Archive: 27 September 1997
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Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Cattle die of starvation
Cattle die of starvation KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: More than 20 head of cattle have died of starvation in Belu regency bordering East Timor, Antara said yesterday.Deputy Governor Piet Alexander Tallo could not confirm the report but promised to look into it, the news agency said.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Singapore cracks down on abuse
Singapore cracks down on abuse SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore vowed yesterday to crack down swiftly on employers abusing foreign maids after Indonesia imposed a freeze on sending its nationals to work as domestics to the country.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Municipality told to submit liquor evaluation
Municipality told to submit liquor evaluation JAKARTA (JP): The City Council has asked the municipality to hand over its final evaluation of the central government's regulations regarding the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages in the city.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Worker falls to his death
Worker falls to his death JAKARTA (JP): A 20-year-old construction worker died yesterday after falling 10 meters off a lift at the PT Pulo Gadung Steel complex in East Jakarta.It is thought Edi Santoso, from near Cilacap in Central Java, slipped while in the lift used to carry construction...
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Obituary
Obituary Edward Janner Sinaga, a former director general of press and graphics at the Ministry of Information, died of a heart attack at Mitra Hospital in Jakarta on Thursday evening.Sinaga, who founded Economic & Business Review Indonesia after retiring from public life in 1991, was 67.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Land development needs reform
Land development needs reformBy Tommy Firman BANDUNG (JP): One of the main issues that will emerge with urban development is the need to design an effective, efficient and equitable expansion of urban land resources.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
SE Asian currencies plunge to new lows
SE Asian currencies plunge to new lows SINGAPORE (Reuter): The Indonesian rupiah slumped to new lows yesterday, raising questions about the central bank's easy monetary policy and casting a fresh pall over Southeast Asian currency markets.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Hotel staff needs not anticipated
Hotel staff needs not anticipated DENPASAR, Bali: Most hotels and other tourist companies in Bali rarely report their staff needs to the authorities, head of the Bali Manpower Office I Gusti Ngurah Mayoen said yesterday.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
PT Nestle to move
PT Nestle to move JAKARTA (JP): Food producer PT Nestle Indonesia is to move its office headquarters from the Metropolitan II building in Central Jakarta to Arcadia Office Park in South Jakarta in January 1999.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Local market likely to recover in 3 months
Local market likely to recover in 3 months JAKARTA (JP): Securities analysts expect the domestic stock market will recover in the next three months if Bank Indonesia, the central bank, further eases the tight monetary policy.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Palm and coconut oil end firm on RI smog
Palm and coconut oil end firm on RI smog LONDON (Reuter): Palm and coconut oil closed firm on the European vegetable oil market on Thursday on concerns over the effect of the smog covering large areas of Southeast Asia and El Nino.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
New mid-sized Jaguar may purr on Jakarta's streets
New mid-sized Jaguar may purr on Jakarta's streetsBy Alastair Doak JAGUAR's new midsize car, the X200, is expected to open up the Indonesian market for the British-based luxury carmaker.X200, a BMW 5-Series and Mercedes E-Class competitor, will be designed for completely knocked down (CKD) export,...
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Taiwan firms eye Medan
Taiwan firms eye Medan JAKARTA (JP): At least 15 Taiwanese companies plan to invest in the property sector in North Sumatra by the end of the year, Antara reported yesterday.President of Taiwan's Honban Investment and Development, Lin Hui, told the news agency after his meeting with the province's...
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Lambert ups Mashill stake
Lambert ups Mashill stake JAKARTA (JP): Belgium's Bank Brussels Lambert SA has bought another 3.20 million shares of publicly listed Bank Mashill Utama to increase its stake in the Indonesian bank.Bank Mashill's president A.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Indorayon president among victims
Indorayon president among victims JAKARTA (JP): Businessman Polar Yanto Tanoto, who just a day earlier had received an award from President Soeharto, is one of the tragic stories in yesterday's crash which claimed 234 lives including two children and several foreigners.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Garuda plane crashes, 234 killed
Garuda plane crashes, 234 killed MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): A Garuda Indonesia Airbus-300-B4 airplane, with 234 people on board, crashed shortly before landing in Medan yesterday.Search and rescue workers found the burned wreckage in a 500- meter deep ravine in the Barisan Range about 30 kilometers...
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
14 firms suspected violating govt ban on land clearing
14 firms suspected violating govt ban on land clearing JAKARTA (JP): The government accused yesterday 14 plantation companies of violating a recent ban and continuing with land clearing activities that have caused forest fires.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Government policies open to correction: Soeharto
Government policies open to correction: Soeharto JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto said yesterday government policies were open to correction but improvement efforts could only be conducted gradually.Soeharto said in a farewell party for House of Representatives legislators that the nation was in...
