INSA calls for change in lubricant trading JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Shipowners Association (INSA) called on state oil and gas company Pertamina yesterday to change its lubricant trading system to ensure a continuous supply to association members. Association secretary-general Barens Th Saragih said association members should be allowed to directly buy lubricants from Pertamina's supply depots. Currently, the members are obliged to buy lubricants through Pertamina dealers.

Hotel Gran Mahakam opens JAKARTA (JP): Hotel Gran Mahakam, located on Jl. Mahakam I near Blok M mall in South Jakarta, is scheduled to start operation tomorrow, its spokeswoman said in a statement yesterday. The eight-story business hotel has a total of 162 rooms, including six business suites, eight apartments and a room for the disabled, Maya Moeljadi said.

Habibie or Harmoko Golkar has finally played its cards in the vice presidential election game. The ruling political group has named its own chairman Harmoko and State Minister of Research and Technology B.J. Habibie as its chosen candidates for vice president in next month's election. After months of indecision which kept the nation in suspense, if not in the dark, Golkar has narrowed the field down to these two men.