Archive: 13 September 1995
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Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Malaysian mission due here
Malaysian mission due here JAKARTA (JP): A business delegation from Malaysia, led by Minister of International Trade and Industry Rafidah Aziz, is due here on Saturday for a four-day visit, the Malaysian embassy announced yesterday. Consisting of 37 businessmen representing 28 companies, the delegation will be seeking trade and investment cooperation with Indonesian businesses, the embassy said in a statement.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
RI faces early exit in bridge meet
RI faces early exit in bridge meet JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has been placed in the same group as the world's odds-on favorite for the Bermuda Bowl Open Team Bridge Championships, the Indonesian Bridge Association announced yesterday. Indonesia, which belongs to Group West, in the championship slated for Oct. 8 to Oct. 20 in Beijing, risks an early exit as it will meet two of the world's powerhouses head-on, namely defending champion the Netherlands and former several time world champion, the U.S.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Resettlers neglected
Resettlers neglected BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: At least 40 families resettled here from other provinces have been living in uncertainty in Banjar since the company which brought them failed to give them employment as promised. The families have been in the Trans Liang Anggang resettlement site, about 25 kilometers north of here, since March this year. They were promised jobs in a small-scale industrial estate. They are skilled workers brought in by a Jakarta-based company.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Govt teachers in private schools
Govt teachers in private schools From Pikiran Rakyat I agree with the statement by Amien Rais in Yogyakarta on Sept. 5, 1995 in response to the circulation of Minister of Administrative Reforms TB Silalahi, concerning the withdrawal of government teachers from private educational institutions. The teachers and lecturers who are civil servants and work for private schools should have two choices: either stay with the private institutions or return to the government services.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
McKinsey opens office
McKinsey opens office JAKARTA (JP): McKinsey & Company, a U.S.-based international consulting firm, has opened its first Southeast Asian office in the Midplaza II building, the company announced yesterday. "Indonesia was one of the few large economies that we did not yet serve out of a local established presence.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Olefins denied protection
Olefins denied protection Industry Minister Tunky Ariwibowo's announcement yesterday that the government will not be granting tariff protection to the US$1.6 billion olefin plant of PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Center came as a pleasant surprise. We had come to take it for granted that companies controlled by politically well-connected businessmen get what they want from the government.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
'Data on child prostitution in RI difficult to obtain'
'Data on child prostitution in RI difficult to obtain' BEIJING (JP): Unicef has cited the difficulty of obtaining data on child prostitution in Indonesia as one of the factors hampering its efforts to deal more effectively with the growing problem, an organization official said. Pratima Kale, the United Nations Children's Fund's director for East Asia and the Pacific region, spoke yesterday of the causes and the dire consequences of child prostitution and trafficking.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Nobel laureate calls for attention to slow learners
Nobel laureate calls for attention to slow learners SERPONG, W. Java (JP): Compulsory education must have a flexible curriculum to ensure the advancement of all students, including slow learners, according to Nobel laureate Yuan Tseh Lee. "If a government decides to make education compulsory, it has a responsibility (to ensure) that all students can follow," said Lee, a Taiwanese, who won this year's Nobel Prize for chemistry.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Injury forces Hariyanto to quit World Cup c'ship
Injury forces Hariyanto to quit World Cup c'ship JAKARTA (JP): Top seed and defending men's singles champion Hariyanto Arbi pulled out of the World Cup badminton championships yesterday with an injury that threatens Indonesia's campaign for a clean sweep. Hariyanto gave in to his chronic hamstring injury during a morning practice at the Senayan indoor stadium, the venue for the US$180,000 tournament, on the eve of his group opening match against Lee Mi Chow of Chinese Taipei.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Ten people arrested for torching market in Dili
Ten people arrested for torching market in Dili DILI, East Timor (JP): Police announced yesterday that they have arrested 10 people believed to be the main culprits behind the arson that razed the Komoro market last Saturday. East Timor Police Chief Col. Andreas Sugianto told reporters that the 10 were the "brains" behind the fire that destroyed more than 200 kiosks and their entire contents. The market, on a two-hectare site, was set on fire in the early hours on Saturday.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Garuda apologizes to Sarwono