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Feisal happy with ABRI's riot response
Feisal happy with ABRI's riot response UJUNGPANDANG (JP): Minister of Home Affairs Moch. Yogie S.M. and Armed Forces (ABRI) Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung defended yesterday security members' tough approach in handling ethnically colored riots in the city last week.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Haze adds to RI's tourist industry woes
Haze adds to RI's tourist industry woes JAKARTA (JP): The haze problem poses another blow to the country's tourism industry, a senior official of the Ministry of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications said here yesterday.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Many tourist resources still unexplored
Many tourist resources still unexplored JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has not fully explored its resources in developing the country's tourist industry, an international economist says.The founder and director of the Zero Emission Research Initiative (Zeri Foundation), Gunter Pauli, said Thursday most of...
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Up to 3 die on city's roads daily
Up to 3 die on city's roads daily JAKARTA (JP): The capital's traffic police chief said yesterday that so far this year between two and three people had died every day in traffic accidents in Greater Jakarta.Col. Fachrudin Bakar said so far this month 35 people had died in traffic accidents.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Foreign loan problems to haunts Malaysia
Foreign loan problems to haunts Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia may face problems raising loans as its troubled economy is hit by a downgrade in its long term credit ratings outlook, analysts warned yesterday.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
More flyovers to be completed
More flyovers to be completed JAKARTA (JP): Two more flyovers are expected to be completed next month, Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said.The projects, which are part of the city's 1992-1997 plan, are badly needed to help ease the city's severe traffic congestion.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Observers suggest presidential term limitation
Observers suggest presidential term limitation JAKARTA (JP): Members of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) should issue a decree that would limit the presidential tenure to only two terms when they convene in March, observers recommended at a seminar yesterday.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Kelian gets safety rating
Kelian gets safety rating JAKARTA (JP): The National Occupational Safety Association (NOSA) of Australia has assigned a three-star safety rating to PT Kelian Equatorial Mining, a member of Rio Tinto group in Kutai, East Kalimantan.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Public services under scrutiny
Public services under scrutiny JAKARTA (JP): Abdul Kahfi, the new deputy governor for administrative affairs, said yesterday that he was in the process of evaluating procedures regarding the provision of public services by city officials.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
ABRI vehicles netted in operation
ABRI vehicles netted in operation JAKARTA (JP): Four cars and two motorcycles bearing Armed Forces (ABRI) number plates have been caught in a City Military Police law and order operation.Jakarta Military Command Spokesman Lt. Col. DJ.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Number of jobless college graduate rising: Wardiman
Number of jobless college graduate rising: Wardiman JAKARTA (JP): More and more college graduates in Indonesia are becoming unemployed despite a growing demand for skilled workers in the job market, Minister of Education and Culture Wardiman Djojonegoro said yesterday.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Asia fund no cure for forex instability: Analysts
Asia fund no cure for forex instability: Analysts TOKYO (Reuter): A proposed rescue fund to deal with Asian currency crises could provide a psychological weapon against speculators, but it would not solve the region's foreign exchange problems, analysts and currency dealers say.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Mt. Bromo fire extinguished
Mt. Bromo fire extinguished SURABAYA: Firefighters and locals have put out a fire which razed hundreds of hectares of forest on Mt. Bromo, Antara said yesterday.The Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park administration office is still estimating the extent of damage, an office staffer, Ridwan, told the...
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
PPP's hope for cabinet lineup
PPP's hope for cabinet lineupFrom Media IndonesiaUnited Development Party (PPP) chairman Buya H. Ismail Hasan Metareum's hope that his party's leaders can become cabinet ministers is understandable.His hope has nothing to do with the additional number of seats the party won in the House of...
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Forty-two netted for 'putaw' possession
Forty-two netted for 'putaw' possession JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta police have arrested 42 people over the last three weeks for allegedly possessing third grade heroin, known locally as putaw.Lt. Col. M.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Honoris exports Kenwood
Honoris exports Kenwood JAKARTA (JP): PT Honoris Perdana Industry, a subsidiary of Modern Group, officially delivered Thursday the first bulk of its Kenwood home audio exports to the United States.The company said the delivery of about 1,890 Kenwood audio sets was launched from the company's...
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Rupiah hits new low, shares down
Rupiah hits new low, shares down JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah fell to an historic low against the U.S. dollar yesterday while share prices lost 1.6 percent, dealers and brokers said.Currency dealers said the rupiah fell to a new low of 3,125 to the greenback at midday from an opening of 3,035 before...
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Satelindo blocks users
Satelindo blocks users JAKARTA (JP): PT Satelindo, the operator of the Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), announced here yesterday that it had blocked 9,000 users due to unpaid bills.The company said that it had improved its billing system which recently affected a large number of...
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Jakarta's new commander
Jakarta's new commander Although Jakarta is not Jerusalem, Algiers or Kabul, the government has appointed a new military commander with an abundance of combat experience.Despite the fact that it is "all quiet on all fronts" and tomorrow promises to remain just as peaceful, Major General Sjafrie...
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
S'pore rubber frets over Indonesian fires
S'pore rubber frets over Indonesian fires SINGAPORE (Reuter): The Singapore rubber trade was concerned yesterday over news that some Indonesian rubber plantations have been hit by rampaging forest fires and said prices will probably firm as a result, dealers said.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
A world recession in the offing?
