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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Closure action in S. Jakarta colored by owners' protests

Closure action in S. Jakarta colored by owners' protests JAKARTA (JP): The South Jakarta mayoralty sealed eight more unlicensed establishments in Kemang yesterday, as building owners' protests attracted a crowd.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Consumers demand justice

Consumers demand justice The explanation by the chief director of state electricity company PLN on Sunday's power outage underscores the position of consumers. They are all too easily penalized for being late in paying their bills yet it is difficult for them to demand accountability from PLN.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Australian banking competition

Australian banking competition The Wallis report sensibly tries to build on the role of non- banks. Its price for an end to takeover and merger restrictions on the big banks and insurance companies is sweeping regulatory change to encourage the development of non-bank institutions.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/BI to reveal names of problem banks

BI to reveal names of problem banks JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia, the central bank, will announce the names of troubled banks.But Bank Indonesia's governor, Soedradjad Djiwandono, refused to say when he would announce the names.Soedradjad was speaking after meeting President Soeharto.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Belo to deliver lectures abroad

Belo to deliver lectures abroad DILI, East Timor: Winner of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize, Dili Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, has been invited by Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel to speak at an international seminar in Prague.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Gories to head city detectives

Gories to head city detectives JAKARTA (JP): Col. Gories Mere, well known for his involvement in the arrest of the Ecstasy-case suspect Zarina in Houston, Texas, last year, will head the city detective agency, City Police confirmed yesterday.City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. E.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Forestry sector faces new issues

Forestry sector faces new issuesBy Aleksius Jemadu BANDUNG (JP): Indonesia is aspiring to move to a more sustainable management of its forest resources.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/EU increases aid to Karen refugees

EU increases aid to Karen refugeesBy Niccolo Sarno BRUSSELS (IPS): The European Union has approved humanitarian aid worth US$897,000 for Karen refugees from Myanmar on the Thai border.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Hotel Horison, Jl. Pantai Indah, Taman Impian Jaya Ancol, North Jakarta: - The Anging Mamiri Garden: Fantastic Group from Philippines, Ever Green Hawaian Band/Orkes Keroncong, Hula-hula Dances, every Saturday Night, 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Blackout not planned

Blackout not planned CORRECTION: Our headline story yesterday misquoted the minister of mines and energy, Ida Bagus Sudjana, as saying that Sunday's blackout was planned. What was planned for Sunday was repair work on transmission line I at the Gandul transmission and load-control station.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Network for environment set up

Network for environment set up JAKARTA (JP): The Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), six mayoralties and regencies in Bogor, Tangerang and Bekasi will set up a network for environmental management.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Law on statistics passed with significant changes

Law on statistics passed with significant changes JAKARTA (JP): The bill on statistics was passed yesterday with significant changes, giving researchers and private pollsters greater access to statistical information.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Yayuk climbs 3 sports to 26 best in world

Yayuk climbs 3 sports to 26 best in world JAKARTA (JP): Yayuk Basuki, Indonesia's number-one women's tennis player, has jumped to 26th place on the WTA rankings issued Monday.Yayuk gained three places on last month's rankings after good results in several international tournaments.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/TV trilogy for mothers

TV trilogy for mothers JAKARTA: The office of the State Minister of Population, in cooperation with private television station TPI and John Hopkins University, has created a television trilogy about mothers and motherhood.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Stock issuers' bad practices listed

Stock issuers' bad practices listed JAKARTA (JP): The chairman of the Capital Market Supervisory Agency, I Putu Gede Ary Suta, has said several stock issuers still did not abide by disclosure principles and sought to deceive minority shareholders.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Lawyers plead for set prison sentence for Oki

Lawyers plead for set prison sentence for Oki JAKARTA (JP): Defense lawyers of Harnoko Dewantono, alias Oki, yesterday demanded that the court sentence their client for a certain period, rather than issue the death penalty, for the murder of two people in Los Angeles in 1991 and 1992.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Bimantara to set up US$652m power plant

Bimantara to set up US$652m power plant JAKARTA (JP): Bimantara Citra will spend US$652 million setting up a 450 MW coal-fired power plant in Cilacap, Central Java, in cooperation with local and foreign companies.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Speedy agreement on subway project sought

Speedy agreement on subway project sought JAKARTA (JP): Both the municipality and the consortium funding the subway project should immediately seek common ground to avoid dragging out the start of the long-awaited project, a councilor said.Lukman F.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Dam-building spree set to start on Mekong

Dam-building spree set to start on MekongBy Johanna Son MANILA (IPS): Plans for a string of hydropower projects along the Mekong River and its tributaries, packaged by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), are going full steam ahead despite fears about their long-term environmental and social impact.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/'Wuquf'

