Archive: 23 June 1997
45 articles found
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Street kids hold 'Kampore' camp in Cibubur
Street kids hold 'Kampore' camp in Cibubur JAKARTA (JP): About 400 street children, beggars and vendors from throughout the nation gathered for a three-day summer break that ends today at a scout camping ground in Cibubur. The participants were mainly from slum areas in Greater Jakarta; Bandung, West Java; Semarang, Central Java; Medan, North Sumatra, and Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara and joined the Kampore event organized by the Jakarta Social Institute (ISJ).
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
RI may join world's 20 largest economies
RI may join world's 20 largest economies JAKARTA (JP): Sustained annual economic growth of 7.5 percent would place Indonesia among the 20 largest economies with per capita income of US$2,300 in 2005, the World Bank says in its 1997 report on the country. The World Bank warned that deterioration in Indonesia's economic policies growth could cause a slump in growth to 5 percent annually, leading to per capita income of only $1,850 in 2005.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Putting the battle against AIDS epidemic back on track
Putting the battle against AIDS epidemic back on track By Nona Pooroe Utomo JAKARTA (JP): More than a decade ago, the world discovered a new worldwide epidemic. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) shocked a public accustomed to biomedical triumph, and the industrialized world, shorn of its technological armor, was forced to develop prevention and care strategies.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Asia Telecom 97: Convergence of telecoms and the Internet
Asia Telecom 97: Convergence of telecoms and the Internet By Zatni Arbi SINGAPORE (JP): Could there ever be a better place to hold international telecommunication exhibitions and symposiums than Singapore? I don't think one would be easy to find one. Especially today, as this island country is increasingly bustling and hustling with its national program called Singapore One, a very focused project that aims at turning the state into an intelligent island by the end of next year.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
ASEAN told to boost democracy
ASEAN told to boost democracy DENVER, Colorado (Reuter): The world's leading industrial countries urged on Saturday southeast Asian nations which recently accepted Myanmar into the ASEAN economic group to pressure Yangon's military rulers to restore democracy. A report by the Group of Seven (G-7) foreign ministers, meeting here with Russia's foreign minister, also made a direct call to the military to start a "meaningful, political dialog" with the democratic opposition.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Beware of mobile robbers
Beware of mobile robbers From Kompas People from Tulungagung, East Java, should be extremely careful. My 69-year-old mother was robbed in a minivan on May 30, 1997. She was waiting for a bus from Trenggalek, at the crossroads of Jetakan Kalangbret, to the Tulungagung bus terminal when a minivan Colt L-300 stopped alongside her and offered her a lift. My mother said the vehicle was not a public van, but the driver said she shouldn't worry about it.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Merger of state banks
Merger of state banks We had almost disregarded Presidential Instruction No.5/1988 concerning the reform of state enterprises as another government program which had petered out for lack of political will when Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad confirmed last week a plan to merge the seven state banks. Mar'ie said President Soeharto had agreed in principle on the planned mergers.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Driver reluctant to join bus strike
Driver reluctant to join bus strike JAKARTA (JP): A few days after the recent strike by bus drivers, Yusuf, 39, plying a route which begins in Tanah Abang, reflects: "I'm too old for this." He was reluctant to strike but, as an elderly local Betawi who other drivers look up to, felt it would not look right if he did not join the strike. Though he understood why his fellow bus drivers marched to the House of Representatives, he did not march with them.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
18 arrested for stealing diesel fuel
18 arrested for stealing diesel fuel JAKARTA (JP): Military police have arrested 18 people in Tanjung Priok harbor, North Jakarta, for alleged involvement in a conspiracy to steal diesel fuel. Military Police Chief Maj. Gen. Syamsu D. said Saturday they were believed to have stolen fuel since 1993. Syamsu, in a press release, said the crime had caused an estimated financial loss of Rp 24 billion (US$9.6 million) to the state.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Kadin buys Menara-2000
Kadin buys Menara-2000 JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has purchased the Menara-2000 building in South Jakarta through its newly established PT Menara Kadin Indonesia. The chamber said it bought about 10,600 square meters, 11 stories, of the 32-story building on Jl. HR Rasuna Said in the city's commercial area of the golden triangle. The purchase entitles Kadin to change the building's name to Menara Kadin Indonesia.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Electronic mailing service
Electronic mailing service JAKARTA (JP): State-owned PT Pos Indonesia will launch an electronic mailing service in industrial estates and new satellite towns in Greater Jakarta next month. Bekasi's post office head, Bambang Irian, said Saturday that Pos Indonesia would launch a pilot project in Bekasi, West Java. "We have selected Lippo Cikarang as the first place for the pilot project," he said, adding that it would be expanded to Megalopolis Manunggal Cibitung, Jababeka and Lippo Karawaci.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Redtape and tax on raw materials hurt shoe exports