A world recession in the offing? As a layman in economics, I am confused about the recent brouhaha over the depreciation of the rupiah, the tight money policy, the floating foreign exchange rate, the skyrocketing interbank overnight rate of 160 percent per year, the deposit rate of 60 percent and...
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Gulf Canada has much riding on Indonesia IPO
Gulf Canada has much riding on Indonesia IPO CALGARY (Reuter): Gulf Canada Resources Ltd, whose initial offering of Indonesian oil and gas assets is set to hit the market next week, has plenty riding on the deal as it aims to bring a huge debt load down to manageable levels.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Telkom develops mobile Internet
Telkom develops mobile Internet JAKARTA (JP): State-owned PT Telkom, through its research and development unit, is developing a software which will enable users to surf the Internet without fixed telephone lines.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Vietnam's trade gap widens this month
Vietnam's trade gap widens this month HANOI (Reuter): Vietnam's trade gap widened this month as a run of strong export growth lost some momentum, while industrial production was brisk but remained on a downward trend, General Statistics Office data showed yesterday.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
U.S. concerned over widening Japan trade gap
U.S. concerned over widening Japan trade gap WASHINGTON (Reuter): U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky on Thursday expressed growing frustration with Tokyo over the widening U.S.-Japan trade gap and a lack of progress in resolving trade frictions.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Wealthy called on to help Irian drought victims
Wealthy called on to help Irian drought victims JAKARTA (JP): Legislators expressed yesterday shame and concern over the large number of drought-related deaths in Jayawijaya regency in Indonesia's eastern-most province of Irian Jaya.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Modern String Quartet shows elegance and energy
Modern String Quartet shows elegance and energyBy Emilie Sueur and S. Harmono JAKARTA (JP): Four German musicians offered a new vision of string quartet playing to the audience at the German Embassy in Jakarta last week.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Sukamdi wins Indonesian Open by 13 strokes
Sukamdi wins Indonesian Open by 13 strokes JAKARTA (JP): Unchallenged since the tee-off Tuesday, Sukamdi re-affirmed his position as the top national golfer yesterday by reclaiming the Indonesian Amateur Open golf title by 13 strokes.He closed the round with a 4-under 68 for 281 (70 73 70 68).
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Water crisis in Thousand Islands
Water crisis in Thousand Islands JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of residents living in the Seribu (Thousand) Islands chain off Jakarta Bay are suffering from a serious clean water shortage, it was declared yesterday.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Land certificate issuance in Bogor
Land certificate issuance in Bogor BOGOR (JP): The Bogor regency issued 30,846 land certificates covering a total area of 6,758 hectares in the 1996/1997 fiscal year, which ended in March, an official has said.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Britain to block sales of arms to Indonesia
Britain to block sales of arms to Indonesia LONDON (Agencies): Britain's decision to block some arms sales to Indonesia showed that the Labour government was serious about putting human rights at the heart of its foreign policy, Foreign Secretary Robin Cook said yesterday.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Stock Exchange
Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept. 26, 1997: ------------------------------------------------------------- Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,075 -25 69,500 AHAP Insurance 2,500 0...
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
TV today
TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 Travel: My Country 2:45 Children's Film: The Crystal Maze 3:10 Music: Jenjang Vokal 3:35 Travel: Wisata Nasional 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Sports 5:30 TV Series: Full House 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 Nusantara, The Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program...
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
More action needed to overcome fires
More action needed to overcome firesFrom MerdekaThe haze resulting from forest fires is seemingly not so easy to overcome. And it even tends to worsen with the increasing density of haze over Kalimantan and Sumatra.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Photo Exhibition: ...Yogyakarta; retrospeksi etnofotografi by Tim etnofotografi UGM, at Galeri Fotojurnalistik Antara, Jl. Antara No. 59 Pasar Baru, Central Jakarta, Tuesday to Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., until Oct. 8.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Sjafrie replaces assistants
Sjafrie replaces assistants JAKARTA (JP): City Military Commander Maj. Gen. Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin replaced two of his subordinates yesterday: his assistants for intelligence and personnel affairs.Sjafrie, who was appointed Jakarta Military Commander on Wednesday, installed Col.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Petrindo ties up with BP Chemical to make solvents
Petrindo ties up with BP Chemical to make solvents JAKARTA (JP): PT Inter Petrindo Inti Citra and Britain's BP Chemicals signed yesterday a joint venture agreement to develop a US$20 million esterification plant in Cilegon, West Java.Inter Petrindo president Peter F.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Merpati cancels Jambi flights
Merpati cancels Jambi flights JAKARTA (JP): State-owned Merpati Nusantara Airlines will extend the cancellation of its Jambi-Jakarta flights until Sept. 30, due to the thick haze shrouding Jambi's Sultan Thaha airport, Antara reported yesterday.
Sat, 27 Sep 1997
Sixty arrested in E. Java for alleged subversion
Sixty arrested in E. Java for alleged subversion SURABAYA (JP): At least 60 people suspected of subversive activities were arrested Thursday in the towns of Malang and Kediri, East Java Police Chief Maj. Gen. M. Dayat said yesterday.