursday's general election which saw the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) almost decimated and the United Development Party (PPP) gaining ground, according to the latest tally of votes. By 9 o'clock last night, with more than 106 million of valid votes counted by the National Election Committee, Golkar won 74 percent, the United Development Party (PPP) 23 percent and PDI 3 percent.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Indri defends title at Junior World C'ship
Indri defends title at Junior World C'ship JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian junior weightlifter Sri Indriyani defended her title at the Junior Weightlifting World Championships in Capetown on Thursday by romping home with three gold medals. Indriyani, nicknamed Indri, became the first female lifter to break a world record for the fourth time.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Canadian reporter convicted in Malaysia
Canadian reporter convicted in Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR (AP): A reporter for the Far Eastern Economic Review magazine was convicted yesterday of contempt of court in connection with an article about a lawsuit over a high school debate team. Murray Hiebert, a Canadian who is the Review's Kuala Lumpur correspondent, was released on 100,000 ringgit (US$40,000) bail and ordered to return July 14 for sentencing. Possible penalties include a fine and jail.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Garuda adds domestic routes
Garuda adds domestic routes JAKARTA (JP): National air carrier Garuda Indonesia will add more services from Jakarta to Jayapura in Irian Jaya but will cut flights to Ujungpandang in South Sulawesi beginning June 16. The company said yesterday that it would link Jakarta and Jaya Pura via Ujungpandang and Biak seven times per week by operating Boeing B737-400 aircraft. Garuda currently serves Jakarta-Jayapura three times per week.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta: Music * Dai-ichi Hotel, Jl. Senen Raya 135, Central Jakarta: - Morgan's 1072 Classic Disco: Lemon Tea Band/Time Motion Band, Tuesday, 9 p.m. to 12.30 a.m.; Smart Band, Wednesday, 9 p.m. to 12.30 a.m.; R and Co Band, Saturday, 9.30 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Acid Speed Band, Friday, at 9 p.m. to 12.30 a.m.; Progress Band, Thursday, at 9 p.m. to 12.30 a.m. * Kartika Chandra Hotel, Jl. Gatot Subroto, Jakarta: - Prambanan Cafe: Singers, Agape Trio, Monday, Tuesday, 12 p.m.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Clean water supply to increase
Clean water supply to increase PALEMBANG: The Palembang municipality has promised residents would have enough clean water next year because a private firm was to build a water plant to increase water production. The Suara Pembaruan afternoon daily quoted mayor Husni Thursday as saying that the city-owned PDAM Tirta Musi had secured an agreement with PT Pratiwi Putri Sulung. The report said the firm invested Rp 40 billion for the plant to produce 300 liters per second of clean water.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Govt closes regency towns to new major retailers
Govt closes regency towns to new major retailers JAKARTA (JP): The government has closed towns outside provincial capital cities to new big retailers in a bid to promote small and medium traders. Minister of Industry and Trade Tunky Ariwibowo announced yesterday that big retailers or retail chains already operating in towns outside provincial capitals were required to establish business partnerships with small and medium retailers.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Harmoko wants longer pricking time
Harmoko wants longer pricking time RENGASDENGKLOK, West Java: As Golkar heads for a landslide victory, its chief Harmoko is regretting that he could only spend less than half a minute alone in a polling booth. Coming out of a polling booth here Thursday, Harmoko said he had spent the last five years touring the country garnering support for the party he had led since 1993. "It all climaxed with me spending less than half a minute pricking the Golkar symbol in the booth," he said.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Crackdown in Myanmar haunts ASEAN-10 dream
Crackdown in Myanmar haunts ASEAN-10 dream By Rizal Sukma JAKARTA (JP): The recent crackdown on pro-democracy movements by the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) regime in Myanmar will complicate ASEAN's task of realizing the ASEAN-10. It has been widely speculated that the ASEAN-10 idea would become a reality during the 30th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM), scheduled to take place in Malaysia in July. It is expected that Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar would become full ASEAN members.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Brunei expels illegal RI workers
Brunei expels illegal RI workers CILACAP, Central Java (JP): The Brunei Darussalam government has expelled 19 illegal Indonesian workers from Cilacap and Banyumas, an official said yesterday. The Ministry of Manpower's Cilacap office chairman, Apon Suryana, told The Jakarta Post that the expulsion of workers Wednesday occurred because they had fake work visas issued by illegal manpower firms.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Tallying the votes
Tallying the votes With more than 80 percent of votes counted as of late yesterday, it is safe to say that few surprises have come from Thursday's general election for the House of Representatives members and regional legislatures. As widely expected, the dominant Golkar is at this stage securely headed toward the landslide victory its leaders projected. As of late yesterday, Golkar had secured around 74 percent of the vote, well above the group's 70.2 percent target.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Apartments' phone fees to be reviewed
Apartments' phone fees to be reviewed JAKARTA (JP): The government will review telephone line installation fees in apartments following complaints about extra charges. State Minister of Public Housing Akbar Tandjung said yesterday that people living in apartments should pay normal installation charges unless they were running businesses.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Golkar promises to be gentle to its rivals
