Archive: 12 September 1995
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Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Where to go in Jakarta:
<p>Where to go in Jakarta:</p><p>Music</p><p> * The Aryaduta Jakarta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambiente Italian Restaurant: Bonauli vocal group, Tuesday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Lost Morenitos, Monday Thursday and Sunday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Asia's best set for track and field championships here
<p>Asia's best set for track and field championships here</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): The 11th Asian Track and Field Championships next week could bring back to Indonesia some of the World Championship limelight from Gothenburg, Sweden, organizers say.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
German tourist dies in Aceh
<p>German tourist dies in Aceh</p><p> BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Police are investigating the death of a German tourist who was found dead at a tourist resort in West Aceh last week.</p><p>Spokesman for the provincial police command, Capt. P.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Residents ask for compensation
<p>Residents ask for compensation</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): About forty residents of Cipinang Besar Selatan in Jatinegara district, East Jakarta, went to the City Council yesterday to request help in obtaining reasonable compensation for their land.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Brunei meet boost AFTA program
<p>Brunei meet boost AFTA program</p><p>By Anil Penna</p><p> BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (AFP): ASEAN's quest for closer economic integration into the next century has received a fresh boost although members fail to see eye to eye on hurrying down the road to regional...
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Komatsu to be listed in Jakarta
<p>Komatsu to be listed in Jakarta</p><p> TOKYO (Reuter): Komatsu Ltd. has applied to the Indonesian government for approval to list its Jakarta-based joint venture PT Komatsu Indonesia on the Jakarta Stock Exchange, a Komatsu spokesman said.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Garuda's losses
<p>Garuda's losses</p><p>From Neraca</p><p>Neraca of Aug. 31, 1995, reported that Garuda suffered losses of US$44 million (Rp 90 billion) during the period between January and April 1995, despite the profit gained through handling the haj transportation this year.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Komselindo improving services
<p>Komselindo improving services</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): PT Komunikasi Selular Indonesia (Komselindo), a private cellular telecommunications operator, announced here yesterday a free-of-charge administration service for its subscribers.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Rubber prices fall further
<p>Rubber prices fall further</p><p> SINGAPORE (Reuter): Rubber futures widened Friday's losses to end yesterday's morning session lower on early Tokyo slide and reflecting weaker Indonesian values over the weekend.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Salim's plant in Vietnam
<p>Salim's plant in Vietnam</p><p> HANOI (AFP): An Indonesian and a Singaporean firm have set up a US$134 million joint venture to build a food processing zone in the southern oil hub of Vung Tau, a news report said yesterday.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Plane leaves without Sarwono
<p>Plane leaves without Sarwono</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): If Garuda Indonesia once complained about senior government officials keeping Garuda flights from leaving on time, Minister of Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja now has a bone to pick with the flag carrier: It left him on the...
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Stock Exchange
<p>Stock Exchange</p><p>Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept. 11, 1995:</p><p> Shares Close Change Trading</p><p> Volume ------------------------------------------------------------------ Ades Alfindo 2,450 0 0 AHAP Insurance 3,250...
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Scientists hold key to RI's industrialization
<p>Scientists hold key to RI's industrialization</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Scientists hold the key to Indonesia's current drive to become a modern industrial society, equal to any developed country in the world, President Soeharto said yesterday.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Coal venture under study
<p>Coal venture under study</p><p> MANILA (Reuter): State-owned Philippine National Power Corp (Napocor) is considering forming a joint venture company with Indonesia's state-owned coal mining PT Tambang Batubara Bukit Asam.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Susi faces old foes at World Cup c'ship
<p>Susi faces old foes at World Cup c'ship</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Almost all of world's best shuttlers have set foot here for the US$180,000 World Cup badminton championships, with all eyes set on the thriller that awaits defending women's singles champion Susi...
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
'Drivers involved in thefts'
<p>'Drivers involved in thefts'</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Transportations Haryanto Dhanutirto yesterday reminded companies which are shipping their products for export to investigate the background of their drivers.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Well-known legal expert joins PDI
<p>Well-known legal expert joins PDI</p><p> AMBON, Maluku: Outspoken legal expert Sahetapy will campaign for the minority Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) in the upcoming 1997 election, a local party official said yesterday.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
TVs damaged by high voltage
<p>TVs damaged by high voltage</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of television sets and lamps were damaged when the electricity voltage was immediately leaping on Sunday morning in Tangerang.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Widayat reveals unknown life in exhibit
<p>Widayat reveals unknown life in exhibit</p><p> He is trying to prove that his hands are translating his innermost emotions, his love for art, his imagination. -- Hari Budiono & R.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Hengky, Eddy stay top at trial round
<p>Hengky, Eddy stay top at trial round</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): After playing 880 boards, veteran pair Hengky Lasut and Eddy Manoppo have found themselves unchallenged with 680 victory points during the ongoing home selection for the Bermuda Bowl Open Team Bridge Championships in...
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
PDI and PPP should keep tabs on govt
<p>PDI and PPP should keep tabs on govt</p><p> SEMARANG (JP): Although his recent proposal that opposition parties be allowed in Indonesia has been dismissed by President Soeharto, intellectual Nurcholish Madjid continues to insist that the nation needs some form of control over...