Redtape and tax on raw materials hurt shoe exports JAKARTA (JP): Foreign investors see the prospects of Indonesia's shoe industry as gloomy unless the government takes immediate action to improve the investment climate. Patrick K. Tang, the head of the Hong Kong delegation at the sixteenth International Footwear Conference in Bali, said over the weekend the government should simplify the procedures to import raw materials and improve custom services to attract foreign investment.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Asian stock prices seen to remain mixed this week
Asian stock prices seen to remain mixed this week HONG KONG (Reuter): Asian shares are expected to remain mixed in the coming week, with Bangkok's bourse on tenterhooks waiting for economic policy direction from a new finance minister while Hong Kong grapples with China's move to control red chips. Friday's unexpected announcement of controls on Chinese companies listed overseas, such as the red chips in Hong Kong, could well take some of the steam out of the market.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Funds shifted away from Asian marts
Funds shifted away from Asian marts TOKYO (AFP): Institutional investors from industrialized countries have begun shifting funds out of Asian stock markets to other regions as Asian economic growth slows, a report said over the weekend. European and U.S. fund managers were shifting money to Latin America, East Europe and the Middle East with higher growth potentials, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun said.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Media sensitivity urged for AIDS information
Media sensitivity urged for AIDS information By Wirasti Wiryono YOGYAKARTA (JP): "They should ask God for forgiveness," a resident said here recently, offering his perceptions on people affected by HIV, the virus which causes the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Urbanites walk line between two cultures
Urbanites walk line between two cultures By Solita Sarwono WASSENAR, The Netherlands (JP): The development process has brought change to the lifestyle of many people in Indonesia. Exposure to modern and Western lifestyles and to imported consumer goods has resulted in a change in the consumption pattern of the population. The youth are particularly receptive to and affected by this changing lifestyle.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Defining the new middle class
Defining the new middle class By Silvia Werner JAKARTA (JP): As many analysts have already stated, the development toward modernization in Indonesia is accompanied by the evolvement of the middle class. It is hoped this steadily growing middle class will bridge the increasing gap between the rich and poor and provide checks and balances for the powerful political and economic elite.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Jakarta's 470th anniversary celebrated in style
Jakarta's 470th anniversary celebrated in style JAKARTA (JP): Traffic was particularly heavy on roads leading out of the city and around recreation sites Saturday night as thousands of Jakartans celebrated the city's 470th anniversary. Many left their home early for destinations with private cars and public transportation. Some people even went to recreation sites on the back of pickups.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta: Music * Hotel Horison, Jl. Pantai Indah, Taman Impian Jaya Ancol, North Jakarta: - The Anging Mamiri Garden: Fantastic Group from Philippines, Ever Green Hawaiian Band/Orkes Keroncong, Hula-hula Dances, every Saturday Night, 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. - Nelayan Bar: Sandra Lintang, Yully, Purwanto (electone & singers), Monday to Sunday, 9 p.m. to midnight. - Pondok Samudra: Dolimas Vocal Group, Saturday and Sunday, 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Governor Surjadi reflects on 'humanitarian mission'
Governor Surjadi reflects on 'humanitarian mission' JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto's message for the Jakarta governor to improve Jakartan's welfare is a humanitarian mission, Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said yesterday. In his address to the City Council's extraordinary plenary session to commemorate Jakarta's 470th anniversary, Surjadi reflected on the President's messages when installing him as governor in 1992. He said the first message was to make Jakarta equal with the world's major cities.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
BPPT plans to develop 12 projects in Irian Jaya
BPPT plans to develop 12 projects in Irian Jaya JAKARTA (JP): The Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) will develop 12 industrial megaprojects along Irian Jaya's Mamberamo River to speed up development in eastern Indonesia. The projects would help prepare the area for free trade next century, Jayapura regent Yan Pieter Karafir said yesterday.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Shaman's house set ablaze
Shaman's house set ablaze MEDAN, North Sumatra: The house of a notorious shaman who allegedly killed 42 women was set ablaze early Friday morning by a group of unidentified people, only a day after police conducted a reconstruction of the crime. Security officers and locals helped extinguish the fire before it spread, the Kompas daily reported yesterday. Police believed the arson to be the work of relatives of the victims.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Local coal demand may hit 50m tons by 2002