Golkar promises to be gentle to its rivals JAKARTA (JP): Golkar executives, surprised by the big margin of its victory, promised yesterday to be gentle to its two rivals: United Development Party (PPP) and Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI). Theo Sambuaga, a Golkar legislator at the House of Representatives who will enjoy another term, said: "Golkar will now enjoy a more powerful bargaining position, but we won't decimate the roles of the other parties.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
ASEAN ministers gather to discuss new members' entry
ASEAN ministers gather to discuss new members' entry KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): Differences surfaced yesterday as ASEAN foreign ministers gathered here to tackle the prickly question of when to admit the troubled nations of Myanmar and Cambodia into the regional grouping. But members said they were confident of forging a consensus today on a date for the elevation of the two countries and Laos from observer status to full membership in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Cloud hangs over the future of 'Bajaj' in Jakarta
Cloud hangs over the future of 'Bajaj' in Jakarta By John Aglionby LOVE them or loathe them, you can't ignore Jakarta's bajaj. They are viewed as either cost-efficient "taxis", that are invaluable to tens of thousands of Jakarta residents, or, as street-clogging, pollution-belching monstrosities that should be consigned to the scrap heap.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
BMW Golf Cup Int'l 1997 tees off at Jagorawi today
BMW Golf Cup Int'l 1997 tees off at Jagorawi today JAKARTA (JP): Two male and one female amateur golfers out of 2,500, will be chosen to represent Indonesia in the BMW Golf Cup International 1997 through a series of selection matches starting today. The selection tournaments, which will be on 14 golf courses, start today at the par-72 Jagorawi course near Bogor.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
PT Sucofindo to issue ISO 14001 certificates
PT Sucofindo to issue ISO 14001 certificates JAKARTA (JP): State-owned surveying company PT Sucofindo has agreed to cooperate with the Japan Audit and Certification Organization for Environment (JACO) to issue ISO 14001 certificates on environmental management in Indonesia. Sucofindo's president, Sutrisno, said in a seminar here yesterday that the company expected to obtain a license in the near future from the National Standardization Board to issue the certificates.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Malaysia tightens checks on S'poreans
Malaysia tightens checks on S'poreans KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): Malaysia's Immigration Department has ordered tighter checks on Singaporeans entering the country too frequently in an attempt to weed out suspected illegal workers, a newspaper reported yesterday. The directive comes after statistics showed Singaporeans formed the biggest number of professionals found working illegally in the country.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Containers pile up 'caused by importers'
Containers pile up 'caused by importers' JAKARTA (JP): Director General of Customs and Excise Soehardjo Soebardi has again blamed importers for the pile up of goods in Tanjung Priok. He said the pile up was caused by importers' mistakes and not by the customs office's actions. The customs inspection office in Tanjung Priok port always speeds up the checking process of goods coming through the port, he said. "That means they have to be processed through the green lane," he said here yesterday.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Karet Tengsin fire victims mostly voted for PPP
Karet Tengsin fire victims mostly voted for PPP JAKARTA (JP): Residents from razed slum houses in Karet Tengsin subdistrict, Tanah Abang, in Central Jakarta, mostly voted for the United Development Party (PPP), a resident said. Ismet, the secretary of the RW 05 neighborhood and also a participant of the ruling Golkar party, said out of six polling stations in the area, PPP won big at all five stations by at least 50 votes over Golkar.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on May 30, 1997: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ----------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,375 -25 13,500 AHAP Insurance 2,675 0 0 Alter Abadi 1,150 0 0 Alumindo Light Metal 1,150 50 2,835,000 Alumindo Perkasa 825 0 0 Aneka Kimia Raya 1,250 -50 4,689,000 Anwar Sierad 800 -25 781,500 Apac Centertex Corp.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Malaysian NGOs protest Myanmar's membership
Malaysian NGOs protest Myanmar's membership KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): Malaysian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) protested peacefully outside the foreign ministry here yesterday against the proposed admission of army- ruled Myanmar into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Govt continues to seek abolition of export barriers
Govt continues to seek abolition of export barriers JAKARTA (JP): The government would continue to seek the abolition of barriers for Indonesian exports and bilateral solutions over its auto dispute with major trading partners, Minister of Industry and Trade Tunky Ariwibowo said yesterday. Tunky, talking to journalists after reporting to President Soeharto, said a number of Indonesian exports had met various barriers, including standards imposed by importing countries.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Record libel award feared to hurt Singapore's image
Record libel award feared to hurt Singapore's image By Jacqueline Wong SINGAPORE (Reuter): Singapore's image could suffer along with its small opposition parties from the record libel damages its leaders won from a political foe on Thursday, political analysts said. A Singapore court ordered opposition politician Tang Liang Hong to pay Singapore $8.08 million (US$5.65 million) in damages to Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and 10 senior members of the ruling People's Action Party (PAP).
