Archive: 20 July 1997
21 articles found
Sun, 20 Jul 1997
Surly Secretaries, Poor English
Surly Secretaries, Poor English Reading the article titled Surly Secretaries, English Lesson in The Jakarta Post (Sunday, June 29), I could not help laughing. I agree with what Suwara Sari wrote. It is true that most secretaries in our country are surly. Aren't they professionals? Some of them are.
Sun, 20 Jul 1997
Tailor says his craft will never go out of style
Tailor says his craft will never go out of styleBy I. Christianto JAKARTA (JP): Just eight or even three hours for a new tailored suit? No joke, according to some tailors in the capital.Despite all the gloomy predictions, the garment and ready-to- wear apparel sectors are unlikely to sound the...
Sun, 20 Jul 1997
Child models live out their parents' dreams
Child models live out their parents' dreamsBy Yenni Kwok JAKARTA (JP): The voice of little French singer Jordy erupted in the mirror-walled studio of OQ Modeling School, where aspiring young models were learning to work the catwalk.
Sun, 20 Jul 1997
Tailors survive tough competition
Tailors survive tough competition The ready-to-wear clothing business is flourishing. Name any item, be it mass produced or an exclusive houte couture, it is available. Despite this, tailors manage to survive and prosper. The Jakarta Post's team of reporters, Prapti Widinugraheni, I.
Sun, 20 Jul 1997
Singapore warns of Spratlys' effect
Singapore warns of Spratlys' effect SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore's Foreign Minister Shanmugam Jayakumar warned yesterday that the dispute over the Spratly islands in the South China Sea could wreck navigational freedom and affect the global community.
Sun, 20 Jul 1997
A scramble for energy resources?
A scramble for energy resources? Asia's Deadly Triangle: How Arms, Energy and Growth Threaten to Destabilize Asia PacificBy Kent E. CalderNicholas Brealey Publishing, London, 1996,253 pages SINGAPORE: In a recently published book, Asia's Deadly Triangle, Princeton University's Kent Calder has...
Sun, 20 Jul 1997
Indonesian elite build their own palaces
Indonesian elite build their own palaces JAKARTA (JP): The lucky inheritors of Indonesia's post- independence development riches are fitting nicely into the trend to "import everything". The insatiable craving for Western status symbols adds yet another feather to the cap of luxury goods importers.
Sun, 20 Jul 1997
TV today
TV todayTVRI 6:00 a.m. TVRI News 6:25 Morning News 6:45 Religious Teachings: Hikmah Pagi 7:15 Healthy and Fit 7:30 Children's Program: Arena 123 8:00 TV Series: Brudy and Family 8:30 Performances: Warna Warni 9:00 Children's Film 9:30 Cooking Program: Masakan Indonesia 10:00 TVRI News 10:30 Music:...
Sun, 20 Jul 1997
What RI stability means to the ASEAN region
What RI stability means to the ASEAN regionBy Daljit Singh SINGAPORE: Indonesian stability has been such an accepted phenomenon in the past 30 years that it has come to be taken for granted. It is, however, crucial to the region and to ASEAN.After the abortive pro-communist coup of Sept.
Sun, 20 Jul 1997
The show must go on for the 'rocked' group Slank
The show must go on for the 'rocked' group SlankBy Achmad Nurhoeri JAKARTA (JP): The show must go on. Easy to say when everything goes exactly as planned. But easy times never last, especially in the capricious world of Indonesian show business where only the strong can survive.
Sun, 20 Jul 1997
'Dangdut' music gala awards night glitters
'Dangdut' music gala awards night glittersBy Achmad Nurhoeri JAKARTA (JP): "Dangdut is not a poor business," quipped dangdut sage Jaja Miharja. If you were at the Senayan Sports Center last Thursday night, you knew it was no lie.
Sun, 20 Jul 1997
Are we a land of smiles or scowls?
Are we a land of smiles or scowls? JAKARTA (JP): Overheard in a lady's restroom, in a workplace, early Monday morning: "Did you see Donna strutting around in her pants? What a sight! Did she really think she looked good in that get-up?"A dining hall at lunch time, the same workplace, the same...
Sun, 20 Jul 1997
Sitor expresses thoughts with relish
Sitor expresses thoughts with relishBy Dini S. Djalal JAKARTA (JP): Sitor Situmorang, one of Indonesia's most famous poets, spoke about all the places he has lived in. Los Angeles, New York, The Hague, Islamabad, Paris.
Sun, 20 Jul 1997
Bangladesh, India meet on sharing common rivers
Bangladesh, India meet on sharing common rivers DHAKA (Reuter): Water resources ministers of Bangladesh and India yesterday resumed talks on cooperation in the use of the waters of their common rivers for the first time in seven years, meeting sources said.
Sun, 20 Jul 1997
Women's soccer team prepares for the Games
Women's soccer team prepares for the Games JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian wrestlers, soccer players and softballers will compete overseas in preparation for the 19th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games here in October.
Sun, 20 Jul 1997
Local shuttlers dominate Indonesian Open c'ship
Local shuttlers dominate Indonesian Open c'ship SURAKARTA, Central Java (AFP): The home team's singles shuttlers yesterday cleared the way for an all-Indonesian final in the Indonesian Open badminton championship by making short work of their South Korean and Malaysian opponents.
Sun, 20 Jul 1997
Defiant Hun Sen rejects ASEAN peace plan
Defiant Hun Sen rejects ASEAN peace plan PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP): A peace mission to Cambodia failed yesterday when defiant Hun Sen flatly rejected outside mediation, and the country's exiled prince warned that a full-blown civil war could break out.
Sun, 20 Jul 1997
HK deportation law comes under fire from youngsters
HK deportation law comes under fire from youngstersBy Carrie Lee HONG KONG (Reuter): "I won't go even if they kill me," said five-year-old Ng Sze-man, who sneaked into Hong Kong together with her mother a year ago."I want to stay," she said.
Sun, 20 Jul 1997
Gunadarma University backs World Cities Chess c'ships
Gunadarma University backs World Cities Chess c'shipsBy Kristianus Liem JAKARTA (JP): For the umpteenth time Gunadarma University has organized a big chess tournament in Indonesia.This time it was the sensational World Invitational Cities Chess Championship -- the first such tournament ever.
Sun, 20 Jul 1997
Ho Chi Minh City tries to reduce red tape
Ho Chi Minh City tries to reduce red tapeBy Tran Khanh SINGAPORE: Since 1992, the Vietnamese government has been making efforts to reform its inefficient and over-staffed bureaucracy. But five years later, both Vietnamese and foreigners living in the country continue to be weary of the red tape.
Sun, 20 Jul 1997
All dressed up and plenty to go on
All dressed up and plenty to go on JAKARTA (JP): Clothes make the man and woman, to paraphrase the famous saying, and the tailor's job is to produce apparel which fits their clients' needs for whatever occasion.