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Time for thought
<p>Time for thought</p><p> It is certainly good to hear from the military and civilian authorities that order was as of Sunday restored in Dili, the capital of East Timor, where bands of youths went on a rampage late last week.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Air pollution
<p>Air pollution</p><p>From Kompas</p><p>Ria Sjahroni, corporate secretary of PT Indocement Tunggal Perkasa (ITP) seems to be very upset by the report published in Kompas, which mentions that ITP is one of the industries that causes air pollution to its surroundings.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Airport taxis
<p>Airport taxis</p><p>From Media Indonesia</p><p>I read in the paper about the way taxis cause havoc with the way they operate at Soekarno-Hatta airport. They pick up passengers and refuse to use their taxi meters.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
State teachers to remain in private schools
<p>State teachers to remain in private schools</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): State Minister for Administrative Reform T.B. Silalahi gave his word yesterday that the government will not withdraw teachers on the state payroll from private schools.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
RP projects for APEC
<p>RP projects for APEC</p><p> MANILA (AFP): About 500 million pesos (US$19.2 million) worth of projects will be put up for bid ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit due to be held here in 1996, an official said yesterday.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Escapees captured
<p>Escapees captured</p><p> BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: Three of the eight prisoners who escaped from the Kota Agung prison last week have been captured.</p><p>Chief of the Bandar Lampung police precinct, Col.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Multipolar's profit up
<p>Multipolar's profit up</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Multipolar, a publicly-listed service company, yesterday announced a 40 percent increase in its net profit to Rp 7.9 billion (US$3.5 million) during the 1994/1995 fiscal year, which ended on June 30, from Rp 5.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Businesses urged to hire disabled people
<p>Businesses urged to hire disabled people</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): An expert has urged businesspeople to employ disabled persons in their companies.</p><p>Soelarto Reksoprodjo, head of the Rehabilitation Department in the School of Medicine of the University of...
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Soeharto plays down Dili riots
<p>Soeharto plays down Dili riots</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto has dismissed the weekend riots in East Timor as bearing no relation whatsoever to the question of the territory's integration into Indonesia.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Investigation continues into mobile phone scam
<p>Investigation continues into mobile phone scam</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): The head of the City Police's General Crimes Directorate, Lt. Col. Gories Mere, said that the investigation of four men allegedly using copied hand phones is still going on.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
N. Sulawesi has new military chief
<p>N. Sulawesi has new military chief</p><p> MANADO, North Sulawesi: Chief of the Wirabuana Sulawesi Regional Military Command, Maj. Gen. Sulatin, swore in Col. Achmad Yahya yesterday as chief of the North Sulawesi military command, replacing Col. Soetrisno.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Tri Agus gets two years for insulting leader
<p>Tri Agus gets two years for insulting leader</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta District Court yesterday sentenced Tri Agus S. Siswowihardjo, an activist of human rights group Pijar Foundation, to two years imprisonment for insulting President Soeharto.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Aid for small businesses
<p>Aid for small businesses</p><p>From Media Indonesia</p><p>In my opinion, Eka Cipta's concept and the Bali Declaration are a realization of Article 33 of the 1945 Constitution.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Foreign investment approvals reach $30.1b
<p>Foreign investment approvals reach $30.1b</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Investment Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo said yesterday that this year's foreign investment approvals have reached US$30.1 billion for 546 projects, up by 63.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
City sets up 9,546 polio vaccination centers
<p>City sets up 9,546 polio vaccination centers</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): The municipal administration has prepared 9,546 polio vaccination centers and trained about 20,000 volunteers to carry out the city's part in the national polio immunization drive, which begins tomorrow.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Govt denies delaying executions
<p>Govt denies delaying executions</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Justice Oetojo Oesman denied allegations yesterday that it was inhumane for the government to leave inmates on death row in jail for more than twenty years before being executed.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
U.S. open to UN Security Coucil reforms
<p>U.S. open to UN Security Coucil reforms</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): The United States is open to the idea of a new membership formula for the United Nations Security Council which would allow countries such as Indonesia to serve more frequently as non-permanent members, a senior U.S.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Five new star-rated hotels in N. Sumatra
<p>Five new star-rated hotels in N. Sumatra</p><p> MEDAN (JP): North Sumatra will have five more star-rated hotels next year to accommodate the growing number of tourists visiting the province.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Legislators wants small business to be protected
<p>Legislators wants small business to be protected</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Small businesses not only have limited access to government facilities and protection, but have even become victims of economic policies, the Indonesian Democratic Party's (PDI) faction at the House of...
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Five firms in West Java sued for polluting
<p>Five firms in West Java sued for polluting</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): The North Jakarta District Court began hearing a lawsuit yesterday filed by 5,000 residents of Serang, West Java, against five factories on charges of polluting a river.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Workers protest over severance pay
<p>Workers protest over severance pay</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): Over 150 workers of the Tangerang-based spinning factory PT Putra Indah Makmur staged a protest at the Ministry of Manpower yesterday over the company's refusal to pay severance money in line with a proposal from the...
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Forestry ministry raises royalty rates by 9-27%
<p>Forestry ministry raises royalty rates by 9-27%</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): The forestry ministry has decreed an increase in forest royalties by a range of nine percent to 27 percent, to keep up with price rises on the world market and inflation.
Tue, 12 Sep 1995
Permadi gets seven months for blasphemy
<p>Permadi gets seven months for blasphemy</p><p> YOGYAKARTA (JP): The Sleman district court sentenced controversial soothsayer Permadi Satrio Wiwoho to seven months jail yesterday after convicting him of blasphemy for describing Prophet Muhammad as a "dictator" during a...