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Maid killed for refusing a kiss
Maid killed for refusing a kiss JAKARTA (JP): A food vendor allegedly stabbed and killed a maid in a house on Jl. Makulo, Bumi Satria Kencana housing complex in Bekasi Wednesday after she refused a kiss from him. The suspect sold siomay (steamed dumplings). City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said yesterday the suspect, identified only as Ag, admitted Thursday to having killed 18-year-old Jamilah after being interrogated by police for about 27 hours.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Aging Sawitri keep on dancing
Aging Sawitri keep on dancing YOGYAKARTA (JP): Seventy-year-old Sawitri, master Cirebon mask dancer, fielded a spontaneous question from the audience after her performance last Sunday. "You dance like a volcano in your 70's. What were you like in your 20s?" Her answer revealed her modest wisdom. "It's not a matter of age. It's about being taken by the mask. Once I start my dance, I become the character. I look at you all, such a small audience, and feel powerful and gigantic.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Phone kiosks enter low-cost apartments
Phone kiosks enter low-cost apartments JAKARTA (JP): Nine telecommunications kiosks, which allow international calls, were officially set up at some low-cost apartments yesterday. State Minister of Public Housing Akbar Tandjung said low-cost apartments should have many facilities to support development and to make people willing to live in them.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
PLN postpones repairs on network
PLN postpones repairs on network JAKARTA: The state electricity company, PLN, has decided not to make any repairs on the Java-Bali interconnection network between May 22 and June 5 due to yesterday's election. The decision was made to avoid blackouts in areas serviced by the Java-Bali network, said the company's president director, Djiteng Marsudi. A widespread blackout occurred on April 13 in areas the network services.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Govt reproaches Games sticker sponsors
Govt reproaches Games sticker sponsors JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Social Services reproached the private consortium and state-run utility companies yesterday for forcing consumers to buy stickers to finance this year's Southeast Asian Games. Director General for Social Aid, Sjafei Andjasmaja, said stickers were optional and consumers should not be coerced into buying them, Antara reported.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Soeharto stuns Japanese journalist
Soeharto stuns Japanese journalist JAKARTA: Foreign correspondents raced to report on President Soeharto casting his ballot Thursday in the vain hope of him speaking to them like he did after voting in the 1992 election. Just before leaving his neighborhood polling station on Jl. Cendana, Central Jakarta, Soeharto posed for photographers. The atmosphere was relaxed and the journalists closed in on him, but no one dared to step forward and interview him.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Golkar scores victories abroad
Golkar scores victories abroad JAKARTA (JP): Most ballots cast at Indonesian embassies are in favor of the ruling Golkar, but reports say that many of the 1.78 million eligible voters living overseas opted not to vote in the election. In Tokyo, Japan, by 8:00 p.m. local time (6 p.m. Western Indonesia time) Thursday, Golkar had won 638 votes, the United Development Party (PPP) 98 and the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) 36. Thirty-one of the ballots cast at the embassy had been spoiled.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Malaysia's economy sustained at 8.2%
Malaysia's economy sustained at 8.2% KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's economy grew a robust 8.2 percent in the first quarter on the back of buoyant manufacturing activity and higher exports, the central bank said yesterday. The country also logged the biggest quarterly trade surplus since 1993, reversing a deficit from the previous quarter, Bank Negara said in its report on the economy's performance in the three months to March.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
ASEAN considers Yangon's entry