Local coal demand may hit 50m tons by 2002 NUSA DUA, Bali (JP): Indonesian demand for coal is projected to increase drastically to 50 million tons in 2002 from 11 million tons last year. Vice president of the Indonesian Coal Mining Association, Graeme Robertson, said here last week that by 2002, a coal-fired power generating capacity of more than 7,000 megawatts would have been installed in Indonesia. This capacity alone will require over 20 million tons of coal per annum, Robertson said.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Internet-beeper service launched
Internet-beeper service launched JAKARTA (JP): PT Selarasindo Mulia and PT Bitnet Komunikasindo have launched a new service called Metronet, which allows Internet users to send direct message to radio-pager (beeper) users in Indonesia without dialing the pager operator. The two firms launched the new service amid the stiffer competition in the country's information and telecommunications business.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Shadow puppets
Shadow puppets From Kompas The wayang kulit (shadow puppet) performances broadcast on TV Sunday are interesting, even if they do not carry subtitles. But it's a shame there is no explanation of the dialog between the characters, including the jokes and verbal arguments, which would be beneficial to Indonesian viewers who are a blend of various ethnic groups. It would also be a shame if other viewers switched to another channel because they could not understand the dialog.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Robber shot in Central Jakarta
Robber shot in Central Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Police shot a man dead for allegedly robbing a bajaj (three wheeled taxi) driver in the Banteng field, Central Jakarta Friday on night. Central Jakarta Police Chief Lt. Col. M. Ibrahim said Saturday that Suryadi, 25, alias Lani, was shot for resisting arrest. Suryadi and his two accomplices, identified only as Riz and Id, arrived at the field in the bajaj but refused to pay the driver, said Maj.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Law on Bepeka needs revision: Prof. Arifin
Law on Bepeka needs revision: Prof. Arifin JAKARTA (JP): The 1973 Law on the Supreme Audit Agency (Bepeka) needs revising because it places the agency under the government's authority, a new law professor said. Arifin Soeriaatmadja said in his inauguration as a University of Indonesia professor Saturday that the law had sought its reference to the 1925 colonial law which reduced such an agency to a government's tool.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Six burgle house in Tangerang
Six burgle house in Tangerang JAKARTA (JP): Six burglars broke into a house on Jl. Ciputat Baru, in Ciputat, Tangerang, on Saturday, threatening a businessman at knife point. A source at the South Jakarta Police precinct said the unidentified men drove to the house in a Kijang van about 3 a.m and broke a window of the house. "The house's owner, Nasib, woke up and came to see what was going on," the officer said.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
RI has slim chance against Italy in Fed Cup: Sarwono
RI has slim chance against Italy in Fed Cup: Sarwono JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Tennis Association chairman Sarwono Kusumaatmadja said the country has a slim chance in the Federation Cup match against Italy next month. "With Yayuk Basuki's absence, our young players have a slim chance to beat the Italians because the visitors' rankings are higher," Sarwono told Antara in Surabaya. Yayuk declined to play at the July 12 and July 13 match after the association decided to use clay courts.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Komatsu leads RI excavator market
Komatsu leads RI excavator market JAKARTA (JP): Japan's Komatsu led the Indonesian excavators market in 1996, followed by Japan's Hitachi and the United States' Caterpillar, a heavy equipment company said. Rustam Effendi, president of PT Hexindo Adiperkasa, the distributor of Hitachi heavy equipments, said Komatsu made 33 percent of last year's sales of 2,900 excavators in Indonesia. Hitachi and Caterpillar excavators each claimed 24.97 percent and 22.25 percent of sales respectively.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
The East Timor talks at the UN
The East Timor talks at the UN The ninth round of talks are taking place at the United Nations headquarters in New York to resolve the East Timor problem. In our observation, the dialog has been given greater weight because of the fact that -- unlike Boutros Ghali before him -- (UN Secretary-General) Kofi Annan has been more willing to involve himself personally in the effort. Before this, the dialog had to take place on a bilateral forum, albeit under a UN umbrella and using UN facilities.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Thieves trick maid in S. Jakarta
Thieves trick maid in S. Jakarta JAKARTA (JP): Three men stole electronic goods from a house on Jl. Kalibata Selatan, South Jakarta Friday after they pretended to book a room for rent. A source at South Jakarta Police precinct said the three men arrived at the house on two motorcycles and told a housemaid, Sarimpi, that they wanted to rent a room. One of the men left the house after a few minutes, saying that he wanted to buy gasoline, the officer said.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
IPMI offers the professional way to an MBA
IPMI offers the professional way to an MBA The 40 students leaned keenly over their desks at the Indonesian Institute for Management Development (IPMI) business school and listened to Roy Budidharma talk about his experience as national sales manager for DHL and as a marketing director for Citibank.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Adam was not the first man, claims expert