Garuda apologizes to Sarwono JAKARTA (JP): Garuda Indonesia's president Soepandi has apologized to Minister of Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja for an embarrassing incident that left the minister stranded on the tarmac of the Soekarno-Hatta airport on Monday. According to a statement by the airline's public relations office, Soepandi promised to take severe action against his employees at the airport for their negligence that caused the minister to miss his flight to Singapore.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Sustainable development still elusive: Academic
Sustainable development still elusive: Academic JAKARTA (JP): The concept of sustainable development in Indonesia is still fiction rather than reality, prominent academic Mubyarto said yesterday. Speaking on the second day of the sixth Indonesia National Science Congress, Mubyarto said sustainable development remained necessary to improve the people's welfare.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Timorese say no to apprenticeship
Timorese say no to apprenticeship DILI, East Timor (JP): Many of an estimated 2,000 newly-recruited civil servants have rejected the government's plan to send them to other provinces on apprenticeships. They have skeptically said that they fear they will be forced to accept foreign values incompatible with theirs or face discrimination in other provinces. Some give somewhat simplistic reasons like they cannot afford to part from their families for one to two years.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
U.S. gains support for UN reforms
U.S. gains support for UN reforms MANILA (AFP): The United States has secured Philippine support for its initiatives for "serious reforms" to the United Nations (UN), its chief delegate to the world body, Madeleine Albright, said yesterday. "In order to serve its (UN) goals properly it needs to have some very serious reforms," in streamlining bureaucracy and expanding the UN Security Council, Albright told reporters after meeting President Fidel Ramos. She said the U.S.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Persib ready for Champions Cup
Persib ready for Champions Cup JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian league winner Persib Bandung, shrugging off its irksome warm-up match against Jakarta, has vowed to fight it out in its Asia Champions Cup debut at Bangkok on Saturday. Indra Tohir's men visit Thai league runner-up Bangkok Bank in the first leg of their Cup first round match, when they hope to pave the way for an easier home match in Bandung, West Java, on Sept. 30. "We will not waste the chance we have grabbed.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Human resources the key to development: Ginandjar
Human resources the key to development: Ginandjar SERPONG, West Java (JP): State Minister for National Development Planning Ginandjar Kartasasmita predicts that over the next 25 years human resources will replace natural resources as the main asset in economic development. "The most important factor will no longer be the muscles but the brain, or the sciences we master," he told the Sixth Congress on Science here.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
$55.4b targeted for agricultural funding
$55.4b targeted for agricultural funding JAKARTA (JP): The government has set an investment target of Rp 125.2 trillion (US$55.4 billion) for the agricultural sector during the sixth Five-Year Development Plan period, which ends in 1999, in order to achieve an annual growth rate in the sector of 3.4 percent.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Chandra Asri is on its own
Chandra Asri is on its own JAKARTA (JP): The government will give neither tariff protection, tax incentives nor regulatory protection to the country's first olefins plant, the Chandra Asri Petrochemical Center, Minister of Industry Tunky Ariwibowo announced yesterday.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
NU leader ready to quit
NU leader ready to quit MAGELANG, Central Java: The controversial leader of the 30- million strong Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Moslem organization, Abdurrahman Wahid, says his re-election last year has yet to be recognized by the government. "For that, I'm ready to quit if an NU extraordinary congress wants me to do so," Gus Dur, as he is better known, told participants of a workshop here on Sunday night.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Renovation of school building
Renovation of school building JAKARTA (JP): The City Council urged the city administration yesterday to renovate state junior high school SMP 43 in Mampang Prapatan, South Jakarta, as soon as possible because the delay has caused the school's students and teachers to suffer. Secretary of the City Council's Commission A, in charge of government affairs, Abdoelhamid Notowidagdo, said that it is important for the city administration to rebuild the school, which is located in a disputed land.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
PLN will soon operate two new subsidiaries
