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Searching for all articles published on 1997-03-16 ...

25 articles.

Sun, 16 Mar 1997

JP/Apartments offer privacy, convenience and prestige

Apartments offer privacy, convenience and prestigeBy Sugianto Tandra and Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): The city's population is growing but land availability for housing is shrinking because it is being allocated to develop office buildings and public facilities.

Sun, 16 Mar 1997

JP/Living and working in the buffer zones

Living and working in the buffer zones Jakarta, the home of some 10 million people, has become so crowded it can be hard to find a place to live. To meet the rising demand for housing, new towns are being developed in Jakarta's bufferzone areas.

Sun, 16 Mar 1997

JP/The price of a dream: New town residents cope with commuting

The price of a dream: New town residents cope with commuting JAKARTA (JP): For many people living in new towns around Jakarta, their homes are more like a rest stop between long commutes to and from work.Thomas, a resident of Bumi Serpong Damai, Tangerang, leaves the house at 6 a.m.

Sun, 16 Mar 1997

JP/Dive with the sharks and stingrays at SeaWorld's aquarium

Dive with the sharks and stingrays at SeaWorld's aquariumBy Rebecca Moubray JAKARTA (JP): As Margie Bauer was petting a turtle on the head, a stingray zoomed by and nibbled on her's. She offered the stingray a fish, and then mustered her courage to touch it.

Sun, 16 Mar 1997

JP/National car on credit

National car on credit After 50 years of independence Indonesia is showing rapid development in many fields: technology, science, business, and education. Indonesian citizens should feel proud of the country's achievements which have given the nation dignity and prosperity.

Sun, 16 Mar 1997

JP/Hunting for adventure in 'The Ghost and the Darkness'

Hunting for adventure in 'The Ghost and the Darkness'By Laksmi Pamuntjak-Djohan JAKARTA (JP): If you think that The Ghost and the Darkness sounds like one of your typical Joseph Conrad titles, you may not be far off the mark.

Sun, 16 Mar 1997

JP/Guess What?

Guess What? Some people believe that being an underdog is the way to get things done. Businessman Fadel Muhammad is among them.

Sun, 16 Mar 1997

JP/ABRI source of fascination

ABRI source of fascination The Armed Forces of Indonesia By Robert Lowry ALLEN & UNWIN, NSW, February 1997 Paperback, 282 pages MELBOURNE (JP): It would not be an exaggeration to say Indonesia's Armed Forces has been a source of fascination, speculation and awe for people in the region, be ...

Sun, 16 Mar 1997

JP/Sales of vast tracts of land affect the house prices

Sales of vast tracts of land affect the house pricesBy Benget Simbolon Tnb. JAKARTA (JP): Heny considers herself lucky. In 1989 she bought a house in a housing complex in Bekasi, east of Jakarta, for Rp 43 million. Today it is worth more than Rp 100 million.

Sun, 16 Mar 1997

JP/Government encourages law-cost housing

Government encourages law-cost housing JAKARTA (JP): Akbar Tandjung, the minister of public housing, has been active in political organizations since he studied at the University of Indonesia in 1960s.Being active in the college senate made him popular among youths and students.

Sun, 16 Mar 1997

JP/Spiritualism with a beat: Pop goes the album, not U2

Spiritualism with a beat: Pop goes the album, not U2 JAKARTA (JP): Don't believe the hype! They said it would be a dance album. They said it would be techno, hip-hop, a frenetic assault of '90s synthesizer-mixing board muzak.

Sun, 16 Mar 1997

JP/Chris Ward wins British chess c'ship

Chris Ward wins British chess c'shipBy Kristianus Liem JAKARTA (JP): International Master Chris Ward, 28, won the 83rd British Championship recently with a fine score of nine points from 11 rounds.

Sun, 16 Mar 1997

JP/Haj transport takes of to a flying start

Haj transport takes of to a flying start JAKARTA (JP): The first batch of 8,000 haj pilgrims left for Mecca from six embarkation ports across the country yesterday to begin a month-long compulsory journey for well-to-do Moslems.

Sun, 16 Mar 1997

JP/Riot rocks Lombok after bus station closure

Riot rocks Lombok after bus station closure JAKARTA (JP): About two hundred public van drivers ran amok in the small West Nusa Tenggara town of Praya in Central Lombok yesterday morning, attacking two bus stations and a government office, the military said.Armed Forces spokesman Brig. Gen.

Sun, 16 Mar 1997

JP/Red and White School

Red and White SchoolBy A.D. Donggo The scouts' flag in our school, an emergency junior high school in a small town in Nusa Tenggara, was red and white with a triangle in the upper left corner.

Sun, 16 Mar 1997

JP/Wushu athletes to train in China

Wushu athletes to train in China JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's wushu athletes will undergo a two- month overseas stint in China in July in preparation for the 19th SEA Games here in October.

Sun, 16 Mar 1997

JP/Guess What?

Guess What? What a does wife do when her husband works every single hour, even on weekends? She shoves a note under his nose. That is what Hasri Ainun Habibie decided to do when her husband, B.J.

Sun, 16 Mar 1997

JP/Playful combination of jazz and gamelan

Playful combination of jazz and gamelanBy Franki Raden JAKARTA (JP): If you are a musician, you are used to recognizing the differences in pitch of various instruments. In an ensemble, the differences of pitch among instruments are to be avoided if you do not want the music to be out of tune.

Sun, 16 Mar 1997

JP/Six generations hammer away at gong-making tradition

Six generations hammer away at gong-making traditionText by Rebecca Moubray, photos by P.J. Leo BOGOR, West Java (JP): Above the roar of the Bogor traffic, the rhythmic pounding of the gongmakers' hammers can be heard on the red-hot bronze.

Sun, 16 Mar 1997

JP/Between the rich and the poor

Between the rich and the poor JAKARTA (JP): A young girl climbed the stairs to the main entrance of Plaza Senayan, one of Jakarta's prestigious shopping malls. She wore torn pants. They seemed to have been ripped purposely. The shreds were on both knees and the front and back part of both thighs.

Sun, 16 Mar 1997

JP/Raden Saleh paintings to be auctioned in S'pore

Raden Saleh paintings to be auctioned in S'poreBy Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): The boom in Indonesian art seems far from over. At the end of the month, four works by Raden Saleh will be auctioned in Singapore. Sotheby's will feature a painting of Fighting Animals (ca.

Sun, 16 Mar 1997

JP/Amir Syamsuddin recounts his tough life

Amir Syamsuddin recounts his tough lifeBy K. Basrie JAKARTA (JP): During his childhood, even a plate of rice was a luxury for Amir Syamsuddin.

Sun, 16 Mar 1997

JP/Former information minister dies

Former information minister dies JAKARTA (JP): Former minister of information Vice Air Marshal (ret.) Boediardjo died shortly after midnight yesterday while in a coma at the state-owned Cipto Mangunkusumo hospital.

Sun, 16 Mar 1997

JP/Two considerable angles of the brush

Two considerable angles of the brushDear friends,There are two major angles of the brush:1. Position AnglePosition angle refers to the angle of the brush in relation to the painting surface, the paper. When one uses a brush to draw a line, the brush should be kept in a perpendicular position.

Sun, 16 Mar 1997

JP/Guess What?

Guess What? Celebrating a birthday with peppermints and chocolates would be very rare for an Indonesian minister. But Minister of Industry and Trade Tunky Ariwibowo did it when he turned 61 last Thursday.