Adam was not the first man, claims expert JAKARTA (JP): Adam could not have been the first man in the world, nor Eve the first woman, a medical scientist has said, disputing the prevailing thought on the genesis of the first human species.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
'Bernas' journalist gets award posthumously
'Bernas' journalist gets award posthumously JAKARTA (JP): A slain journalist and a detained printer accused of defaming President Soeharto won the Suardi Tasrif Award Saturday for promoting the freedom of the press. The award was presented by Satrio Arismunandar, a member of the award committee, during a gathering of journalists to commemorate the 1,000 days since the closure of weeklies Tempo, Editor, and DeTik on June 21, 1994.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Games at Mal Puri Indah
Games at Mal Puri Indah From Kompas We visited Mal Puri Indah with our children on Sunday June 15. After shopping, our children went to play in the mall's games section on the ground floor (in front of the information counter). At about 4.30 p.m. after paying for tickets at Rp 2,000 each, I lifted my baby, while my 8-year-old climbed by himself, onto the platform of a ride.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Lippo Pacific on profit
Lippo Pacific on profit JAKARTA (JP): PT Lippo Pacific Finance expects a 6 percent increase in its net profit to Rp 7 billion (US$2.86 million) this year, a company director said over the weekend. Roberto Feliciano said the company earned a net profit of about Rp 1.4 billion in the first quarter of 1997. Feliciano, speaking following a shareholders meeting, reported last year's net profit as Rp 6.6 billion.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Emotional intelligence key to children's success
Emotional intelligence key to children's success JAKARTA (JP): "Emotional intelligence", rather than the previously much-touted intellectual quotient (IQ), determines 80 percent of a person's success in life, an expert has said. Fawzia Aswin Hadis, a professor at the University of Indonesia's School of Psychology, told a seminar on emotional intelligence here Saturday that students with high academic performance were not necessarily the most successful in life.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Going, going, gone
Going, going, gone The Jakarta Municipal Administration (DKI), the Ministry of Environment, and the Ministry of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications apparently have no control over Indonesia's premier National Marine Park in the Thousand Islands. As of the first week of June, at least 10 local boats were excavating sand from Pulau Gosong Opak, probably lifting up to 100 tons of sand each and every day.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Civil aircraft crashes in Bandung
Civil aircraft crashes in Bandung BANDUNG: A training aircraft owned by the West Java chapter of the Indonesian Aerosports Federation crashed in a yard on Jl. Pasir Kaliki, Bandung yesterday afternoon, injuring its pilot. An officer at the Husein Sastranegara air base, Neiriza, told The Jakarta Post yesterday that the American-made single-seater aircraft, piloted by Capt. Ginda Rochman, crashed at around 4.30 p.m. while on a recreational flight.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Baht devaluation inevitable after Thai political turmoil
Baht devaluation inevitable after Thai political turmoil HONG KONG (Reuter): A devaluation of the baht has become virtually inevitable following last week's market mayhem and political turmoil in Thailand, analysts and investors say. "The longer they leave it, the worse it gets," said Daniel Hemmant, currency fund manager with Guinness Flight Asia Ltd.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Businessmen urge cut in red tape
Businessmen urge cut in red tape JAKARTA (JP): Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Aburizal Bakrie said yesterday businesses were hoping the government's upcoming economic reforms would slash red tape and ease licensing procedures. Aburizal said slashing red tape and easing licensing procedures was urgently needed because Indonesia's economy was burdened by the high costs of doing business.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
'Open skies' deal signed
'Open skies' deal signed WASHINGTON (AFP): The United States and Malaysia signed an "open skies" agreement Saturday, eliminating restrictions on airlines from each other's countries, officials said. "The economic and consumer benefits demonstrated by the success of open skies in Europe, as well as by our liberal agreement with Canada, are increasingly convincing other countries to abandon protectionism and move with us toward a global open market in aviation," said U.S.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Stock trading activities expected steady this week
Stock trading activities expected steady this week JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta stock market is expected to remain strong this week on strong economic fundamentals, analysts and brokers said over the weekend. A Harita Securities senior analyst said a recent World Bank report on Indonesia's economy had encouraged foreign investors, who have been sidelined over the past three weeks, to reenter the market.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997, 00:00 WIB
Asian middle-class gets travel habit
Asian middle-class gets travel habit By Johnny Erling BEIJING (DPA): A young Chinese couple are poring over the state travel agency's holiday brochures. Liu Zhang knows what he wants: to honeymoon abroad with his wife. That is the trendy thing to do, and as a restaurant owner he can afford it. The holiday that interests him is 12 days in Australia for 20,000 yuan, or US$2,325.