Archive: 2 August 1998
24 articles found
Sun, 02 Aug 1998
Pulau Kelapa locals fight off environmental destruction
Pulau Kelapa locals fight off environmental destructionBy Yudha Kartohadiprodjo PULAU KELAPA, North Jakarta (JP): Dive into the blue water surrounding Kelapa island and witness the environmental damage. The seabed looks like the surface of the moon.
Sun, 02 Aug 1998
'Horison' turns 32, ailing but still respected
'Horison' turns 32, ailing but still respectedBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): Relying on a small fanatic readership, and surviving much on its founders' fierce dedication, literary magazine Horison has turned 32 -- still ailing but respected.
Sun, 02 Aug 1998
Guess What? Emha Ainun Najib
Guess What? Emha Ainun Najib Did you know that poetry can overcome supernatural forces? Poet, essayist and musician Emha Ainun Najib had just addressed a discussion on poetry when a power failure knocked out the room's audio and lighting system.
Sun, 02 Aug 1998
The agony of not knowing hurts families of missing persons
The agony of not knowing hurts families of missing persons JAKARTA (JP): Their loved ones have been missing for months, some for more than a year. The families of Indonesia's missing persons rely on their vivid memories to help keep their hope alive.
Sun, 02 Aug 1998
Cohen reaffirms RI-U.S. frienship
Cohen reaffirms RI-U.S. frienship JAKARTA (JP): Visiting U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen said yesterday that Indonesia was a friend of the United States and deserved help to get out of its economic difficulties.Addressing a media conference after completing visits to President B.J.
Sun, 02 Aug 1998
Pedicabs in Jakarta
Pedicabs in JakartaFrom KompasBecak (pedicabs) have returned to Jakarta, the result of Jakarta's Governor Sutiyoso invitation. The problem needs careful handling. Perhaps the pedicabs do not need to be returned to the drivers' villages, this will only worsen the drivers' situation.
Sun, 02 Aug 1998
Golf course upsets residents
Golf course upsets residentsFrom KompasWe are residents of Sariharjo village, Ngaglik subdistrict, Sleman, Yogyakarta, living opposite (to the north of) the golf course belonging to the Hyatt Hotel of Yogyakarta. Only a 12- meter-high net separates our houses and the golf course.
Sun, 02 Aug 1998
Defining modern SE Asian art is not an easy task
Defining modern SE Asian art is not an easy taskBy Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): The audience visiting a recent lecture expected to return with an understanding of what "ASEAN Modern Art" was all about, judging from the title in the agenda.
Sun, 02 Aug 1998
Cash flowing into Austria may be Soeharto's: Report
Cash flowing into Austria may be Soeharto's: Report VIENNA (Reuters): A massive flow of foreign money early this year supports suggestions that former Indonesian President Soeharto moved billions of dollars to Austrian banks shortly before his downfall, according to an Austrian business newspaper.
Sun, 02 Aug 1998
A portrait of the lives of Indonesians in New York
A portrait of the lives of Indonesians in New York Impian Amerika (The American Dream); By Kuntowijoyo; Bentang Budaya, Yogyakarta, March 1998; viii + 264 pp.; Rp 20,500 YOGYAKARTA (JP): YB Mangunwijaya, a Catholic priest, architect and novelist, believes that imaginative works like novels, poems...
Sun, 02 Aug 1998
Rail travel unaffected by immigration dispute
Rail travel unaffected by immigration dispute SINGAPORE (Reuters): A diplomatic row between Singapore and Malaysia over the siting of railway immigration facilities appeared to have been temporarily defused yesterday.
Sun, 02 Aug 1998
Indonesian GM Utut gets another 2nd place in Biel
Indonesian GM Utut gets another 2nd place in Biel JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's top chess player Utut Adianto lost his usual self-control in the final round of the Biel Masters tournament in Switzerland Friday, costing him his bid for a second title.