PLN will soon operate two new subsidiaries JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned electricity company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) will operate its two new subsidiaries, called PT Pembangkitan I and Pembangkitan II, by the end of this year, the company's president said yesterday.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
PTSI diversifies products to face policy changes
PTSI diversifies products to face policy changes JAKARTA (JP): State-owned PT Surveyor Indonesia, which carries out pre-shipment inspection for Indonesia's imports, is diversifying its products to anticipate the changes in the global market and the government policy on customs clearance system.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
PPP representatives demand Yogie's apology
PPP representatives demand Yogie's apology JAKARTA (JP): Representatives of the United Development Party (PPP) yesterday demanded Minister of Home Affairs Moch. Yogie S.M. apologize for calling their chairman, Ismail Hasan Metareumm, sakit (sick). Muhammad Mansur, a member of the PPP faction in the House of Representatives, told reporters that the party felt offended by Yogie's remark which was widely published by newspapers yesterday.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Karet Bivak cemetery facelift
Karet Bivak cemetery facelift JAKARTA (JP): The refurbishment of the Karet Bivak public cemetery in Central Jakarta, scheduled to start next year, is designed to create an open park, not office buildings or other business facilities, an official said yesterday. H. Sjafril Zainuddin, head of the City Funeral Office, said that under the project, which is projected to cost about Rp 2.6 billion (US$1.18 million), a park will be established along Jl. Penjernihan and Jl. KH. Mas Mansyur.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Statistics bureau to take census on economic structure
Statistics bureau to take census on economic structure JAKARTA (JP): The National Bureau of Statistics plans to conduct an economic census to obtain data on ways to overcome the unequal distribution of development gains. Bureau chairman Sugito said yesterday that the census, which will start in December, is expected to come up with comprehensive data on the national economic structure, including imbalances in economic development among the various provinces and sectors.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Shooters named after Asian meet
Shooters named after Asian meet JAKARTA (JP): The 8th Asian Shooting Championships, slated here from Oct. 1 to Oct. 10, will be the last opportunity to name Indonesia's shooters for the 18th Southeast Asian Games in Chiang Mai, Thailand. "How many shooters we will eventually send to Chiang Mai depends on how they and their Southeast Asian rivals finish at the upcoming Asian championships," Harianto Suprapto, who heads the championships project, told The Jakarta Post yesterday.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Taiwan's sales to ASEAN
Taiwan's sales to ASEAN TAIPEI (AFP): The ASEAN group of nations were Taiwan's third largest export market for the eight months to August, officials said yesterday. According to finance ministry statistics, Taiwan's exports to the Association Southeast Asian Nations totaled some US$10 billion in the January-August period.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Developer to be summoned for violation
Developer to be summoned for violation JAKARTA (JP): The City Council will summon PT Duta Pertiwi, a private developer who is building a supermarket and office buildings on Jl. K.H. Hasyim Ashari, Central Jakarta, for allegedly violating existing regulations. Saud Rachman, a member of the City Council's Commission D, which oversees development affairs, said that the developer has built an apartment building which is not included in its land use permit.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Forest rangers beaten up
Forest rangers beaten up SEMARANG, Central Java: The authorities are tracking down about 40 people suspected of being involved in a recent wood theft and the beating up of eight forest rangers in Grobogan. Police said the alleged thieves also seized a gun from the rangers, Antara reported. The rangers caught them stealing wood when the people turned against them. Cornered, the thieves attacked them. The rangers fled when they realized they were outnumbered.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Telkom secures business
Telkom secures business JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned domestic telecommunications operator PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) has secured its business of long distance calls for the next 10 years, Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave said. "I have set a decree which extends rights of exclusivity for Telkom to operate the long distance phone call business for 10 years," he said in a hearing with members of the House of Representatives yesterday.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Private firms invited for stamp printing
Private firms invited for stamp printing JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave proposed yesterday that the Ministry of Finance allow private firms to print duty stamps to prevent another supply shortage. "There are many private firms which are already able to print papers such as share certificates illustrated with hologram motifs," he said after a hearing with Commission V of the House of Representative.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Four arrested for pager program thefts