ASEAN considers Yangon's entry By Meidyatama Suryodiningrat JAKARTA (JP): Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) convene in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow to weigh up one of the most momentous decisions in the organization's history. The special meeting will likely decide whether in its 30th year the association will realize the dream of an ASEAN-10 which includes Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. For many the core issue is Myanmar.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
New deregulation package on the cards
New deregulation package on the cards JAKARTA (JP): The government will release a deregulatory package next month to make industry and manufacturing more efficient. Coordinating Minister for Economy and Finance Saleh Afiff said after voting Thursday that the package would be designed to make the country more competitive. On when the package would be released, he said: "Some time next month. I can't give you the exact date.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Warning issued on SEA Games stickers
Warning issued on SEA Games stickers JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Social Services has sent a warning letter to the 19th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games consortium about the raising of Games funds by selling stickers. The ministry's director general for social aids, Syafei Anjasmaya, said yesterday his office sent the letter for several reasons.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Police make progress in bank scam investigation
Police make progress in bank scam investigation JAKARTA (JP): Police claimed yesterday they were making good progress in an investigation of a huge corruption scandal at PT Gunung Agung's subsidiary Bank Arta Prima. City Police Detective Chief Col. Gories Mere said the police had accomplished at least 40 percent of the investigation. "Police found six commercial papers in addition to the first five papers confiscated as evidence. "They are valued at hundreds of billions of rupiah.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Myanmar opens Brunei embassy
Myanmar opens Brunei embassy YANGON (AFP): Myanmar has opened an embassy in Brunei to enhance friendly relations between the two southeast Asian nations, the official press reported here yesterday. The English-language edition of the New Light of Myanmar daily said the mission was opened May 27. Diplomatic relations between the two countries began in 1993. Brunei opened an embassy in Yangon this February, the report said.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Vietnam cancels forex ban
Vietnam cancels forex ban HANOI (AFP): Hanoi appears to have backtracked on plans to impose restrictions on foreign exchange sales to foreign companies, it was reported on Friday. Following a chorus of complaints from the foreign business community, the government decided to maintain its current policy rather than impose a ban as suggested earlier by the State Bank of Vietnam, the Saigon Times Daily reported.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Hero denies Multipolar acquisiton market rumors
Hero denies Multipolar acquisiton market rumors JAKARTA (JP): Hero Supermarket denied yesterday a market rumor that it would be bought by Multipolar Corporation, a Lippo Group subsidiary. Anton Lukmanto, Hero's director told The Jakarta Post yesterday that Multipolar was very interested in the publicly listed firm, Hero, but most Hero shareholders did not want to sell. He said the rumor was groundless and disturbed Hero's management. "It seems the rumor was started to effect prices," he said.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Museums attract few visitors
Museums attract few visitors From Merdeka If museums in the country were professionally managed, local and foreign tourists would be able to visit them more often. At this point in time, museums in Jakarta and the provinces have failed to attract many visitors. This situation is evident throughout the week and during holiday time. Even Visit Indonesia Year did not bring about a change in the situation. It is hard to make museums an attractive place.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 2:30 a.m. News: Lintas Nusantara 2:40 Travel: My Country 2:45 Children's Film: Road to Avonlea 3:10 Teenagers' Program: Vokal Group 3:35 Travel: Wisata Nasional 4:15 Regional News 4:30 Sports 5:25 Science Program: Science World 5:30 TV Series: A Writer Exchange 5:55 Music 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 Nusantara, The Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 TVRI News 7:00 Evening News 7:30 General Election Results 8:00 News: Lintasan Berita 8:05 Music: Keroncong 9:00 World News...