'Wuquf'Correction: The story on the haj pilgrimage which appeared on this page yesterday should have read "'Wuquf Day to fall Wednesday." Haj pilgrims conduct the rite of wuquf (standing) on the Plain of Arafat, Saudi Arabia, today. The Sacrifice Day falls tomorrow.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Deng's daughter welcomed

Deng's daughter welcomed JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday extended an official welcome to China's Junior Minister of Science and Technology Deng Nan, the third daughter of the deceased Chinese leader Deng Xiao Ping.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:30 p.m. News: Lintas Nusantara 2:40 Travel: My Country 2:45 Family's Film: Fun House 3:10 Children's Program: Anak-Anak Indonesia 3:35 Talk Show: Kotak Pos 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Education Quiz: Cepat Tepat 5:10 TV Series: Topacio 5:55 Music 6:00 News: Lintasan ...

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Pertamina's monopoly over gasoline ends

Pertamina's monopoly over gasoline ends JAKARTA (JP): The government's decision to let private companies import raw materials for unleaded gasoline production poses no problem to state oil firm Pertamina, the company's president said yesterday.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Residents warned against bears

Residents warned against bears BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: Tanggamus regency authorities have alerted residents of villages in Teluk Semaka near the Bukit Barisan National Park, against further attacks by wild bears.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Soeharto regrets food poisoning in Lampung

Soeharto regrets food poisoning in Lampung JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto expressed concern yesterday over the food poisoning incident which killed two school children and affected more than 165 others in Lampung last week.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Councilor speaks up about 'bemo'

Councilor speaks up about 'bemo' JAKARTA (JP): A city councilor urges the administration to phase out bemos (three-wheeled motorized vehicle), but insists that drivers must be able to afford the vehicles which replace them.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Premier Oslen in town

Premier Oslen in town JAKARTA (JP): The Premier and Minister for State Development of South Australia, John Olsen, will lead a trade mission of over 20 South Australian companies here to develop better and closer relations with the country.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Tree leaders triumph in Premiership race

Tree leaders triumph in Premiership raceBy Vic Mills LONDON (JP): A weekend of intense football drama saw Chelsea book its place in the FA Cup final, minnows Chesterfield live to fight another day and the Premiership race remaining no less congested with all three front runners winning.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Semen Andalas gets ISO 9002 certificate

Semen Andalas gets ISO 9002 certificate JAKARTA (JP): Aceh cement maker PT Semen Andalas Indonesia received International Standards Organization (ISO) 9002 certification yesterday from Switzerland's Societe Generale de Surveillance.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Seven rioters taken to court in Banjarnegara

Seven rioters taken to court in Banjarnegara SEMARANG (JP): Seven people will be taken to court for looting and vandalism during the April 9 riot in Banjarnegara, about 130 kilometers southwest of here, police said yesterday.Banyumas police chief Col.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Asia-Pacific will be strongest market: Airbus

Asia-Pacific will be strongest market: Airbus JAKARTA (JP): The Asia-Pacific will have the world's fastest growing airline industry with the next twenty years, according to a report by European aircraft maker Airbus Industrie.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/BRI to go public in 1999

BRI to go public in 1999 JAKARTA (JP): State-owned Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) will go public in August 1999, a BRI director said Monday.BRI's director for regional development, Soetanto Hadinoto, said the bank had not yet decided how many shares would be sold on the capital market.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Megawati loyalists protest

Megawati loyalists protest JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) activists loyal to Megawati Soekarnoputri staged a demonstration yesterday, demanding representation in next month's election.The activists occupied large sections of Jl.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Fewer tourists visit C. Java after riots

Fewer tourists visit C. Java after riots JAKARTA (JP): The number of visitors to Central Java has dropped over the last few weeks because of rioting in several towns.The head of Central Java's tourist office in Semarang, Sri Subagyo, said "the trend is caused by the coverage of the riots.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Takenaka, C-Cure sign deal

Takenaka, C-Cure sign deal JAKARTA (JP): Japanese property-contractor Takenaka Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding with U.S. firm C-Cure Corporation yesterday for the supply of building materials for a residential tower building project.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on April 15, 1997: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 1,025 ...

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Gold mining pollutes environment around national park

Gold mining pollutes environment around national park Jakarta Post contributor Rebecca Mowbray visited Tanjung Puting National Park on a recent journey through Kalimantan. The following are her articles and photos of the environmental condition in the area.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/BI to ban banks from investing in mutual funds

BI to ban banks from investing in mutual funds JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia (BI), the central bank, will ban banks from investing in mutual funds.The central bank's governor, J.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Nasution backs seminar on Sukarno's speech

Nasution backs seminar on Sukarno's speech JAKARTA (JP): A ministerial plan to hold a seminar about the impeachment of the nation's first president, Sukarno, received a boost yesterday from Gen. (ret) Abdul Haris Nasution, who said that it was necessary to "straighten up history.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Old soldiers never die

Old soldiers never die The alumni reunion of the Army's Staff and Command School in Bandung last weekend was an anticlimax when set against the huge media publicity that it had drawn.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Frustrating blackout

Frustrating blackout If -- as Minister I.B. Sudjana now tells us, in contradiction to his earlier statement -- the big blackout had been planned four days in advance, why on earth couldn't PLN (the state-owned electricity company) forewarn the public by announcing it on TV, on radio and in the ...

