Archive: 15 June 1997
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Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Traditional artists fight for survival
Traditional artists fight for survival The popularity of western and modern entertainment has affected the traditional performing arts. Urban people, especially the young, prefer to forsake most local art forms for more contemporary and appealing entertainment.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Bonit clinches top player title in national selection tournament
Bonit clinches top player title in national selection tournament JAKARTA (JP): Old-timer Bonit Wiryawan clinched the title of the country's best tennis player yesterday after finishing first in the national selection tournament.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
RI art gains ground in Japanese exhibits
RI art gains ground in Japanese exhibitsBy Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): Two important exhibitions which included Indonesian art were held in Japan recently. The Fukuoka Art Museum hosted The Birth of Southeast Asian Art, while Art in Southeast Asia 1997 was exhibited at Tokyo's new Museum of...
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Traditional theater groups struggle to make a living
Traditional theater groups struggle to make a living JAKARTA (JP): There were no glittering lights, no stereo sound system, and no air-conditioned room with comfortable seats. Only humble stages with kerosene lamps and bamboo seats could be seen.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Ballet Philippines brings Filipino touch to Jakarta
Ballet Philippines brings Filipino touch to JakartaBy Yenni Kwok JAKARTA (JP): Does ballet, often considered a well-heeled, bourgeois art from the established West, have a place in a developing Southeast Asian country?Ask the dancers from Ballet Philippines, and they'll say, "Of course".
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
1990s fashions' comeback is good for Gucci
1990s fashions' comeback is good for GucciBy Dini S. Djalal JAKARTA (JP): A fashion moment is tricky to define, but you know it when it happens. And when, at a recent Gucci fashion show at the Grand Hyatt, a model -- hair dripping in oil, eyes dipped in kohl, gaze dropping to below zero temperature...
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Try opens Jakarta Fair, stressing its importance
Try opens Jakarta Fair, stressing its importance JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Try Sutrisno underlined yesterday the importance of making this year's Jakarta Fair a means to evaluate whether Indonesia is ready for free trade, which is scheduled to start in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations...
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Cirebon puts best face on for 'Keraton' festival
Cirebon puts best face on for 'Keraton' festival The second Keraton (palace) Festival will be held in Cirebon, West Java, from July 1-7. The Jakarta Post's reporter K. Basrie interviewed officials and residents about preparations for the event during a recent trip to the ancient town.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
'The Wind in the Savanna'
'The Wind in the Savanna'From KompasThe TV film, Angin Rumput Savana (The Wind in the Savanna), shown by TPI on May 29, 1997, at 8 p.m., was evidently a combined effort of National Family Planning Board, TPI and John Hopkins University.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Developing nations must master technology: Soeharto
Developing nations must master technology: SoehartoBy Kornelius Purba ISTANBUL (JP): President Soeharto said here yesterday that developing countries were struggling to master sophisticated technology, and this could only be done through hard work and intensified cooperation between themselves.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Sampan tries to preserve traditional arts
Sampan tries to preserve traditional artsBy I. Christianto JAKARTA (JP): Torn between idealism and the reality of life, choreographer Sampan Hismanto chose the latter in trying to preserve one of Indonesia's traditional performing arts.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
ASEAN finalizes 2020 economic vision
ASEAN finalizes 2020 economic vision JAKARTA (JP): Economic ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian nations (ASEAN) put the final touches to recommendations for the grouping's economic vision for 2020 yesterday.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Guess What?
Guess What? Karina Soekarno, the younger sister of Megawati Soekarnoputri who lives in New York, is in town. She will be here for two months for holiday, business and family affairs.On June 6 she attended a family gathering in observance of the birthday of her late father and the country's founding...
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Five die in chopper crash
Five die in chopper crash KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): A helicopter crashed outside Kuala Lumpur yesterday killing five people, including a pregnant woman and her daughter walking along a street, police said.The helicopter crashed in the Sri Damansara industrial area, a police spokesman said.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Tourists dodge nuisances at Borobudur Temple
Tourists dodge nuisances at Borobudur Temple YOGYAKARTA (JP): The government may have transformed the Borobudur Temple complex in Central Java into a tourism park, but other problems which intrude on visitors' comfort have arisen.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Volcano eruption kills three
Volcano eruption kills three JAKARTA (JP): Three people have died and hundreds of hectares of fields and plantations have been damaged since the initial eruption of the Karangetang volcano in Sangihe Talaud regency, North Sulawesi, last Sunday.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
TMII keeps up the preservation of national arts
TMII keeps up the preservation of national artsBy Dwi Atmanta JAKARTA (JP): Traditional performances are an unlikely cultural survivor in the melting pot society of metropolitan Jakarta.While downtown throbs with jazz, rock and pop, hundreds of unknown artists wander the city's outskirts to obtain...
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Indonesian shot dead in KL
Indonesian shot dead in KL KUALA LUMPUR (AP): A 23-year-old Indonesian man detained last month on suspicion of committing a series of rapes was shot dead by police when he attempted to escape yesterday, police said.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Fire guts in Bappenas building
Fire guts in Bappenas building JAKARTA (JP): A fire gutted a meeting room on the second floor of the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) building on Jl. Taman Surapati 2, Central Jakarta early yesterday.One of the building's security officers Kabul Adi Cahyono said that at around 12:05 a.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
New analysis: We are what we throw away
New analysis: We are what we throw away JAKARTA (JP): Last month, a certain TIS came up with the question: "Are you what you are?" (Sunday, May 4). TIS gave several possibilities on how to reveal your identity: your car, your food and the programs you watch on TV.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
Traditional performances find place in changing times
Traditional performances find place in changing timesBy Prapti Widinugraheni and I. Christianto JAKARTA (JP): It is dinner time. A couple of Balinese dancers prance energetically onstage to the sound of lively traditional music.
Sun, 15 Jun 1997
PM Erbakan opens D-8 summit
PM Erbakan opens D-8 summit ISTANBUL, Turkey (Agencies): Turkey's Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan yesterday opened a ministerial meeting of eight developing countries here in preparation for a summit which he has masterminded.