Sun, 02 Aug 1998
Islanders' daily life no paradise idyll
Islanders' daily life no paradise idyll PULAU KELAPA (JP): Lying 30 nautical miles north of Jakarta in the Thousand Islands is the Kelurahan Pulau Kelapa (Coconut Island subdistrict).The subdistrict consists of 64 islands -- three of which are home to fishing communities and the rest of which are...
Sun, 02 Aug 1998
The gallery of thirteen activists who are still missing
The gallery of thirteen activists who are still missing JAKARTA (JP): At least 13 families are still uncertain whether missing sons, daughters, husbands, brothers, sisters or fathers are still alive.Former missing activist Pius Lustrilanang has claimed he saw Sonny and Yani Afri released last March...
Sun, 02 Aug 1998
34 teams battle in debating contest
34 teams battle in debating contest JAKARTA (JP): Thirty-four teams battled it out in the first three preliminary rounds of the Indonesian Varsities English Debate 1998 yesterday, the first such national debate here.
Sun, 02 Aug 1998
Haze has receded
Haze has receded SINGAPORE (Reuters): The risk of a return of severe smog to Southeast Asia has faded, Singapore said yesterday."While hot spots will continue to be detected from time to time, the risk of recurrence of a severe or sustained smoke haze episode has now receded," the Ministry of the...
Sun, 02 Aug 1998
Guess What? Ingrid Widjanarko
Guess What? Ingrid Widjanarko The host of SCTV talk show Dunia Bintang (World of Stars), Ingrid Widjanarko, has just returned from a birthday party -- in Brunei."I coordinated a group of vocalists to sing for the sultan of Brunei," Ingrid said Thursday, while lounging around Hotel Mulia Senayan's C.
Sun, 02 Aug 1998
Spotlight
SpotlightPhoto A: DonationJP/leoCARE FOR ALL: Minister of Social Services Justika Baharsjah (left) hands over donations from Austrian envoy Victor Sagalla (right), who is representing the Kiwanis Club of Wels, Austria.
Sun, 02 Aug 1998
Bring them back home, dead or alive
Bring them back home, dead or alive Revealing the truth behind the recent kidnapping of political activists and ensuring that innocent Indonesian citizens will never again be abducted and tortured in their own country is crucial to restoring trust in the nation's government.
Sun, 02 Aug 1998
Dial-a-prize: One will soon learn the huge amount it costs
Dial-a-prize: One will soon learn the huge amount it costsBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): Games announcing big prizes to be won with only a simple telephone call have lured quite a number of television addicts here.These quizzes offer cash prizes of up to Rp 2.
Sun, 02 Aug 1998
Gamblers netted in night raid on W. Jakarta club
Gamblers netted in night raid on W. Jakarta club JAKARTA (JP): Police arrested 134 suspected gamblers, including 34 females, in a raid on the Bonus amusement center on the fourth floor of the Asemka building in Pinangsia, West Jakarta, on Friday evening.
Sun, 02 Aug 1998
It's the wrong Herman: Consul-general
It's the wrong Herman: Consul-general JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian consul-general in the southern Philippines' city of Davao, Asmadi Arbi, has dismissed an earlier claim by the Armed Forces (ABRI) that Herman Hendrawan, one the missing activists, has been found and was sheltering in his office.
Sun, 02 Aug 1998
Iwan: Writer of young rebels' anthems
Iwan: Writer of young rebels' anthemsBy Rita A. Widiadana JAKARTA (JP): He is not a poet, but his lyrics are as sharp as a sword. He is not a political leader, but he has hundreds of thousands of faithful and fanatical devotees.He is Iwan Fals, a rare phenomenon on the Indonesian music scene.
Sun, 02 Aug 1998
High bills give new headache to phone users
High bills give new headache to phone users JAKARTA (JP): Despite grumbles, telephone owners tolerated increases in their bills in January, and then again in April, when a 10 percent hike was applied.Recently, the state telephone monopoly PT Telkom planned to apply interlocal charges on calls...