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Moslem scholar turns his notes into humorous poems

Moslem scholar turns his notes into humorous poems In a gathering in Jakarta last month, a man mesmerized an audience of 1,000 people with his bitter and humorous poems about social issues.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Airport tax included

Airport tax included I would like to question the practices of Sempati Air with regards to their round-trip airfares to Singapore. I bought a ticket from a travel agent who charged me airport tax. According to them it was normal practice with Sempati Air.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Immigration arrests nine foreigners

Immigration arrests nine foreigners JAKARTA (JP): Seven foreigners with Korean passports, and two with Nigerian passports, were arrested in South Jakarta this week by immigration officials.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Police's assistant program ends

Police's assistant program ends JAKARTA (JP): About 50 house foundations were laid and hundreds of people received free medical treatment during the police's two-week civic mission which ended yesterday.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Intikeramik to sell shares

Intikeramik to sell shares JAKARTA (JP): Intikeramik Alamasri Industri, one of Indonesia's major porcelain tile makers, will issue 100 million shares or 29.5 percent of its equity in an initial public offering.The company said yesterday it expected to raise about Rp 85 billion (US$36.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/On monosodium glutamate

On monosodium glutamate I am writing in response to Mr. Sunarto Prawirosujanto's letter (April 7, 1997).Every time someone tries to promote healthy living and eating, there is bound to be someone else that is trying to put people to sleep regarding the dangers of certain food additives.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/15 more NGOs voice objection to new labor bill

15 more NGOs voice objection to new labor bill JAKARTA (JP): Fifteen non-governmental organizations from around Java are opposed to the controversial bill on manpower because it neglects the rights of migrant workers.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Bank Pikko trade does not violate trading rule: JSX

Bank Pikko trade does not violate trading rule: JSX JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) said yesterday that trade in Bank Pikko shares on April 8 did not violate any trading rules despite the stock's astronomical 207 percent rise from Rp 1,300 to Rp 4,000.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/A 29 point hand

A 29 point handBy Djanwar Madjolelo The Summer NABC, Aug. 2 to Aug. 12, 1996Board no: 60Final round: Spingold knockout teamsDealer: WestVulnerable: North-South NORTH (S) J (H) J 10 6 5 (D) K 8 7 4 2 (C) 10 9 2 WEST EAST(S) A K Q (S) 8 ...

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Indonesia to host agribusiness meet

Indonesia to host agribusiness meet JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will be the first Asian country to host the annual congress of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IAMA).

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Singgih welcomes aid team for electioneering victims

Singgih welcomes aid team for electioneering victims JAKARTA (JP): A group planning to provide legal aid and other support to victims of election campaigning was welcomed by Attorney General Singgih yesterday.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Local shuttlers under pressure

Local shuttlers under pressure JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian shuttlers can't handle the pressure in critical points, the Indonesian Badminton Association's chief, Soerjadi, said yesterday."Look at our players during deuce or rubber sets.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Workers ask for dismissal

Workers ask for dismissal UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi: Nineteen workers at PT Rotan Sulawesi, a subsidiary of the Poleko group of companies owned by business tycoon and human rights campaigner A.A. Baramuli, have asked to be sacked and demanded compensation.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Four people killed in separate incidents

Four people killed in separate incidents JAKARTA (JP): Four men were killed in four separate incidents Monday morning in West Jakarta, South Jakarta and North Jakarta.City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said Monday that in the first incident on Jl.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Deforestation shrinks animal habitat

Deforestation shrinks animal habitat TANJUNG PUTING, Central Kalimantan (JP): From the window of the noisy twin-propeller plane, the most striking feature of the land below was not the legendary virgin forests of Kalimantan, but the lack of them.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Jakarta's Gapensi wants jobs on Manggarai project

Jakarta's Gapensi wants jobs on Manggarai project JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta chapter of the Indonesian Builders' Association (Gapensi) wants to be involved in the planned Manggarai Integrated Terminal project.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/Preachers urged not to incite violence

Preachers urged not to incite violence JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Religious Affairs Tamizi Taher called on religious leaders yesterday to refrain from delivering inflammatory sermons that may incite violence.

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Wed, 16 Apr 1997

JP/National park project involves locals

National park project involves locals TANJUNG PUTING, Central Kalimantan (JP): Even after the orangutans have arrived at Tanjung Puting, they are not entirely beyond the reach of human need or greed.

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