Four arrested for pager program thefts JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested, over the past week, four members of a gang suspected of having stolen Indopage and Starpage pager programs. City Police spokesman Lt. Col. Bambang Permantoro told reporters yesterday that the four arrested suspects are identified as Alex, Rudi, Suherman, and Didi. "Another four are still at large," Bambang said.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Two die in diarrhea outbreak
Two die in diarrhea outbreak PURBALINGGA, Central Java: Two children under five years old have died and dozens of others have been hospitalized in the diarrhea outbreak in the Karangreja district. Chief of the regency health office Hartono said yesterday the children died because they were admitted to the hospital only after their condition was so critical that doctors could not help them. Hartono cited poor sanitation as the main cause of the epidemic.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Private company to sue West Jakarta mayoralty
Private company to sue West Jakarta mayoralty JAKARTA (JP): PT Tiwa Muda Corporation, a private developer, has threatened to file a lawsuit against the West Jakarta mayoralty for blocking the issuance of land certificate proposals advanced by the company. Director of PT Tiwa Muda Corporation, Iken B.R.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
54 JIS students get IB diplomas
54 JIS students get IB diplomas JAKARTA (JP): As many as 58 of the 276 examination candidate students of the Jakarta International School (JIS) have completed the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma program held by the school in May. JIS said in a statement yesterday that of the 58 diploma candidates, 54 were awarded the diplomas. It represented a success rate of 93 percent, which compares very favorably with the world average of 79 percent.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Sept. 12, 1995: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,750 -700 2,500 AHAP Insurance 3,250 0 0 Alumindo Perkasa 1,100 0 0 Andayani Megah 1,750 0 77,500 Aneka Kimia Raya 6,450 -100 58,000 Anwar Sierad 1,275 -50 25,000 Aqua Golden Mississippi 2,400 0 0 Argha Karya Prima Industry 1,725 -25 201,000 Argo Pantes 2,500 0 0 Asiana IMI Indusrties 1,050 0 0...
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Southcorp to enter Asia
Southcorp to enter Asia MELBOURNE (Reuter): Southcorp Holdings Ltd. plans to expand its PET plastic packaging interests in Asia to exploit growth in the market, managing director Graham Kraehe said. He said Southcorp was considering establishing PET operations in Thailand, Indonesia and southern China. Addressing a business luncheon, Kraehe also repeated his previous forecast of future growth in all segments of the Adelaide-based packaging, wine and appliance group.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Antique brought in for Islamic festival
Antique brought in for Islamic festival JAKARTA (JP): A bedug (leather drum) and a set of gamelan, both from the 13th century, will be brought to Jakarta in processions from Surabaya and Surakarta respectively, for the Islamic Istiqlal Festival this month. The organizers of the festival told reporters yesterday that the Bedug Ampel and Gamelan Sekaten will depart from their homes on Saturday.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 2:35 p.m. TV Series: Bridge Of Adam Rush 3:05 Music 3:30 Science Film 4:05 Around Us 4:30 Documentary Film 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Indonesian Lessons 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country 6:15 Village Program 6:30 Science Program 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Music Contest: Asia Bagus 8:05 Spectrum 9:00 World News 9:30 Music 10:25 Film 11:05 Late News 11:15 Film (continued) Program 2 4:30 p.m.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Sultan unhurt in car crash
Sultan unhurt in car crash MUSCAT (Reuter): The ruler of Oman, Sultan Qaboos Bin Said, left hospital in good health yesterday after a car accident that killed a deputy prime minister of the Gulf state, the Oman news agency said. It said well-wishers held an all-night vigil and slaughtered sheep at the gates of the hospital where the sultan had tests after Monday night's accident, which occurred when his car was hit by another vehicle after an Omani stopped him, apparently to talk.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Partial reporting dangerous
Partial reporting dangerous In The Jakarta Post of Sept. 5, 1995, on page two, I read PPP, PDI should become opposition parties. Nurcholis Majid was reported to have said: "If the two parties function as opposition parties, control over the executive branch of government would become truly effective. Indonesia needs opposition parties to act as a check on the government." This gives me an idea of Nurcholis Majid's way of thinking.
Wed, 13 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB
Government to maintain trade restrictions
Government to maintain trade restrictions JAKARTA (JP): The government will continue to regulate the trade in a number of commodities to ensure continued marketing and price stability for the benefit of farmers, producers, traders and consumers, Minister of Trade Satrio B. Joedono said yesterday.