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Golkar happy for with new converts
Golkar happy for with new converts JAKARTA (JP): The city chapter of Golkar was elated yesterday. Even though Golkar's victory was hardly breaking news, local executives saw each development of tallying across the city's 43 districts as a telling sign of their efforts, or lack of it. Out of the 7.45 million voters in the city, preliminary results as of 2 p.m.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Mitsubishi to launch 'Asia car' here
Mitsubishi to launch 'Asia car' here TOKYO: Mitsubishi will launch its low-cost "Asia car" in Indonesia next year. The minivan-type vehicle is expected to be powered by a 2.0- liter engine. The car will debut in Taiwan about September before it goes into production here and in the Philippines next year. Mitsubishi hopes to sell about 72,000 vehicles a year throughout South East Asia and is also considering launching the car in Africa and Central America and South America.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Susi's recovers to beat China's Zen Yaqiong
Susi's recovers to beat China's Zen Yaqiong GLASGOW, Scotland (Agencies): Former champion Susi Susanti of Indonesia, making probably her last appearance in the World Badminton Championships, rallied from a game down and 3-6 down in the second to beat young Chinese Zen Yaqiong. Susi's 3-11, 12-9, 11-3 win, achieved with the benefit of experience and a calm head on a day when she was not playing well, gained her a semifinals meeting with the second-seeded Chinese, Gong Zichao.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Burning the bridges of friendship
Burning the bridges of friendship It is hard to believe that the cartoons published by the New Straits Times insulting Thailand and Indonesia would come from Malaysia, a country which has taken a moral high ground in its war of words with its southern neighbor. When Malaysia responded to Singapore Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew's derogatory remark on the high crime rate in the Malaysian state of Johor, it was as if the country was smeared with the greatest of insults.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Unpopular leadership sinks PDI: Analysts
Unpopular leadership sinks PDI: Analysts JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Democratic Party's performance has nose-dived in this year's general election due to unpopular leadership, observers said yesterday. Of the 103.4 million votes counted by 3 p.m. Western Time Zone yesterday, the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) had obtained only 3.05 million. Golkar had raced ahead with 76.3 million votes and United development Party (PPP) with 23.9 million.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Boat festival to be held
Boat festival to be held PALEMBANG: The municipality here is holding a parade of traditional bidar boats in the Sriwijaya Festival organized for Palembang's anniversary. Records show Palembang was established in the year 683 A.D. A contest of decorated boats will also be held along the Musi river, Antara reported yesterday. The municipality's public relations officer Anshori Madani said the event was to be opened by Governor Ramli Hasan Basri.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Where have all the stickers gone?
Where have all the stickers gone? From Kompas I am a telephone subscriber who will pay an additional Rp 1,000, from May to October 1997, for the coming SEA Games event. This means that subscribers will be charged an additional Rp 6,000 over subsequent months. Unlike past events, this time, collections will be made in combination with telephone bills, based on a Social Ministry ruling, SK Mensos No. BBS/826/III/97 dated March 11, 1997.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Briton examined for illegal entry
Briton examined for illegal entry JAKARTA (JP): The immigration directorate general is questioning a Briton for illegally entering Indonesia after being deported last year, an official said Tuesday. Zaiman Nurmatias, director of immigration supervision, said that the Briton, named Lie Siu Hwie and former holder of a Certificate of Identity Hong Kong No. D2939607, was arrested in a hotel on Jl. M.H.Thamrin, Central Jakarta.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Government denies further sale of Telkom shares
Government denies further sale of Telkom shares JAKARTA (JP): The government denied yesterday it would further divest its shares in PT Telkomunikasi Indonesia (PT Telkom). Director General of Post and Telecommunications Djakaria Purawidjaja said here yesterday the government had no plans to sell its Telkom shares through stock markets or private placement. Rumors that Singapore Telecom had tied up with Telkom spread at local stock exchanges Thursday.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Massachusetts agrees on sanctions for RI
Massachusetts agrees on sanctions for RI BOSTON (Reuter): A Massachusetts state legislative committee Thursday approved a measure that would impose sanctions against companies that do business with Indonesia. The Massachusetts Committee on State Administration approved the measure, which its sponsor, state Senator Marc Pacheco, said was amended to make it conform to the World Trade Organization's Government Procurement Act.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
GM to build Philippines plant
GM to build Philippines plant MANILA: General Motors is to invest about US$266 million in a new production facility in the Philippines. The plant is expected to be operational by 2000 and will include an export-oriented transmission factory with a capacity of 100,000 a year. The plant will also assemble the small Corsa and Tigra cars. The Philippines had originally been in the running to be GM's major Asian manufacturing center but lost out when the U.S.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Sidewalks in Bandung
Sidewalks in Bandung Garrett Kam's letter in The Jakarta Post (May 24) about the sidewalks in Bali amuses me, especially because I made the same observation in Bandung, West Java, when we arrived two weeks ago. It is certainly something to improve in this beautiful city. MRS. NIKOL GORI Bandung, West Java
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Inadequate compensation
Inadequate compensation I arrived in Singapore at about 1 p.m. on Jan. 21, 1997 by United Airlines flight No. UA 805. My two bags, which I had checked in at Toronto through to Singapore, did not arrive. I reported the matter to the United Airlines' lost baggage counter where I was asked for details of my baggage and given a form as acknowledgment of my complaint.
Sat, 31 May 1997, 00:00 WIB
Myanmar signs economic pact with ally China
Myanmar signs economic pact with ally China RANGOON (Reuter): Myanmar has signed a broad economic and trade cooperation agreement with its major ally China, official media reports said yesterday, a move that comes soon after U.S. sanctions on Rangoon.